Soccer Game #1

Won!

The first half was scoreless. We were concerned that the girls had underestimated the other team. The weather was nasty, rainy and a bit of a cool breeze. They started the game with a bang but then started to fizzle out. Neither of the girls started but Nicole was substituted in with about 10 minutes to go. She almost scored with a nice header but it was right to the goalie.

About 15 minutes into the second half there was a flurry of activity in front of the other team's goal and Nicole managed to nudge the ball in!! Go Nicole!!

Unfortunately the other team scored a few minutes later with a long ball that bounced up and over our goalie's head. What I noticed was that instead of losing steam over the set back, our team got aggressive. They were obviously a better team and now they needed to show it with the ball in the net.

They had so many close calls, so many opportunities, they just needed to keep at it. With about five minutes left in the game Nicole found herself one on one with the goalie right in front of the net. My girl popped it right past her! Screaming, cheering, singing arose from the stands around me!! Gotta love a soccer game in front of an Argentinean crowd!!!

Final score: 2-1

W 1 L 0

To be continued...