my favorite soccer game

ahhh, my favorite soccer game.  i remember it like it was yesterday.  we were playing against Chatham here in Sarnia.  we were wearing our white jerseys (which were everyone's favorite because they actually 'fit' and every time we wore the red ones we lost).  beautiful day.  we never lost a game against Chatham yet, but they were the hardest team we played.  they scored two quick ones on us.  no one saw them coming, and they weren’t possible to save, (if you play soccer then you know the goals i am talking about.  the ones that feel so light on your feet and go right over the goalies head into the neat.  my favorite :) ).  anyways then we scored one.  we were down by one and it was halftime.  by halftime the rain started to come.  when i say rain, i mean downpour.  our 'inspirational speech' (so we call them) at half time was very encouraging.  our coach was telling us to relax.  slow it down.  play our game.  there is no rush.  we only need one to tie and two to win.  we got this.  we went out second half heads high, and drenched.  it was still pouring rain.  i must say it was so much fun to play in, but so hard.  you would get so tired just from running a few meters because our jerseys were so heavy.  but we scored again.  it was tied.  one more to go, and the game was ours.  i found that this game, more than most, we were really playing as a team. we pulled it together as a team and were creating new plays.  yes, we did score again!  we won the game.  at the end of the game our coach said a few nice words on how we really pulled it together as a team.  this game taught us that we can come from behind and still win.  we all (especially me) went home with heads high, and jerseys soaked.  best game ever....
now for the worst game ever...ya we won't even go there...let's just say lessons learned. :)

~amy