I've been playing soccer for 20 years, and on Monday I had a soccer first. My team was up by one person the entire game and we still lost 8-6. Oh yeah, I also realized that my team was in first place and the team that beat us was in last place. I couldn't believe it. I've been on teams that were down one or two people the entire game and ended up winning or getting a draw, but I've never been on the other side of it like that. Overall I played badly and the rest of team played badly as well, and we left people open that should not have been open given that we were up a person. But I learned a few things from the loss. First, no one is going to give you anything. Even if you are up by a person the other team isn't going to let you win just for showing up. Secondly, regardless of the situation you have to work for whatever you get. In soccer you have to play smart by passing to the open person, playing solid defense, and taking plenty of shots. I think this was a wake up call for my team and I think we are going to respond by playing well in our next game.
Posted by troutm8 at April 4, 2007 04:39 PM