Soccer Ball Today the soccer team I started playing with had their last game of the season. This was only my second game with them and we were playing the first place team in the league. This team was much slower than our last opponent and not as skillful, but were known for playing very dirty.

Fortunately on this day, the ref ran a tight ship and a nice game of soccer ensued. At least nice for the other team who proceeded to pound us for five goals to our two. We started off strong, but with no subs to speak of, the second half found us weary and unable to keep up.

The highlight for me was putting the ball in the back of the net in my second game with this team. The play involved flicking the ball over the defender and taking a shot off the bounce. They invited me to join them when the season starts in January. Hopefully by then I’ll have some fitness to contribute.