And You Lose Some

Yesterday we lost our 2nd round playoff match against Astoria High School by the score of 2-1. They scored five minutes in, we equalized 20 minutes later, and they popped another in 10 minutes before half. The rest of the game we spent pounding away at their door, but nothing came to fruition. It was heartbreaking for many reasons, but most of all because I will miss this excellent group of seniors. Bravo to them for fighting hard to the end.

Hooray!

We won our playoff game 3-1! The guys played well, including an unreal shot from 35 yards for our first goal. We broke the "Sisters Curse," after they beat us two years ago and our volleyball team in the state championship game last year.

Tomorrow morning we leave for Astoria, Oregon to play the Cowapa League champions. One of the team goals was to get a road playoff game, so we can check that off the list.

Tuesday is Election Day, so it has the making of an incredible day (Obama and we win), an okay day (Obama loses and we win or vice versa), or the worstest day ever (we both lose).

Wish us luck!

Soccer Playoffs

We just found out last night that our first round playoff match is against Sisters High School in Sisters, Oregon. We lost to them in the 2nd round two years ago in what was probably the worst weather in which I've ever seen a soccer game played. There's a bit more history: Last year Sisters beat our volleyball team in the state finals. We have quite the burden of stopping Sisters in their tracks and it starts this weekend!

For those of you around town we play at noon on Saturday. Come watch!

Big Soccer Day

Today's a big day for my team. We play Ontario with the winner all but securing second place in league and with that a much better playoff position. We lost the first game to Ontario (at their place) 3-0 and won the second game (at home) 3-1, so it's a great match-up. We started the day right with a big pancake breakfast at my place, so we're ready to go!

An extra treat: Nebraska football is on tv this morning. Hooray!

UPDATE: We won 2-0! We're locked into second place with a loooooong shot at the conference title if everything falls into place right. Tonight we celebrate!