Hammerspiel Against Old Boys

Cucuy FC - International Old Boys FC 6:5 (3:2)

What a game! So we had most of the possession, but the Old Boys made 2 goals out of 3 chances. Looked to me we were playing pretty nervously, building up the Old Boys confidence. In the beginning I thought we were the much better team but at 0:2 I started to doubt it. Interestingly, with about 30 minutes left in the half, the Old Boys started to run down the clock.  Seriously? Anyways, Ben came in on the right wing and turned things around for us. He set up a whole bunch of plays that led to great chances and goals. Our first goal was Huczek's, a volley out of maybe 10 yards that went into the upper right corner and left a hole in the net. Let's just say I doubt the keeper would have saved it if he had stood in that corner with his hands up. Then Hintzki scored a Doppelpack, one of them a really nice shot from long distance. So 3:2 it was at halftime and all was good.

Second half almost did not start because the Old Boys refused to pay the new rate for the ref. Somebody found 5 bucks and we continued the game, scoring twice, first Andrew and then Karol via penalty after getting tripped up in the box. Kind of a hard call against the Old Boys, maybe the ref was still thinking of all that crap they gave him at half time. At 6:2 things should have settled down pretty easily on our side, but the Old Boys first got a penalty of their own, and then scored two more goals. Old Boys could have tied it but CNate saved a shot on the goal line and the day for us.

Goals: Jason H., Hintzki 2, Andrew 2, Karol
MVP: Ben

Cucuy Wins, Atlas Shrugs

Cucuy FC - Atlas 4:2 (1:1)

For the start of the fall (?) season it was a nice start. Atlas pushed us back the first 20 minutes but we held our ground. We had few chances until Jason put us ahead pretty much out of nowhere. He had the ball on the far right, pretty far from goal and an impossible angle. Then he let go one of his signature laser shots that would make Rooney proud that zoomed straight into the keepers corner, past the surprised looking keeper. That shot definitely gave the whole team a boost we needed. We scored again but the goal was called offside. Instead Atlas scored so we were at a tie at halftime.

Second half saw plenty of action and great moves. First one was Javier's goal, after he chased down a pass, turned around two defenders and then buried it in the back of the net. Atlas then tied it with a goal that looked a lot like offsides and got us pretty worked up. But Hintzki gave the perfect response by scoring the 3:2, a double-turn falling-down slide-shot in the bottom right. Atlas came back hard but Scotty had an amazing day, pretty much shutting down everything that came through the middle by anticipating plays and then setting up our attacks. Icing on the cake was a pretty cool play that started with a long throw from CNate, that ended up with Jason at the far corner of the goal who won the header giving it back to me. With my back to the goal I passed it back to Cole, who had an open shot but passed it to the other corner to Cary, who should have passed it back to me or Jason, but decided to just put it in.

Goals: Jason H., Javier, Hintzki, Cary
MVP: Scotty
Goal of the day that did not happen: Carl's flying header.