Cucuy Looks for a Mulligan

Cucuy FC : Mulligan’s FC 0:6 (0:3)

The only mulligan that Cucuy is looking for after this game is the type that gives us a do-over.  You have to show up ready to play a hard fought game when you’re facing Mulligan’s, and we definitely did not show up in proper fashion to play a worthy game.  Sunday was a cold, muggy morning with weather that was just begging to start raining at any time, and it probably didn’t help our spirits.

It was a one sided bashing from the get go.   The only thing we might have won all day was the coin toss.  Mulligan’s scored within the first ten minutes on a head high cross that awkwardly made it through the Cucuy defense and was picked up by a Mulligan’s striker on the far side of the net.  It wasn’t a very authoritative finish, but it was enough to get it to the back of the net.  Only five minutes later Mulligan’s scored again with a textbook passing play through the middle, which only allowed the Cucuy defense to try to contain positionally, but Mulligan’s executed perfectly and the goal couldn’t be stopped.  After that second goal, only being 15 minutes into the game and not generating anything positive in our favor, I think everyone knew we were in for a beating.

We found sparse opportunities throughout the game, mostly on long shots that were well taken but either missed the net by a couple feet, got blocked by traffic, or got smothered by the enormous Mulligan’s keeper.  We failed all game to generate any significant offense that really penetrated the Mulligan defense.  The goals for Mulligan’s just seemed to trickle in one after another and I think we were all glad to hear the final whistle so we could go home and nurse our asses.

We don’t often lose by such a large margin, so let’s forget it and move on.  MVP goes to Paris for hustling and tracking with his man all game despite the score.

Goals: None
MVP: Paris