A email from Coach Matt to missing Coach Tom about this weekends game:

Thomas,

I hope the marathon went well.

I wanted to let you know about our game today. First off, I wanted to thank Johan for his support. We had an absolute blast!

Only 5 kids showed up: Ethan “White Shoes”, Milo – “the scoring machine”, Simon – “Magneto”, Dawson – “the flash”, and Gavin – “the one man defender”.

We played the well dressed and well coached kids from St. Catherine’s. Their coach said that he would lend us some players if we wanted, but we decided against it. Instead, one of the sisters from the opponent asked if she could play on our team, so we said sure. We also decided that to offer up subs, Mac and Noah, were officially deputized as Ravens.

We thought that it may get ugly, but when the score @ the half was 2-1…….RAVENS, we could possibly win the gameJ

The sister, Shya, was incredible!! She sparked a fire in our team, that had them firing on all 8 cylinders. Mac and Noah even held their ground, and had an absolute blast. The combination of Simon (goalie) and Gavin (defense) was amazing. Simon made some of the most incredible saves ever, and Gavin was a wrecking machine back there.

Well, one could never have written a better ending for the game.

The tigers tied up the game shortly after the 2^nd half 2-2. With about 10 minutes left in the game, they took the lead 2-3. With only about 5 minutes left, Milo was a man possessed. With the combination of he and Shya, the sister, they took the ball down and tied the game.

After kickoff, we got the ball back and literally as time was running out, Milo took the ball down all by himself and scored what Johan and I are claiming, “the winning goal.” The ref said that it did not count because time had expired, even though the ball was still in play. No matter, the kids rallied and had a blast.

Let’s catch up this week.

Cheers,

Matt