Minnesota GLBT Soccer

The report below is from Andrew regarding the final game in the current session of Orange Crush Monday night league play. The game was played on Monday, December 17, 2007.

The night started off scary; we were short players. It appeared that we would have only four men and two women to start our game. We asked players from on of the teams that played before us, but none of their female players wanted to play another game. We approached the other team and recruited a goalie. None of their female players were interested in playing another game there either. The other team considered allowing us to break the rules and play with 4 men and 2 women instead of 3 and 3, but this didn't allow for any substitutions. Then our recruited goalie's female friend offered to play another game. We had a complete team and were ready to start our game.

The game began with both teams passing the ball well. It was going to be a good game. Britta scored two goals back to back! With about five minutes in the first half, they answered our two goals and the score was tied.

At half time we talked about going out and having fun with the rest of the game.

The second half, we pounded shots at their goal, left, right, up and down, goalie black and blue. With about eleven minutes left in the game, I shot a ball right pass the goalie.

In the last three minutes of the game, the female player that we had recruited received a yellow card. As is the rule in this league, she had to leave the field. We didn't have another female player to take her place on the field so we played short. The other team passed well and shot on our goal. It was nail bitingly close, but we managed to hold them scoreless the rest of the game.

Orange Crush Monday night team finished seventh out of eight teams in the league. We did not finish in last place. This is a first for us.

Labels: co-ed league, GLBT soccer team, Monday, Orange Crush