Championship game!

It was the day of the championship game for the girl's team. All the team was nervous but at the same time happy. There were a lot of people there to see the game which I think was maybe a bigger reason to them to be nervous.  When the girls found out who they were facing they gained fear but they yet gained courage because they were facing "Chivas" their archrival. They’re the arch rival because they have faced that team many times and there have been some problems with the players and with the coaches.

The game was ready to start they just needed the ref to blow the whistle.  The ref blew the whistle, the girls had the ball, and they passed it to each other till they got close enough to the goal. Then she dribbled it through the middle and shot ……. It was in. goal scored by the captain of the girl’s team in the first minute of the game. Then the other team received the ball. They took it through the girl’s middle then the defense was next. They passed through the defense and had a clear shot to shot, then he shots and score the goal in the top right corner. After that the score was 1-1 tie game. Then there was just one minute left and the girls had the ball they took it through the left side of the field gave a long through pass then she shot and….. The shot hit the left post then to hits the right post and gets out of the goal. Then there was 20 seconds left and the other team had the ball, they took the defense had a clear shot and 5.4.3.2. Goal. The girls were devastated they had worked so hard and ended up losing in one second. The girls ended up in second place but were nothing happy up in the dressers it was total silence the girls wanted to cry as soon as the coach tried to cheer them up some girls busted up in tears. It was not a happy day for them. After this some girls were invited by a park to play for them in the city finals. They accepted that’s what I’m going to cover in the next posts.

Playoffs (quarter final and semi final)

After their last season game they had a two week break, and then they started the playoffs. The girls ended up the season in third place, so they faced sixth place in the quarter final.

Quarter Final. So in the quarter final they faced sixth place. This game was difficult for the girls because they were all nervous and two girls did not get to the game in time. The game started and the girls had the ball they took the ball through the middle of the field, but then the ball was intercepted by the opposing team. The opposing team had the ball through the left side of the field, and then passed it to the right. Then back to the other side and shoot and they score. The girls were now down by one goal. Then the girls had possession of the ball, they then took it through the left side of the field in a rush and got fouled a little far from the penalty box. Then the team captain had a good place to shoot. The moment builds some suspense in the middle of the game. Then she shot and… she scores. The score was now one to one and now there was only fifteen minutes to go. The other team had possession but their possession was lost fast when the girls intercepted the ball. Then the girls took it through the right side and then passed it through the middle, then to the left, and back to the middle and shoot and they score in the bottom left corner of the net. This was the winning goal it was a good play. So this win guaranteed them to go to the semi- final.

In the semi-final the girls faced the second place team. This was going to be the best game they had ever played I think since there was a rivalry between the two teams. The rivalry was between some girls in the girls’ team with two girls that joined the other team. The game started and the girls had the ball, they took crossed to the opposite side and took a shot and… missed by a little bit. Then the opposite team gained possession and took it all the way through the left side and took a shot and… also missed. The game kept going like this until the end. So that meant they were going to penalties. The girls were the first to shoo then the other team. The penalties were five shoots per team and if they were tied at the end they went to sudden death (when I team gets ahead of the other after each one had an equal chance). So the girls tied at the end of the penalty round 4-4. So it was sudden death. The girls were up first. The captain was next she got ready then shot and... Scored in the top left side. Then the other team was next to shoot, so they shoot and… the shot was blocked by the goalie. So this meant that they were going to the championship game.

Games 7-10

Since I have to show four games instead of the normal two, I have to make them a little shorter than usual. I am doing this to catch up.

The 7^th game. In the seventh game the girls played the last place. The girls were currently in second place since they lost to the first place. When the game started the girls were happy because they were thinking of winning the game by more than five goals. The game started and the girls had the ball they took the ball through the middle and passed it to the captain. The captain took everyone in the defense and even took the goalie and went in the goal with the ball. That was great goal. The captain in the team is my sister. She started playing soccer since she was eight. Then she didn’t like it and stopped for two years, but eventually she missed soccer and started again. She is really good, and currently twelve years old. She has soccer in her blood because for four generations our family has been playing soccer.  Continuing with the game. The game resumed and they scored again, again, again, and again. They scored five goals less than four minutes. The girls were playing great while enjoying it. So the girls at the end won by a landslide with a score of 17-0. These games I don’t like because there kind of boring playing when there is no challenge. The captain scored nine of the seventeenth goals.

The 8^th game. In the eight games the girls went versus the third place which was second before the girls were second. Also if the girls win this game they would go to first because the first place team lost. So the game started and the other team had the ball and had the ball stolen by the girls’ team. The girls’ team took the ball like always and did their usual play and scored a goal. I think that play is like their key move that they always score when they do it. That particular play that they do they practice a lot in practice each time. So the score was 1-0, the girls winning.  Well the game continued back and forth without any one scoring.  But when there was five minutes left the girls made a good play and scored a beautiful goal.  They passed it back and forth confusing the defense then scored in the top right corner of the goal. So the final score was 2-0.

The 9^th game. In the ninth game the other team didn’t go so they won by forfeit. The girls were mad because they didn’t play. This is one of the reasons which I’m writing this post as one not as two.

The 10^th game.  In the tenth game the girls went versus the sixth place in a league of fifteen players. The game started and the girls had the ball. They took the ball through the middle, passed it back, then shot and scored a great goal. The girls were leading by one. Then the other team scored with a great play. So the play was that they started in half court then lifted it up almost all the way to the penalty mark then they volleyed it. This was one of the best plays I seen in their games, But the only bad thing it was that the other team scored. The game continued and finally at the last minute the girls score a miraculous goal. So they won this game. The Girls are now currently in first place. Also the games are current now.

2010 Christmas-New Years tournament.

The girls were giving a break in the regular league but they were entered in the 2010 Christmas-New Year’s tournament which is a separate league they play in Cicero fields. They entered the tournament but just five players of their team. They made up the rest of the team with boys from their brother team, so they could make up a better team. They played three games in Christmas and depend on where they were in the table they went to the championship match or third place.
In the first game the girls lost versus a team named Rebanito it is a Spanish word and not sure what it means. So the girls lost this game 2-0. I think one reason they lost this game because the boys and girls aren’t accustomed to play along with each other.
In the second game they won 20-0 versus team named Sabot. This game they really, really played great. In this game they now knew how to play with on another. The girls contributed mostly in this game because the girls were defense almost all the time and the captain of the girls’ team was captain of that team too, and she scored 10 goals. That is a lot of goals. That could be a record.  
In the third game they played a team called Rebanito B and won 17-0 this was a killing spree. If you add up all the games the team scored a total of 37 goals. That is a lot because the average of goals scored in game is 3.
So the team passed to the championship match they played it in New Year’s 1/1/11. They played Rebanito again because Rebanito was in first place and the team in second place. The girls won 9-2. The girls played way different than the first time they played versus them. They were champions of the 2010 Christmas-New Year’s tournament.