Blue Falcon

Soccer... Beer League Style

Ah yes, summer is upon us! The sounds of birds chirping, wind blowing, and me... yelling profanities after being tripped in my soccer game.

Yes its true, after a one year haitus, I have gone back to my most treasured sport, soccer. Now, I made the mistake of thinking I was done with the sport and took quit. It may have stayed that way had it not been for some old co-workers of mine putting together a soccer team when I was still at Staples.

I ended up joining the team, being one of only 3 guys on a team of 8. Yes, this team is made up of mostly girls, but for whatever reason, I have no objections to that.

So we have played 3 games thus far, and we have 3 losses. We are far from being a super team, but we this being a beer league, and teams seem to be out to have a good time, we always seem to get what are called "spirit points" (aka pity points) but hey, every little bit helps!

Now, I somehow got suckered into being the goalie on this team (Apparently no one else is willing to dive for the ball). Now what most people dont seem to realize is that, its easy to notice when the goalie screws up, and equally easy to forget when the forwards miss the net.

So there are days that I feel very responsible for our loss. But... that feeling goes away when I find out there is a beer waiting for me at the sidelines.

Speaking of which, if you will excuse me...

This is Falcon, signing off.

posted by Blue Falcon @ 8:23 PM