Soccer News
So I've been having lots of fun playing soccer. We have practices 3 times a week and we just started a tournament where the games are played on Sundays. The paper had a recap of this Sunday's games:
The first game of the day ended in a scoreless tie between the Warriors and the Golden Stars. The third game, Lily McMeramin scored two first- half goals and Alexandra Scully scored one as they led the Warriors to a 3-1 win over the Baby Rays. Dianne Peltier scored in the second half to give the Baby Rays their lone goal of the match. Darkness caused the suspension of the last match of the day - between Don't Blame Us and the Golden Stars - at halftime. With no score in the game, the second half will be played on Thursday at 6 p.m. at UVI.
So I guess if I score a goal, I'll get in the newspaper! My team is Don't Blame Us - I was playing goalie in the last game. I was glad when they decided to call it quits at halftime because it was mighty dark and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to see the ball if it came near me.
This is the first time there's been a "micro-league" for womens soccer on the island, so it's apparently a big deal. In our first game, I got taken out after about 10 min of the first half, the coach (and everyone on the sideline) said 'you're limping!' My feet haven't been thrilled with soccer. My right ankle seems to have lost a lot of flexibility - it's just really tight, but it means I can't run very well, definitely can't sprint, and walking uphill is difficult. So, I didn't play much of the game.
We're playing twenty minute halves on small fields. I played part of the second half as well, but just when i was about to ask the coach to take me out, he took me out. So that was fine with me. The only other person with experience playing defense came out for an injury too, and then my team just fell apart. It was a bit frustrating to be on the sidelines, but that's how it goes. Playing keeper for the second game was better since I didn't have to run around much. There are quite a few coaches since we have 5 teams, and 2 or 3 of them told me to skip tuesday's practice and rest my foot. So I did!
Also we didn't end up doing the 8 Tuff Miles race last Saturday because of my foot. I figured I'd rather have a shot at trying out for the soccer team than do the race. I kinda felt like if I did the race I wouldn't be able to jog for a long time afterwards... We gave our bibs to a coclerk and his wife and they did a good job for us. "Dave" finished in under 1.5 hours and "Kendra" was just over 2 hours.
I've got lots more blog posts written up in my head, I just need to find time to type them out. So stay tuned to read about my adventures with the Dollar Bus, our joint adventures into baking local sweets, and much, much more!
ST. THOMAS - The Stunners' Digna Washington scored twice to lead her team to a 2-1 win over Don't Blame Us on opening day of the St. Thomas Region's Women's Micro 6-A-Side Soccer League on Sunday at the UVI field. Rene deJongh of Don't Blame Us scored on a high-arching shot from outside the 12-meters box to give them a 1-0 lead in the second half, but then deJongh took over and got the Stunners a win in their first game.
The first game of the day ended in a scoreless tie between the Warriors and the Golden Stars. The third game, Lily McMeramin scored two first- half goals and Alexandra Scully scored one as they led the Warriors to a 3-1 win over the Baby Rays. Dianne Peltier scored in the second half to give the Baby Rays their lone goal of the match. Darkness caused the suspension of the last match of the day - between Don't Blame Us and the Golden Stars - at halftime. With no score in the game, the second half will be played on Thursday at 6 p.m. at UVI.
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This is the first time there's been a "micro-league" for womens soccer on the island, so it's apparently a big deal. In our first game, I got taken out after about 10 min of the first half, the coach (and everyone on the sideline) said 'you're limping!' My feet haven't been thrilled with soccer. My right ankle seems to have lost a lot of flexibility - it's just really tight, but it means I can't run very well, definitely can't sprint, and walking uphill is difficult. So, I didn't play much of the game.
We're playing twenty minute halves on small fields. I played part of the second half as well, but just when i was about to ask the coach to take me out, he took me out. So that was fine with me. The only other person with experience playing defense came out for an injury too, and then my team just fell apart. It was a bit frustrating to be on the sidelines, but that's how it goes. Playing keeper for the second game was better since I didn't have to run around much. There are quite a few coaches since we have 5 teams, and 2 or 3 of them told me to skip tuesday's practice and rest my foot. So I did!
Also we didn't end up doing the 8 Tuff Miles race last Saturday because of my foot. I figured I'd rather have a shot at trying out for the soccer team than do the race. I kinda felt like if I did the race I wouldn't be able to jog for a long time afterwards... We gave our bibs to a coclerk and his wife and they did a good job for us. "Dave" finished in under 1.5 hours and "Kendra" was just over 2 hours.
I've got lots more blog posts written up in my head, I just need to find time to type them out. So stay tuned to read about my adventures with the Dollar Bus, our joint adventures into baking local sweets, and much, much more!
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