The unspoken girl rule

Soccer again tonight. The game was at 6pm, and I almost forgot!! I mean, I didn't forget this morning, but it was 5:39 when I realized that I should be running off and get ready!

We were against a team that was suppose to be top notch. They are. Its amazing how well they can control the ball - and that the fact that the two girls in the team really can play!! I ended up chasing the other team left and right. :( not good. I need to be better at guarding.

I took a break after a while - and just hangout chatting with my teammate. He said - the girl from the other team pushed him and went for the ball. So he pushed back - and then that girl and the other team complained about it. He said - he'll be nice to girls but - if they want to play rough - then no excuses and no complains.

So.. ah ha - an unspoken rule for girls. Tho my other teammates said that the other team doesn't play nice at all. We are the nice guys. Nice guys tied the game with a 3~3 score! Yeah!

Watch out for #29 !!

#29 - that's me !!!

Another soccer game today - and while we had one extra girl in the team, we were short on guys. (ie no extra bodies to switch out). I was lucky enough to be sitting out early beginning - then after I got switched in, I didn't get to switch out again.

Tired, but not as much as last time. Probably all those walking in NYC.

But - it was fun. While we didn't win... my highlights :) (pure Ying ego boost right here )

Highlight 1 : The lady guarding me, when my team was close to the goal, getting ready to pass the ball in . She yells "Watch out for # 29 ! " . Woah. I didn't figure anyone would be "watching out" about me.

Highlight 2: As I tried to get the ball away from the attacking team... the guy on the other side said to the other teammate - "guard her" . Same stuff. Crazy huh ?

Highlight 3: My favorite. Near the end of the game, I was playing defense. The goalie on the other team has the ball, and kicked it all the way - right toward me. It looked like I can actually kick it.... and I did. (to my own amazement). And it went right to someone on my team :)

There were definitely mistakes, missed catches... There was a time where I actually got the ball from the other team, but not quite sure what to do with it... but hey !! Remember the good stuff!!