Sorry blog...

It's been a while.

I have kind of been in a funk in the past week. Most likely due to soccer withdrawal and nationals disappointment. All I have wanted to do is lay on the couch and watch TV. So now that I have caught up on all my shows, I need to find something else to fill my time. I mean Lucas takes up a lot of it, but he also naps lots too.

We came in 4th at nationals, which was kind of bittersweet. A blizzard decided to move in that weekend, and our team was kind of pumped about it. We usually have an advantage over other teams in crazy weather, but apparently playing in a blizzard can be dangerous or something (icy field, zero visibility, white ball to match the snow....I fail to see the problem....). So thankfully as it turns out, we headed indoors on the turf field all weekend. Which turned out to be great because the games then were shortened to 60 minutes instead of the usual 90....we would have died playing four 90 minute games in four days.....and also we had way more fans out than if it would have been outside. First game against BC we played really well and ended up tieing them 0-0. Could have won that one, lost opportunites, etc. Second game we beat Ontario 1-0. That was huge. No Saskatchewan team has EVER beat Ontario in a national competition. HUGE. I remember playing provincial team back when I was younger....in my prime....just kidding I don't think I had a prime....and we would lose upwards of 8-0 to Ontario. So a huge accomplishment. All we had to do was beat Manitoba to move on to the final. THE FINAL. Toba? Should be no problem. Too bad they were playing a flat back 11. For you non-soccer types, that means they pretty much sat back and defended all game so we couldn't penetrate into their half, got a few breaks on us and scored 2 goals to win the game 2-0. Soooooooooo disappointing for us. But alright, bronze medal game against Nova Scotia, as long as we come out with a medal that would be more than a Saskatchewan team has ever accomplished. Lost 1-0 to Scotia. Terrible.

Siiiiiiiiiiiiigggggggggggggggghhhhhhh.

The good news is I now don't have to get up at 5 am to train and the bad news is I no longer have to get up at 5 am to train and play soccer with my friends. Soccer withdrawal. When does indoor start?????