Serious Football
Posted by Jay on Wednesday, 28 June 2006
The first-ever 30th & Upas derby was held today, with us taking on Bluefoot in a coed indoor match in North Park. The Linkery prevailed, 7-6, very much against the pace of play. (I think the shot advantage was something like 40-10 in favor of Bluefoot.)
We had a rash of no-shows due to the Radiohead concert and unknown other reasons, so we asked random folks around the arena to play with us. One of them was an impressive woman named Caitlin (sp?), the hero of our side, who served as goalkeeper/striker. Yes, at the same time. She had a lot of impressive saves, which she followed with 4 points in the final minute to put the Linkery ahead at the end.
It was frankly a bit unfair since we had never met her before the match, but it was a derby so we didn’t dwell on that. Our ladies had no substitutes and played the whole 44 minutes each, and that was impressive as well.
Postgame drinks were at the Foot, which now has Guinness on tap (well done, friends!) and it’s safe to say Bluefoot are very much looking forward to the rematch on the 8th of August. Our plan is to either improve or stay lucky.
July 6th, 2006 at 5:46 pm
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