Saturday 13th Sept
Oklahoma game was played in heat of near 100 degrees, to say I was felt it would be an understatement! We went into half-time all square1-1 and came out forgetting to play so good and ended up losing 5-1. Hopefully that was a lax in concentration and never to be seen by us again. I played the full 90 again and played arite coach said one of few players to get pass marks. I'm sure all the boys will use this game as a reminder of how hard we need to work!
Tuesday 16th Sept
Delta state came from Mississippi on a cool evening and found themshelves up 2-0 before we even realised they kicked off. After that shock, we fought back and equalised sending the game into overtime. We should have went on to win the game having 26 shots on their goal. I had another opportunity to score but the keeper made an outstanding(well kinda) save. In america if the game is tied at 90 mins it goes into extra time golden goal. And if nobody scores then it remains a draw. A strange way to do it but it makes it exciting!!
Anyways since we have a big conference game on tuesday against Freed-Hardemaan we have got saturday and sunday off. So i'm planning to spend it sleeping and watching American football which I'm getting into! First time i've slept past 9 for ages and I enjoyed it :)
Take care
Michael
Saturday, 20 September 2008
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Conference Opener
@ Trevecca Nazarene
Left early on for the game in Nashville and with classes starting this week, its been a bit hectic! We won 2-1 in this tight game so was delighted to come away with a result in a tough place. I played the whole game and was happy with my performance, yet again failed to score a glancing header. But im a defender so scoring goals would just be a bonus to my game. The new brazilian in the midfield was outstanding, his name is Rafael and could walk into any team i've ever played for!
Since been the conference opener, we rejoiced all the way home to the chant "We got rafael, we got rafael, we got rafael....we got rafa, we got rafael!"
O and the freshman karoke, I sang Oasis "wonderwall" and surprisingly got a good response. Not bad for being tone deaf!
So if the football and college career doesn't work out i've always got my voice ;)
Take care
Michael
Left early on for the game in Nashville and with classes starting this week, its been a bit hectic! We won 2-1 in this tight game so was delighted to come away with a result in a tough place. I played the whole game and was happy with my performance, yet again failed to score a glancing header. But im a defender so scoring goals would just be a bonus to my game. The new brazilian in the midfield was outstanding, his name is Rafael and could walk into any team i've ever played for!
Since been the conference opener, we rejoiced all the way home to the chant "We got rafael, we got rafael, we got rafael....we got rafa, we got rafael!"
O and the freshman karoke, I sang Oasis "wonderwall" and surprisingly got a good response. Not bad for being tone deaf!
So if the football and college career doesn't work out i've always got my voice ;)
Take care
Michael
Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Florida and Back!
Boy, Florida is a long way from Jackson, TN. 16 hours in fact in a bus, although the bus is adequate and pretty modern, theres no way from getting away that it is a bus and is not the ideal sleep conditions! I slept around 1 hour in total of the 32 hour round trip, I'm tired now.
Anyways, the trip got off to a great start on Saturday night beating Southeastern University 3-2, for our first win of the season :)
The game was delayed 1 hour as thunderstorms had been present all day so the match officials waited until it was clear for safety reasons. The ref's only good decision of the night! I cleanly tackled an opponent only to get off the ground to realise he had given a foul, so I calmly(ish) pleaded my case only to receive a caution.......
Onto to Sunday and the University paid for us to go to the theme park Cypruss gardens. The park was average but thoroughly enjoyed and good chance to strength bonds with team-mates outside playing soccer!
On Monday morning we headed out to Tampa to play Webber international. In the heat around 100 degrees we struggled to get going and lost 4-2. I was gutted not to have myself 2 goals but luck was not on my side! Their team was full of English players, so it was good to put yourself up against the auld enemy.
Then straight after the result we headed home on a long and quiet bus with the disappoint of losing the final game. We arrived back at Union University at 7 am and I went straight to bed to sleep all day.
First home game on Saturday at 7pm, can't wait!!
Hope your well
Michael
Anyways, the trip got off to a great start on Saturday night beating Southeastern University 3-2, for our first win of the season :)
The game was delayed 1 hour as thunderstorms had been present all day so the match officials waited until it was clear for safety reasons. The ref's only good decision of the night! I cleanly tackled an opponent only to get off the ground to realise he had given a foul, so I calmly(ish) pleaded my case only to receive a caution.......
Onto to Sunday and the University paid for us to go to the theme park Cypruss gardens. The park was average but thoroughly enjoyed and good chance to strength bonds with team-mates outside playing soccer!
On Monday morning we headed out to Tampa to play Webber international. In the heat around 100 degrees we struggled to get going and lost 4-2. I was gutted not to have myself 2 goals but luck was not on my side! Their team was full of English players, so it was good to put yourself up against the auld enemy.
Then straight after the result we headed home on a long and quiet bus with the disappoint of losing the final game. We arrived back at Union University at 7 am and I went straight to bed to sleep all day.
First home game on Saturday at 7pm, can't wait!!
Hope your well
Michael
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