Every Second Counts

Our second game this weekend last night against rival VA Wesleyan would be considered good prep for NCAA action: game on the road after a hard road game the previous day, in front of a hostile crowd, with our backs against the wall.

We began the game in full force domination of their defense and immediately went up 1-0 with Cliff scoring his first goal of the season. I came in with 15 minutes left in the 1st and played really well. It has been frustrating for me my entire college career to play well here in VA but never very much or very well with games near home with lots of family and friends present. Unfortunately VA Wesleyan scored off a corner to shift momentum and tie it up right before half time. Immediately at the start of the 2nd half they got a through ball to a man (who was offsides) that we had to foul in order to prevent a goal. He barely made the PK and we spent the rest of the half clawing our way back. Coach made hardly any subs- in his mind it was up to the starters to pull us back. With 1 minute left the Wesleyan fans began chanting, "over rated." We pushed our whole team forward and our sweeper David Haas literally tapped in a goal when the ten second count down hit 1. It was a last second play that rivaled all last second shots I have ever seen. We then played the overtime scoreless.

Disappointed with my playing time still, but the leg feels stronger every day. We have a nice off day today and no classes today or tomorrow, then back to the grind on Wednesday.