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| Launder's Pavillion - Arrowbrook Park |
In the pouring rain on Saturday night a few of the Orangemen approached me and said, among other reasons why Arrowbrook field in Herndon was a great choice to be our home field, was the fact that they built an awesome pavilion to stand under. Named Launder’s Pavilion, after Hal and Ruth Launder who owned Arrowhead Farm upon which the field is constructed, rain or shine the pavilion is there, with picnic tables and restrooms, and all the comforts of home. It’s a fantastic venue...I’m glad the Orangemen have come to appreciate the venue over and above the field at Bryant Alternative. But don’t worry Orangemen, we will get to play at Bryant in a few weeks, for those who miss it, and the drive.
We had a great game against the Turtles in that pouring rain on Saturday night. Passing was up...it had to be, the ball was too slick to dribble. Although we still had too many instances of individuals learning for themselves first that the ball was too slick to dribble. But on the goals scored, the passes leading to the goals were perfect. Final score was 3 to 4. Breaking it down, we lost the first half, 1 to 3, but won the second half, 2 to 1.
That was really a great comeback and there were several additional opportunities to score that went wanting. But we were very close. Jermaine actually scored our three goals. His first hat-trick on the Orangemen. Jermaine get’s player of the match honors. Truth be told Jermaine could have scored as many as 5, which would have equaled the feat of players such as Jermain Defoe and Dimitar Berbatov, who both have scored 5 goals in the English Premier league. Alas, he went for a spectacular bicycle kick which he arguably should have put his head on and then on another he tried to power a shot past the keeper which rocketed into Jeff H’s face, as opposed simply touching it into the back of the net. Still three goals is a fantastic percentage and we can’t rely on Jermaine to win the games for us.
Kendall has to get credit for feeding Jermaine the assists on two of the goals. Kendall either learned quickly that the ball was too slick to dribble, or he realized that if he didn’t pass the ball while in the box, Mooch was going to yell at him. Afredo also picked up on the clues coming from the sideline that he ought not be trying to dribble. Fredo’s got one of, if not the best, one touches on the ball on the team.
Mooch has be asking him to show more of that skill on the pitch and he has been working hard to show it. At half time Mooch made one switch in the defense. He kept Jan sweeping but moved Matt’s speed into the stopper position. Putting the passing skills of Fredo, Maurico, and Tedd into the half-back positions to feed Kendall and Jermaine the ball. This was the combination that really got it done in the second half.
After the game we drew a crowd over for Pizza at Bertucci’s Dave, Gene, Karl, Steve, Maurico, Matty, and Mooch at a good conversation about the game as well as auto mechanics, residential carpentry, and chiropractic medicine. Other’s should show for these impromptu discussions that move well beyond soccer.
We had a great game against the Turtles in that pouring rain on Saturday night. Passing was up...it had to be, the ball was too slick to dribble. Although we still had too many instances of individuals learning for themselves first that the ball was too slick to dribble. But on the goals scored, the passes leading to the goals were perfect. Final score was 3 to 4. Breaking it down, we lost the first half, 1 to 3, but won the second half, 2 to 1.
That was really a great comeback and there were several additional opportunities to score that went wanting. But we were very close. Jermaine actually scored our three goals. His first hat-trick on the Orangemen. Jermaine get’s player of the match honors. Truth be told Jermaine could have scored as many as 5, which would have equaled the feat of players such as Jermain Defoe and Dimitar Berbatov, who both have scored 5 goals in the English Premier league. Alas, he went for a spectacular bicycle kick which he arguably should have put his head on and then on another he tried to power a shot past the keeper which rocketed into Jeff H’s face, as opposed simply touching it into the back of the net. Still three goals is a fantastic percentage and we can’t rely on Jermaine to win the games for us.
Kendall has to get credit for feeding Jermaine the assists on two of the goals. Kendall either learned quickly that the ball was too slick to dribble, or he realized that if he didn’t pass the ball while in the box, Mooch was going to yell at him. Afredo also picked up on the clues coming from the sideline that he ought not be trying to dribble. Fredo’s got one of, if not the best, one touches on the ball on the team.
Mooch has be asking him to show more of that skill on the pitch and he has been working hard to show it. At half time Mooch made one switch in the defense. He kept Jan sweeping but moved Matt’s speed into the stopper position. Putting the passing skills of Fredo, Maurico, and Tedd into the half-back positions to feed Kendall and Jermaine the ball. This was the combination that really got it done in the second half.
After the game we drew a crowd over for Pizza at Bertucci’s Dave, Gene, Karl, Steve, Maurico, Matty, and Mooch at a good conversation about the game as well as auto mechanics, residential carpentry, and chiropractic medicine. Other’s should show for these impromptu discussions that move well beyond soccer.
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