We played the game against Chantilly at Arrowhead Park at 8 pm. The field at Arrowhead has changed considerably since it was arguably the best kept grass field in NVA. It’s now a typically hard grass field with sketchy grass cover and divots. Nevertheless, it’s good to occasionally play on a grass field.
Pulling up numbers for Saturday was somewhat problematic. The Orangemen have got to get a little bit better at responding to the eVites. I know some of you have not be receiving the eVite..but to date, I’ve never missed sending on out. If you don’t get one by Weds night send me an email. In most cases recently you have been on the eVite so the technical difficulty is on your end. Nevertheless, send me an email if you are uncertain.
So, as the game started we were still short on numbers. Even Chantilly was having trouble getting to eleven despite the fact that each us thought we would be in the 12-13 range. Nevertheless we started 9 v 9. But those numbers went to 10 v 10. Nanney made a crucial decision 10 minutes in to move Chris, the new arrival for Chantilly, onto our side, while he picked up a position for Dick on the Casuals. The result was a fairly balanced 10 v 10 game. Despite the final outcome, 4 to 6, it was a great game, and two of the Chantilly 6 were own goals. Both were spectacular. Gooch put one in net off his head, and Ben cleared one into the side netting.
On the scoring table Ted score 2, WIll scored 1, Chris scored 1. Karl, also pulled off late in the game leaving us with 9 on the pitch.
Really fun game Orangemen...
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