With the transfer of John H the era of the military attorney playing for the Orangemen has come to an end. Joshua remains as our soul attorney who will play occasionally but the juggernaut that was free legal advice on the Orangemen has come to an end. In it’s place, an unlikely source. Or at least I wouldn’t have believed it it had I not seen it here on this day. Here was our line up.
Gene in Goal
Karl at right full back
Golden (F-18 pilot) as sweeper
Greg at left full back
Tang (F-16 pilot) as stopper
Mauricio at left half
Ogre (F-16 Pilot) as central midfield
Floppy at central midfield
Alfredo at left midfield
FAHM (F-22 pilot) as striker
Dan (A-10 pilot) as striker
Q - first sub
Nanney - second Sub
Mooch - third sub
Derek - arrived for 10 pm game
Note the trend? That’s five fighter pilots starting in the Orangemen line-up last evening, on a beautiful August evening at Gunston Middle School. Of course we were not lined up against ISIS we were lined up against the Chantilly Casuals...at team that is fast and skilled. With so many new players in our line-up we had some trouble early in the first half and Chantilly kept us pinned down for the first 25 minutes or so. Within which time they scored their first goal. The goal amounted to a great shot by the Chantilly striker from the right side of the box. Gene was maybe two feet too far forward off his line allowing the well struck ball to rise and curl under the bar as Gene deflected it up and back. After that the Orangemen started to gel and we were able to begin making runs on their goal...and get the ball out of our side of the field.
From that point on the game was fairly evenly matched...going back and forth and turning into a fun competition. We had plenty of opportunities at their end with FAHM, Dan, Golden, and Mooch winding up for shots that either went wide or were too soft and easily collected by their large keeper. After the Chantilly number 1 fullback, Dick, left the pitch due to injury, the Orangemen pressed even deeper into their end. A corner kick, delivered by Mooch, carried to the far post, Dan had a free header. He headed it down and away from the keeper, but the vertical upright got in the way and the impact rung out into the night sky letting Mooch know he would not get the assist.
Back at our end, Gene was having an outstanding night in net. He was diving and punching the ball clear on more than a few shots.
Unfortunately, toward the end of game with only minutes to goal, floppy produced an errant pass that was intercepted by Chantilly. The goal amounted to a great individual effort by the Chantilly striker who ran down the left side driving all the way to the end line. Most on the field believed the play would end, but the striker was able to get round our final defender and cross the ball low and slow through the goal box for a simple tap-in on the far side.
Peter our ref, turned to me at full time and asked if we should go another 3 minutes for unjury time, I said of course. So we continued to play. We continued to pressure and in a melee in their box, Dan stepped into a weakly cleared ball and finished into the top of the net.
Final score, was 1 to 2. Chantilly. But it was well played all around. We only needed a few more minutes more and we would have equalized.
Well played by all. Gene had an outstanding match in goal. Greg played an incredible game in his left fullback position...I’m not sure he got beat last night. Golden, has stepped into the position as sweeper, a position he now confesses he’s played his entire life.
Stay tuned for the match next weekend Orangemen, as the plan is to go to the DC United game…the plan is to play an early match before hand.
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