It's Tournament Time....for the Heretics too.

Tonight was round 1 for the Heretics soccer team "Final Four." We wore black because we had trouble with similar jersey colors against this team in the past. We sported a variety of black shirts including a Northstar Roller Girls (complete with skull and crossbones), an "I heart Deaconesses" shirt, and an "I lived in Fargo (Really)!" design. The Heretics were pumped for the first game in the end-of-season tournament and were out in full force.

The team we played rocked the one-touches and kept scoring off of corner kicks. JD played super-hard in the goal, but we weren't able to keep them out. Half-time score was 4-0 Boca Dos. We got a good pep talk, re-figured some of our defensive movement and strategy and seriously stepped up second half. Fliegen der Deutscher (Dennis) was, indeed, the Flying German. We definitely out-played the other team second half - it just took us awhile to get our bearings. Catie scored off a deflected goal and pass from Dennis, which brought the Heretics up to 4-1.

I must confess, I threw a bit of a tantrum during our game (sorry for those of you who had to listen to it). Our referee, though even - called hardly any fouls. I bet I could count them on one hand. While, this isn't a terrible thing - we were getting thrown around quite a bit. I definitely got pushed onto my face and blatantly straight-armed by a guy who had a significant size advantage. Not Fair! Really there are two ways to confront this 1.) whine to the referee or 2.) be jerks and play just as unclean and rough. The Heretics are much too kind to do very much #2, and #1 was deemed ineffective early on. So, though we played pretty well (and certainly outscored them) the second half, I left feeling a bit of rage around injustice on the pitch.

I give additional props to Justin, Danae, Jenny and Jesse for stepping up their games and playing really intense. By the way....I take bribes for giving online props - so you, too, could be mentioned in this oh-so-popular sports reporting blog.