A Step In The Right Direction

     With all the loses and the negativity in the past, our team was forced to look to the future and make the best of it. The past cannot be rewritten; it's over and done with and there's nothing you can do to change it. We can only learn from our experiences and take something worthwhile from them afterwards. Our record standing at 4-4-2, we realized that we still had a lot of games remaining in our season to be able to turn things around. Although it wouldn't be easy, our team knew that we had to work hard and start winning the majority of our upcoming games.

     We traveled to Gwendth Mercy on Saturday the 1st of October. The anticipation and anxiety was growing with every minute that passed by as I stared out the humongous windows of our 28 person shuttle bus. Everyone could feel the anxiousness around the bus. We all stared to the front, headphones in and hoods up, with thoughts of a victory on the road. A victory could turn everything around. We all knew that a win could really get us al believing that we could still do great things this season. Doubt and fear was beginning to set in our team, and no one could deny it. We've dug a whole deep for ourselves and now all we wanted was to be given a chance to fight and claw our way out. 

     With one minute left to go in the game, the score was two to two. We all knew that with over time meant risks. If the game were to finish in a tie, we'd have to play an additional 20 minutes until someone scored. Once a goal was scored the game would be over, this rule is called golden goal. If no goal was scored, the game would end in a tie. At this point a tie or another lose could have the potential of completely ruining our whole season. Anyway, our captain got the ball at her feet with a minute to go. She dribbled through the middle of two defenders and slid past the only one remaining. She placed the ball with seeming ease into the far left corner of the goal. The sidelines erupted in celebration. It was like everyone had a new hope bursting from them. Anyone would be able to tell that our team was automatically filled with new hope after that goal was scored. The bus ride home was uplifting and everything that we needed. Our record is now 5-4-2; Five wins, Four losses, and two ties. Now it is time to buckle down and concentrate hard on what we need to do as individuals to better the team and save a season with a shaky start. If we all do whatever we can to reach our own potentials we can have a surrounding effect in the whole team. The rain came down hard for the next week of practice. It was assuring to see us all work hard through it however. We all needed a wake up call, and hopefully we'd all realize now that we weren't going to get any more chances or wake up calls.