More TAIFC Fun!

I had another TAIFC match tonight, we only had 4 regulars show up, so we had to recruit some help from the teams that had just finished playing, we picked up three people, including a keeper (which is rather important). We ended up winning something like 13-5, but the two field players we picked up did most of the scoring.

I should have scored at least twice. In the first half I received a perfect cross, but couldn't get a solid foot on it. Then a few minutes later I took a hard shot off my face. My teammate was clearing the ball and my face got in the way. It hurt. A lot. Thankfully it didn't knock out my contact lens. I got hit in the right cheek-eye-nose area. In the second half I had an even easier chance on goal, but managed to miss then too. The ball bounced free to me about 10 feet from goal, and I managed to put it 12 feet over the goal. Yea me!

We have some really late games coming up, its really frustrating that they have scheduled games so late. We have two games that start at 11:35pm which means they don't end until about 12:20. An if I'm on my normal work schedule that means I have to get up at about 4:30 or 4:45 at the latest. That isn't really enough sleep to function.

I also hit the weights hard at the gym after work, lifting weights is really enjoyable to me. Don't laugh.

I did hard upper body weights, I wish lifting with my legs was more fun, but I get much more satisfaction from upper body weights. I did bench press and curls at an increasing weight, and decreasing reps. I also just increased the weight that I was lifting for several other lifts. It is really satisfying to increase the weight I am lifting, I just wish it would translate better to weight loss, but I guess that's mostly a function on me eating too much...

It is called "The Beautiful game"...

but that doesn't really apply to me...

The Timbers Army Indoor Football Club (TAIFC) had a match tonight, at 9:55pm at Indoor Goals (www.indoorgoals.com). We play in the Mens Rec League which is not very competitive. This was the first match of a new season. We lost 6-4.

I was not very happy with my play, however I didn't have any major fuck-ups the lead directly to goals so I've got that going for me, which is nice. I also didn't really get any chance on goal. I've been fighting a cold (with a cough) for a few days so that didn't make playing any easier (plus I'm not in very good shape). The game was closer than the score indicates, it was tied at 4 with about 2 minutes left when they put one in, our keeper car out of the box to try to even it up, got tackled and hurt, but the ref didn't stop play as they normally do when a player is injured, so they put one in on an empty net.

One of the teams that was supposed to play in the game after us didn't show, so I stuck around and played in a much more casual game. The ref sat down because he wasn't being paid (the teams pay the ref in cash). This game was even worse, I had no touch, and was exhausted. I let several players go right past me because I didn't have the strength to run after them. I'm probably going to be sore tomorrow, but it was good to really get the blood flowing.

I really love playing soccer despite not being very good. It keeps me in shape (or from getting into worse shape), and is a great way to keep in touch with my fellow Timbers Army in the off season. It gets tough to play during the Timbers season, however the Timbers almost never play on Wednesdays so if our league stays with Wednesdays we could continue to play.