It was a nice fall Saturday afternoon and with nothing special going on I decided see Becky and Sue's college soccer game. Turns out this game was for first place. I looked around to find the girls. Becky was playing left striker and Sue was the sweeper. I was really surprised how physical the game was. Both teams made numerous runs but with no serious scoring chances and the half ended scoreless. The second half started out slow as neither team wanted to make a mistake. Midway through Becky took a pass from the center mid and made a run down the left side. As the defenders closed in on her, she made a tremendous crossing pass that the right striker banged home for the leading goal.
With this lead, the coach decided to pull back and play defense. Good move. The opponents pushed up and were on the attack. With time running out, they made a final charge. Sue met the challenge. The centering pass was at the top of the box. Sue made her move and made a perfect sliding tackle and deflected the ball. The game was won. WOW you would have thought this was the super bowl by the way they celebrated. I congratulated both of them as they left the field and went home.
The house was quiet as the other girls all went home for the weekend, as it was homecoming at their old high schools. About an hour later Becky and Sue slowly made their way in. They looked beat and sore and went right to their room to chill out. After doing a little catch up work, I decided to check up on them and see if they were hungry.
I knocked on their door and heard a moan "come on in." Opening the door I saw both girls sprawled out on their beds. "Tough game" I said. Both girls moaned a response "Yes." I asked if they were hungry and but got no answer. Sue really looked out of it. I asked her if she was ok and she said that she had a grass burn on her hip from the last slide she made. I went to the bathroom and returned with some cream for her. "I'm too tired to put it on, could you do it for me." Now who was I to turn down that request?
