Boom Shaka Laka's stay at the top of the Bud Sports Adult Soccer League was transient at best. There's no other way to put it--we ran into a buzz saw this week, and were unceremoniously dismantled 6-1*. An asterix seems appropriate since, I personally felt that PNH United's final goal with 10 seconds left, was a little much, but I was also raised in a house which extolled the virtues of fair play and good sportmanship--unless you're playing Monopoly, where flipped boards were sort of par for the course
In our defense we were short handed--missing three of our better players. Plus, the "ringer" we brought in last week who notched two assists was nowhere to be found. But as a result the highlights were few and far between. Neil, Drew's brother, found the back of the net late in the second half cutting the lead to three. The low light of the game was definitely this week's ringer, an engineer at Boeing, who became frustrated half way through the second and left. I spent most of the game in the defensive zone, where my sole highlight was a collision with their forward on a crossing pass.
With Neil's goal this week and Drew's last week, I feel confident in saying that there has not been a brother combo this dominant since the Sedins were torching the Blues in the playoffs and leading me to Fantasy Hockey glory.
But in the end PNH United just had too much firepower. Their captain, John, was a pretty solid player, picking a couple goals and a few assists. Plus he just had a motor, hustled the entire game the entire game--it was like trying to run with a zebra on the plains of the Serengeti.
Casual observers may say we weren't ready to play, maybe we didn't deserve to win. Obviously our dedication to the weight room is lacking, but with a full team who knows how the game would have turned out, since it wasn't so much PNH United as it was John, he's good.
