News Years Resolution update: Soccer Edition
I’ve accomplished one thing on the list, for a measly 10pts but not for lack of trying.
I’ve put the most work into the soccer related ones.
I missed a header on Sunday by about 2 feet (I had one cross go behind me and another that brought me and the goal together. I took my eye off the ball to make sure I didn’t kill the goalie, not sure I would have had a chance on it, but the goalie appreciated get knocked to the ground with no elbows or skulls involved). I also missed a long goal from outside the penalty box by the thinnest of margins, it went over the post (I also brutally shanked a long one too). I put a couple crosses in, neither of which went anywhere, and I had a nice fake while I was on the ball, but I passed out of it instead of dribbling (I stutter stepped and the defender bit, but I put the ball to the runner coming across the middle. He missed the shot.)
I played striker a bunch last week, which was new for me. I spent a lot of time not knowing where to go, but I got into it and started making good runs to clear up space for people and ended up on the end of a few crosses. It was fun, but my best position is on the defensive wings.
I’m pretty good at holding my own in one on one, I clog up space in the middle, and I can make runs up the flanks into space well. I score most of my goals on runs to the far post from the back line, as the defense switches over I slide in and take the pass. Last week I also stopped two shots as a fullback on the goal line, which was kind of cool. I shut down a couple of 2 on 1′s effectively (and got burned on three or four more, they were countering a lot and hard but I don’t worry to much about that: What are you going to do? Especially towards the end of the game when even if you stand them up the rest of the team is watching the play and doesn’t get back and they restart. That happened a lot. Combine that with a turnover plagued midfield and I wasn’t too worried about it.), and played well all around.
I’m getting closer. I need to practice more and the goals will start falling.
