A rainy night in Terre Haute and we travel with the women (2-0 winners) to play Rose. They're coached by Sean Halliwell, a Brit (Huddersfield) who played and assisted at Western Kentucky for a college teammate and classmate of mine, David Holmes. Both Rob and I have great respect for Sean who produces classy, ball-playing sides that are very difficult to break down. We begin well enough through about the 25th minute when Ameer collides with one of their players and has to go off with a concussion and some cuts. He couldn't return. Rose had scored a goal early when a pass split our central defenders. In the 40th minute, Clint Vaterrodt (#3), their 6'8" striker got to a corner and made it 2-0. Chris Marshall in goal for us was very good and made a couple of good stops. We had some chances but their keeper was sharp, too.
The rain continued in the second half and we got some good possession but we couldn't make an impact. Ibrahim Diarra had a header well-saved by the Rose keeper and they scored again with about 12 minutes left for a 3-0 scoreline. Overall a nice match of real football, only 11 fouls between the teams and we all think this was the best team we saw in conference. We were missing Mike Carroll and Tamru Taye and we picked up an injury to Felipe Buitrago that might prove costly as we head to the last regular season game needing to win and get help in other matches to make the tournament.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
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Roy, I think I can honestly say this is the first blog I have ever enjoyed reading. I could almost feel the cold rain (still remember that). May have felt the appreciation for a game well played even more. Congrats to you and the team on what sounds like a very good season. I'll make sure my 13 year old daughter wears her Bundy 500 t-shirt to the Atlanta Friends School in tribute.
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