I just got an email from my b-i-l Brett about the brilliant soccer play of his daughter Lucy. It's such a great story, it deserves wider readership. Here it is, totally without permission:
"She scored a great goal the other day. The goalie caught one of her shots and then proceeded to put the ball on the corner of the box to kick it. Everyone backed off and waited. For those who know soccer, you know that when the goalie catches an in-bounds shot, he can throw it, kick it, roll it, whatever, but he doesn't set it up for a kick unless it goes out of bounds. As the goalie backed up to kick the ball, Lucy (the only player on the field that even moved) ran in and just killed a shot into the bottom corner of the net. There was complete silence. The ref retrieved the ball and said to Lucy in a mad voice, "what the heck do you think you're doing?"
Lucy glanced at me, her confidence wavering. Then it hit me. That was a goal! She had just made one of the most heads up plays I've ever seen in a soccer game. Then it hit her coach, who yelled at the ref. "hey! thats a goal!" The ref thought for a moment, and blew his whistle. "Goal!" he yelled. Then he apologized to Lucy and they won the game."
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
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