What an away game is like...

Pretty much like home games except at a different stadium. Sunday (5/17) we traveled to Tacoma WA to play the Tacoma Tide. I came as an alternate but was not activated. Joe was a sub, but didn’t get in. We traveled up in two vans, 3 hours each way. This game was unlike any I had ever seen…

The Tacoma Tide finished 4th in the PDL last year. They are still a quality team this year. The first half was even until the last 15 minutes when our center back, Tom, from Scotland, was given a red-card for tripping a guy in the box (a touchy call at best). We went down 1-0 on the pk and had to play with 10 men. The team was pretty down, but after rallying at halftime we scored 2 great goals shorthanded to go up 2-1 with 35 minutes left. This alone was amazing. Shortly after, the Tide score 2 goals and went up 3-2. With 10 minutes left we get another goal to tie it at 3-3. Playing with 10 men and scoring 3 goals is very amazing, especially against this team. The guys simply played out of their minds. From here it was back and forth action. Our keeper stopped a breakaway, but got injured in the process. Our main keeper’s paperwork has still not cleared from when he played a season in Mexico, so our 3rd string keeper went in. He made one great save, but unfortunately did let a goal in with 2 minutes left. With seconds left we had a breakaway. Our forward was fouled and we had a free kick, then a corner, and then time expired.

So, we had a heartbreaking 4-3 loss to a great team. But, I was very impressed with our teams character and work ethic. As a bonus I got to see a good friend I played with at CU who came down from Seattle to watch the game.