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To be honest, the state finals were
not so tough as the 1-0 district final win over
Tampa Prep.
We had played a very poor game a few weeks
earlier to tie MacLay 2-2, and we were itching to
get another shot at them. We watched the
movie "Victory" before the game, it it
got us pumped up.
We came out and clobbered them 5-0. I doubt they
have been beaten as badly before or since.
Then, there was the final against University
School, whom we knew nothing about. It was a
cold, windy day, and I remember having trouble
breathing and how much it hurt to head the ball.
We were struggling a bit at first, and they were
very fast on the wings. They put me up at
midfield; so we had like 5-6 in the midfield at a
time. It totally stifled their attack.
Matt was used as a decoy to set up the second
goal. It was beautiful to see all the
defenders follow him and leave Dave alone at the
top of the box. If they had scouted us,
they would have known we were more than a one-man
team. Dave has a deadly shot, and he buried
it. It could have been Drew, Chris, Mike,
Tom, Kevin, or about half a dozen other players
too. We had a lot of capable scorers.
Click on a
state finals story link below...
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