Participants - Patrick, Maciej, Ben, Peter and Robbie vs. James, Jordan, Tommy, Matt C., Neil and Taylor.
Played at - Gareena.
Offensive Player of the Game - Robbie; owned the corners.
Defensive Player of the Game - Maciej; played the man.
Notable Absentees - Alex, Josh, Ezra.
Best Shotblock/Save - James' glove save on Robbie. After talking some trash to his own player, James was called upon to make a ridiculous glove hander to rob the Robber of a surefire shelfer.
Best Goal - Matthew C, the last goal of the game. After Maciej failed to score after an end to end rush, Matt picked up the loose ball, held off Peter and Pat and fired a top shelf effort on Ben.
Best Goalkeeper - Ben, outdueling James. Although James was called on to make more saves, Ben smothered rebounds better and let in 1 less goal.
Best Deke - Maciej, under the stick of Neil. Neil's reaction: "Oh you bastard!"
Best Pass - A give and go play between Maciej and Patrick. Patrick made a gorgeous go ahead pass to Maciej on the left, who held onto the ball until he found a pinchin' Pat who fired a one timer low and hard into the bottom of the net. 2 gorgeous passes from 2 gorgeous Polaks.
Biggest 'Robbie' - Maciej, who after getting James out of position, tapped a backhand wide of the far left.
Biggest 'Jacob' - Take your pick; there were about 30 of them. Nevertheless, the one where Jordan took a shot off Rob's stick, with both claiming innocence, was a classic.
Best Fashion Sense - James; looked gangster in his new pads.
Worst Fashion Sense - Maciej; I hate that black sweatshirt.
The James Moment - The number of Jacobs. There had to have been at least 40, and that's no hyperbole, yo.
Convo of the Day -
Peter - (after getting a pass) I don't like it!
Patrick - Just shoot!
Peter - Hey, shutup! (takes a shot and scores)
Notable Watchers - 7 gangsters with soccer balls, garden baseball players, Yusuf playing b-ball, kid with baseball glove and pops, passersby.
Ratings (4 lowest, 10 highest) -
Neil - 8; Worked what had to be worked.
Patrick - 8; Moments of weakness coupled with wowzers.
Maciej - 8; Defensive stalwart dot international.
Tommy - 6; Rough day at the Leafy office.
Robbie - 8; P'owned the noobs in the corners.
Peter - 8; Didn't like it when he got a pass.
Matt C. - 8; Worked hard in a losing cause.
James - 8; Broke the virginity of his pads.
Jordan - 7; Did what had to be done.
Taylor - 6; Rough day on the offensive end.
Ben - 8.5; Kept rebounds to a minimum.
