Dear ¡FUTURISMOS! fan, the sixth game of the season was an ideal case study in the existential nature of the game. All of the ingredients were present for a beautiful game: near perfect weather, two clubs fresh off wins feeling good, & correctly minded opponents. Yet the game lacked any flicker of the dimmest spark.
If like Camus -- co-founder of Existentialism and one-time goaltender who credited the later as the foundation of the former -- you were inclined to look for the greater meaning in things, this exploration would be a metaphor for life. But I won’t bore you with any of that because I know how busy you are, valued ¡FUTURISMOS! fan.
A GENERAL DESCRPTION OF PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF
There was no “there” there.
Not that it wasn’t without chances and people playing hard. It had both. We generated significantly more opportunities than they did. In fact our first half keeper, Elliot, was actually bored. Yet despite the fact we were by far and away the better team of the half we couldn’t net a goal.
Something was amiss. ¿What? No one can say. But the energy was weird and the general state of play left much to be desired. We would suffer for our goal-less superior half.
A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAY IN THE SECOND HALF
There continued to be no “there” there.
The second half was a replay of the first but reverse the jerseys. For some reason Snowball’s Chance was the better side from the get go. It didn’t appear either side did anything demonstrably different. The tide simply turned.
THE GAME’S LONE GOAL (24th-ish Minute): ¡F! 0 -- SC 1
A Snowball guy intercepted a goal kick roughly 30-yards from our goal. He advanced 15 yards dribbling to the center of the field. No ¡FUTURISMO! defender stepped to him in time to impede his shot and as such he had a wide open look. It was good shot and it went into the goal from 15-ish yards out.
A GENERAL DESRPTION OF THE PLAY FOR THE REMAINDER
Another 14-mintues passed. There were some entertaining moments and we had our chances but nothing came of them. Then the game was over and we had lost.
LI’L BABY GODLEY SIGHTING
Jamie “Godley” Moran was on hand with her newly minted child. Both were well behaved and neither made any noise. One slept the whole time.
LI’L PETE AWARD, FAUSTIAN MOMENT, SPECIAL ACCOMIDATIONS
Excised per public opinion.
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It needs to be said that Snowball's Chance did not actually beat the Futurismos. It was a drafted player from some other team--or a nomad--who scored the winning goal. I heard SC talk about that after their "win." So we may hold our heads high despite the lack of spark on our side yesterday evening. We still have played better these last few games than in the first few this season and throughout last season. More communication player-to-player, better fitness levels in general, and the addition of some new talent.
Onward and upward!
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