On the Rebound

So after 90 minutes of close attempts and being robbed of our second fine goal…….GOAL!!!!  Thank you Landon for cleaning up the rebound.

So Rachel and I walked down to the pub we have established as home base and guess what…..all three of their tv’s are hooked up to the same channel and there were already some damn England fans watching that lame match.  So we walked to the next pub and again all three tv’s had to show the same match and of course there were England fans already watching.  To make a long story longer, we finally found a restaurant in a mall that resembles Chili’s or something.  I am so glad that the USA won and is moving on.  I would have been very disappointed if we did not advance but we had two goals taken from us.  But we don’t have to worry about that now.

On the topic of rebounds, Rachel, the resident great soccer mind, has been upset that no teams are cleaning up rebounds.  She and I both agree that the teams that do the best and getting rebounds and putting them back in the net will be the strongest.  If you think about it, the ball supposedly does not fly true, so keepers are trying to punch or block incoming balls rather than catch them.  That means more rebounds.  Every shot needs to be followed up by someone hoping to clean up.

Cheers and thanks for reading.  GO USA!!