Jay enjoys a post-game victory beverage as only a keeper could.
After waltzing through last week’s game with the Celtic Cowboys, Cameron Road faced a much more talented and determined opponent in WTF. The hard fought game saw CRU come from behind to tie the game in the first half, and eventually see out the winner in the last minute of play in dramatic fashion.
Heading into Sunday’s mid-day game, Cameron Road was primed for an upset. Many of the team were suffering from the previous nights festivities at Casa de Chapoton, Steve McKenna was fighting a summer cold, only 2 subs were available, Andy’s somewhat blue shorts were covered in paint, and the previous week’s demolition of the Celtic Cowboys might have had the team feeling a wee bit overconfident.
WTF proved to be one of the tougher opponents of the summer campaign. Young, fit, determined and fiesty, they took the game to a short-handed Cameron Road at the start of the first half going up by an early goal. Cameron Road tried to gain a little composure, but found themselves at 6’s and 9’s more often than not as their communication was off ever so slightly.
But fighting back from an early goal is something CRU is accustomed to, and like clockwork, they got the tying goal before the half ended as Chris Peterson headed in past the keeper from BT’s cross. Powered by his new streamlined, spiked dew, Chris was on target as his roomate’s cross was delivered with pinpoint accuracy.
Going into halftime, CRU received another boost as Luke “Saxaphone Guy” Stenis provided a vitamin C smorgasbord with a ziplock full of orange slices. Soccer Moms all around the country nodded in approval.
The second half proved to be a tight affair. Jay was called into action to make some key saves, WTF were surely screaming “WTF!!” when they missed a few easy opportunities to go ahead, the referee was calling fouls every 45 seconds, and it was looking like the first draw of the summer was imminent.
That almost changed near the final whistle when Cuyler gathered up all of his strength to make a surging run down the left touch line. With BT open at the top of the box, the big man decided to go it alone and whipped in a thunderous shot that slammed off the near post. So close to victory.
As time was running out, CRU was awarded yet another free kick deep inside enemy territory. BT stepped up to take the last-gasp shot, and everyone was scratching their heads when he gently lofted the ball over the wall to his left instead of blasting in one of his trademark shots. What they didn’t know, was that he saw Way ghosting into the back side of the box and he met the cross with the very tips of his outstretched hair, squeezing the ball past the near post and the keeper to give Cameron Road a dramatic victory. Great vision from BT and a fantastic finish from Way to complete the comeback.
Man-of-the-Match: There are several no-brainers for winning the post-game award: being the only sole to bring a full ice chest full of beer to a game, celebrating a goal with a “run through the trees” salute of the treeline, and scoring a dramatic last second winning goal against a complaining, bitter, foul-mouthed opponent. Way couldn’t fit the beer on his motorcycle, he was probably too tired to make a run for the treeline, but his last second winning goal was enough to propel him to this week’s honors.
