Mustang Wrap Up

Wow, what a weekend. Sodium proved, without a doubt, they are the premiere U15 team in the state of Oregon and beyond. These tough as nails warriors battled the Santa Rosa team down to the wire and, with the help of two blown calls in a row, ended up taking home the second place trophy. A great accomplishment for a great team.
When you get to the 6th game in three days with temperatures hovering around the 90's, all you have left is heart, desire and adrenalin. You are tired. Your legs are spent. But you press on. Sodium never backed down, never gave up and never lost faith. Even after the blown call gave Santa Rosa a PK and a 2-1 lead Sodium seemed to ratchet up the intensity. They knew what had to be done and who was going to step up. Tom shifted the formation to push all the heavy artillery up front. Taylor and Payten flanked Luty on defense and all eight remaining pushed, pounded and attacked the Santa Rosa team. A break-a-way went high, another off the post. In the last 3 minutes Sodium compile more shots on goal than in the entire game. In the end, it would prove that on that day, that Sodium will have another tournament in their horizon to shoot for. When the final whistle blew there was nothing left. It had all been left on the field. Several players laid down, too spent to make it the bench. Others staggered over and poured water down their heads. You just couldn't have asked them for anything more.

Heads up Sodium, you should be proud of your team and of yourselves. What an outstanding way to end the summer tournament season, winning 3 of 4 tournaments.

Remember this weekend as you forge forward into high school seasons and tryouts. You will be on the winning side of many, many more games, many many more tournaments.

Best of luck at both Club and High School tryouts. Your loyal fans will be here when you return.

From the bleachers of the local high schools, proud Sodium fans will yell: GO [insert High School]!!!

[Note] By "blown call" above, I was referring to the corner kick that lead to the handball. The handball itself was unlucky.