Bryan Coe

Yeah, choke, choke… let me explain

Ok, we had a game tonight and the first half felt really good. I scored a goal and finally broke the slump that I’ve been in with scoring (about time!). We were playing really well, and we ended up scoring 3 unanswered goals.

Well, not everything was great, every time I held the ball longer than a few seconds, the other team just wiped me out! The one guy gave me pretty awful dead leg. Just rammed his knee into my thigh because I beat him. This is one of the things I’ve been afraid of since I started playing over 30. I’m still a bit quicker than a lot of the guys because I’m young, and they don’t realize they are 20 pounds heavier and 20 percent slower than they used to be. I just hope I don’t get seriously injured by this sometime. So, by the end of the game I was hit from behind on a header, tripped, kicked, both my ankles are banged up and I have carpet burn on both knees. (Indoor so we play on turf.) The second half was even worse with the fouling.

That’s not the worst part though. The second half we didn’t score at all and they scored 4 goals! I botched atleast 3 or 4 chances. So, we ended up losing. Talk about a major choke! Ugh it’s so frustrating. I wish we could just play consistently.

Oh well, I guess there’s always next year… 😉

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I’ll prelude this post with… It’s great for those of you that have used the internet to find people, but…

I was watching some tv tonight and those stupid commercials with Dr. Phil on Match.com came on, soo I thought I’d check it out and see what there is out there. Yes, on Match.com.

And holy crap, what are most of these girls thinking?!? I was just floored by how many of them had pictures of their pets online. I mean why? Why would I need to or want to see pictures of your pets to know if I want to date you? And some of the pictures. One would think that these people would put their best picture online. If some of those pics are the best they can do, I’d hate to see them on a bad day. And how many 24 year old girls with two kids are their in Lancaster. Then there are the one’s that make them sound like they are better than everyone else who’s looking for love online. “I can’t believe I’m doing this..”, “I never thought I’d be doing this…” or “I’m really a loser, but I’m just trying not to admit it…” No one actually said that.
There are some people that it actually find someone online, but I don’t know. Even the one’s that sounded interesting, which were few and far between, it just seemed like a shopping list or they all had an agenda. I guess I’m just not there….

One thing I miss this year: Christkindlmarkt in Munich

Wow, between the quarry field being closed and then being away for two weeks with work. I haven’t played soccer for at least 3 weeks, maybe longer. Of course I exercised everyday when I was traveling. Riiight…
Yesterday I played for the first time, and let me tell you.. I felt it today! What did I do I played as an extra with a friends coed team tonight. It’s an open league too, not the grampa over thirty league. To make it even better I wasn’t sure if they would need me so I didn’t really warm up. When I got out on the field I felt like my legs were going to explode. But, the best way to get rid of the lactose acid in your muscles when you start exercising again is to keep going. So, that’s what I did. I can’t wait to see how I feel tomorrow. 😉

Hopefully it will be a good warm up for Thursday’s game though.