I have a new favorite soccer play...
Yesterday, Oakley's team was outmatched. No doubt, the other team was better, and they really put it to us. But Oakley was as good as the players on that team, and she really
battled. Throughout the game, she never gave up.
At one point in the second half, after the score was well out of hand, the other team had a break away to the goal. Oakley chased it down from behind and was closing, but there was no way she'd get there in time. She kept going, though, and managed to arrive at the same time as the ball did at the goal. She managed to deflect it just enough that it clanked off the post and back into the field, but Oakley couldn't keep her balance... she went face first into the post. The goal itself even moved six inches.
Did Oakley cry? No, she did not. She got up, and chased the play back down the field. One good pass from Ally later, and Oakley was in on goal by herself, where she finished off the play with aplomb, for the only Volcanoes' goal of the game.
Just great stuff...
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