What a crazy end to the Best in the West Soccer Tournament today!! In the morning, we played Mater Dei, where we knew a couple girls on the team. It was fun to reunite our Blue Lightning Bolts girls from spring of 2013 (Ava, Cecily, Alaina, and Katie). Both teams played well and ended the game tied 1-1, so we had to go into penalty kicks to determine the winner. Mater Dei missed 2 shots while the first four girls on our team made their goals. So we won 4-2 in penalty kicks.
(waiting on pictures from Richard's camera...)
In the afternoon, Marina played Millikan in the championship game. This was where everything got a little crazy! Both teams seemed well-matched, but the other team started to come on a little more aggressive. The refs were not calling some dangerous plays, as our girls got knocked around. One of our girls got a yellow card, then another one of our girls who is on the smaller side was completely pushed down with no call. Her dad got upset and was thrown out of the game by the ref. Our coach told the ref that someone was going to get hurt, and then he got a yellow card for saying that. Then with no penalty being called, the other team got a free kick which ended up being scored into the goal. Everyone was confused as the ref let it stand and then there was a huge scuffle, with the same girl who was pushed down earlier. All of a sudden she was on the ground bleeding, and our coach had enough as he yelled for our girls to get off the field and end the game. So we lost the championship game 0-2 by forfeit as we ended the game early so our girls wouln't get hurt by the other team and the non-existent calls by the refs. So much craziness!!!
(waiting on pictures from Richard's camera...)
