Thursday, December 27, 2012

2012 - Looking Back - Cheers and Jeers


JEERS
10 - Giving up so many penalty kicks

9 -
Long Bus trips with the girls (Trinidad/Otero, Northwest ...)
8 -
Playing terribly at Northwest and falling behind 4 - 0
7 -
Coming back at Northwest to get it 4 - 3, but to eventually lose 5 - 3.
6 -
Picking the weeds on the field during pre-game at Northeastern
5 -
Playing great against Otero both times but still losing via free kicks and penalty kicks.
4 - Yellow Card suspensions - Nate Cutler and Taylor Chesnovar (twice each)

3 -
Red Cards - Bernard Manuel (twice), Steven Shelley, Christian Mendoza
2 -
Loss at LCCC in regular season, after leading 1 - 0 with 5 minutes to go and then losing in OT.  Both LCCC goals on free kicks.
1 -
Winning a NJCAA tournament match but still being eliminated from the tournament.  

CHEERS 
 10 - Mitch Jensen's two goals versus Idaho State
9 - Team's first 2 shootout wins, versus LCCC in the Region IX semi-finals and versus Western Texas in the NJCAA National tournament.
8 -
Taylor Egbert's goal versus Northwest in the Region Final
 7 - Jarom Stuart' goal versus #1 Darton at the NJCAA nationals 
6 - Hosting the West District tournament
5 -
Mitch Jensen blocking penalty kicks (around 10 times for the season)
4 -
Double OT win at WNCC 3 - 2, from a goal from Taylor Egbert with seconds to go.  WWCC was down a man for most of the match.
3 -
The costumes our team had for 4 v 4 two-a-day tournament
2 -
Winning the Region IX championship
1 -
Placing 8th at the NJCAA National Tournament in Albany Georgia