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