Friday, May 1, 2009

Intramural Men's Soccer Championship Game

At 10 o’clock last Monday night, the lights over the practice soccer field on the UT campus lit up as a crowd gathered around the sidelines. It was time for the men’s intramural soccer finals.

For the past month, the intramural playoffs had been ongoing in order to determine the best team on the UT campus.

This year, the finalists were the Bomb Squad and the unnamed Black Team.

About twelve minutes into the match, a forward from the Black Team drove down the wing and turned to the middle while launching a shot past the Bomb Squad’s goalkeeper.

“Yeah, I just got a little bit of room in the middle there and just took my chance and it went in” said the goal scorer known as “Shakes”.

Fan of the Black Team, Qalben Hussein, described “Shakes” ability on the pitch. “Yeah, he’s one of the best. You see his ball control and speed, and it just sets him apart from the rest.”

For the vast majority of the first half, the Black Team dominated the play, but one mistake may have cost them the game. Late in the first half, Bomb Squad was awarded a free kick, and the ball was skillfully placed inside the near post to tie the match.

After halftime, Bomb Squad knew they had to step up their play and they did so. Just four minutes into the second half, a Bomb Squad player made a great cross and the receiving player tapped it in. Then, just two minutes after that, another Bomb Squad player sent a long shot straight into the goalkeeper, but the shot was too much to handle and it deflected into the net giving Bomb Squad the
3-1 lead.

Late in the game though, the Black Team tried to muster a comeback. A brilliant corner kick was sent into the box and it was there that a skilled midfielder was able to deflect the ball past the goalkeeper for what was considered the goal of the match.

“That was a great goal.” said Hussein, “To be able to head the ball in like that takes a lot of skill. It’s too bad they couldn’t come back and tie it up.”

Bomb Squad was able to hold on for the remainder of the game and win the intramural championship in a very well-played game.

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