So I've recalled about 3 women's soccer moments 9191093099084930485^2 separate times in my blog. St. Johns, Cory Bildstein's kick vs Yale and West Virginia victory in PK's.
Come to think of it I don't think I have written enough about WVU...maybe I'll do that next.
I have a fairly good memory when it comes to sporting events. I can sometimes see a box score and think of a big play or two from the game.
My grandpa, who used to own a tire retreading business in Immokalee, Florida (Place where Edgerrin James is from) was talking about a race where the Goodyear tires were failing every 15 laps or so and I was like "oh yeah, that was at Charlotte a couple years ago."
So since women's soccer summer league play is coming to an end and I decided I'd make up for it by looking through some of the box scores and trying to see what I remembered from each game.
I'll go back to the first women's soccer game I ever attended which was the game vs. Central Connecticut.
To be totally honest I have no idea what happened at this game. I remember being there and some of the things that were going on but I don't remember the game itself. I don't remember much because I didn't know who was who and didn't understand soccer enough to know what I was watching.
Somehow I do remember that Elise Fugowski scored. I don't know how she did I just remember hearing her name over the P.A. I remember that and I of course could not forget hearing this after she scored a goal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY5mzGdDMSA
That is QUITE UNFORGETTABLE.
No I did not search for hours trying to find that. The subject of this song came up one day in the marketing office as we were kind of going..."What the heck is that song you play?" I thought the person who answered was joking when they said "Crazy Frog goes to India" I searched it and found out they weren't.
I'm glad I found it though. I drove a friend of mine CRAZY...CRAZY by playing this one day.
Equally as unforgettable was Tricia Sullivan's introduction song for softball in 2008. It was Barbie Girl. It was at that moment that I almost left every softball game.
I'd really love to know why someone chose "Crazy Frog goes to India." I'm not complaining, I actually didn't really mind it.
Anyway back to more memories of this game.
I remember Ryan Grace being instrumental in getting me to this game. I was going to go to a women's soccer game at some point becuase I had never been to one throughout my first two years at school. I really wanted to see Steph Labbe play too. I was looking forward to her playing but I wasn't surprised that she wasn't there for that game because of the Olympics. She was there for the rest of the year.
I forget which game I paid for...it was either this game or the Yale game. I was just glad I had singles on me.
I sat behind the goal because my friends were sitting there. In retrospect it's the absolute worst spot to watch a game from...especially if your trying to learn about the game of soccer, see the game well and figure out who is who and what position they play.
I remember two things more than anything else from the first women's soccer game I went to.
I had a conversation with Kaili McLaren. Everyone loves Kaili. Kaili is loveable and so nice. She is just awesome. I hadn't seen her in a while and just wondered how she was doing. Somehow we ended up talking about our majors.
This will probably amaze most of you: the other thing I did was constantly ask Ryan "whose that?" and "whose that?" and "she plays what position?" I had no idea who was who and what was going on at the first game I went to. As I saw more games and read more information I quickly got better.
By April I identified 4 of the players in person around campus and knew atleast one thing from the media guide about them. 2 of them in particular were just so happy I knew who they were. They were really surprised and excited. The other two were happy that I knew who they were but they didn't show as much emotion as the other two. I don't blame them either. One of them asked if I knew something about a teammate of theirs from the media guide and I did...So yeah, I did learn quickly.
I have to learn quickly.
It drives me crazy to watch games and not know who is who. I can't watch games unless I know the athletes names. I like knowing statistics too. I distinctly remember going to my first softball doubleheader and running back to my dorm to print out a stat sheet so I could put names with faces and know exactly who hit for power, for average etc. I literally couldn't watch the game without that...WEIRD...YES...I agree...but it's who I am.
Back to the Central game. By the end of the Central game I was still pretty much like a ball in the middle of an empty field, lost. I knew five players for sure. I knew who Kacey Richards was. I always pay attention to number 23. Usually 23's are good players. I also knew she had won several awards for her outstanding play. I knew who she was. I knew who Becky Gundling was because Ryan knows her. I watched the game with him. He paid attention to Becky so I did too. Ryan didn't stop telling me how great Courtney Maitland was either. I think I mixed up Maitland with other players several times, but I knew she existed before others on the team because of Ryan. I probably knew what number and position she played by the end of the game. I knew who Annie Yi was because she was in my public speaking class. I also knew that Yi scored a lot. For some reason I knew who Lauren Ebert was. Maybe it's because she was on a schedule magnet. Quite honestly I don't know why. Maybe Ryan pointed her out. I left that game knowing who those 5 players were. By that I mean I could match numbers and faces to positions and a fact or two.
I also had seen Erin Clark's stats and knew she was the leading freshman scorer in 2007. I had heard of her and maybe a couple of other players names but I didn't leave that game knowing who she or any of her teammates were.
Soon I knew. I was pretty good after the Yale game.
So that's what I remember about the Central game.
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