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Win—dy day!

We had 3-4 subs and Concrete started one short, then were even-up. I'd say it helped us keep our legs, especially in the midfield.

We had the wind in the first half (at the coin toss, the coin blew a couple of yards over before hitting the ground) — but their keeper was getting some HUGE punts, almost like all the wind was at ground-level but not in the air. In the second half, he one-bounced a kick to Kyle.

It took a while to get our goal, but James controlled a ball in the right corner and brought it across to pass to Brenden at the top of the box. Brenden got his third goal in as many games and that was all we needed — though we needed a bit of luck and some good plays.

Daniel Arrowsmith has missed most games this year, but he was on fire in this one. He made two key clean-up saves in the first and second half, on balls that likely would have gone in.

Early in the second half, they took a hard and high shot at Kyle. It was a difficult read, with the wind-assist, but Kyle fingertipped it and it hit the crossbar then went straight up. Thankfully, the wind pushed it out.

Late in the game, their quick guy (Trevor Phelke) got in alone and had Kyle dead to rights.

Kyle came out and made himself look as big as he could... and Phelke shot way over the bar.

Great team win today!

March3, 2012Showing 1-69 of 69316 visitsAlbum by Barry StewartPhotos by Barry Stewart
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Corner by Brenden. How did it NOT go in?
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Very narrow miss....
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Mason made a nice run after a loose ball and almost made to the goal mouth.
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James on a run....
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Just before Brenden went for a roll over Mac-André's hip. I wish I'd kept the shutter going!
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A Matt shot.
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Nathan gets chased.
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Kyle gets beat... and Daniel saves the day>>>
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#8 would have had an easy goal.
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James before the winning pass...
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Brenden hits the top left corner.
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Great body expressions here.
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Matt's sequence....
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Ball was stopped by keeper.
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Half-time hijinks.
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Is that a push, James?
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Note ball flattening into Andrew's head.
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Corner kick blown behind net.
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Funny faces.
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Timely header by Mark.
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Possible calls uncalled....
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