My "No Chance" Story

Nov 27, 2013, 8:53 PM

After reading the No Chance article on the front page, I was reminded of a similar game I played in, against bitter cross-town arch rivals, in which my team was given "no chance" to win. The sport however, was soccer, and it was my senior year in high school but it was during the fall so we were playing club ball, not HS. I had joined this team 4 years prior, and since I joined we had never beaten our rivals. Going into the state playoffs they were the #2 seed and we had squeaked in at #7 (8 team playoff), so we had to play them first round. We were, of course, given no chance to win.

They completely dominated the game, possessing the ball about 90% of the time, they had about 30 or 40 shots on goal. We got the ball onto their half of the field maybe 6 or 7 times the whole game. Our defense held up the first half, but they scored early in the second half. We had not even come close to getting 1 shot the whole game at this point, so it wasn't looking too hot for us.
Their coach was yelling he wanted 4 or 5 more goals.

Well, they continued to dominate and possess the ball, as we continued to defend as hard as we could, until with about 15 minutes left, one of our guys blocked one of their passes and the ball deflected straight towards their goal, behind their defense, and our dude ran onto it and scored. And just like that everything changed. 5 minute later, we put a few passes together and won a throw in deep in their territory. We threw it into their box, and one of our guys headed it in for the lead. We held on the last 10 minutes and won.

Before the game, our coach said he knew we would win, because despite their superior talent, we had more heart and he knew we wanted it more.

On Saturday, I hope Clemson brings just as much heart as we did that game. I hope they will remember, that even when things aren't going your way, one play can change everything.

Go Tigers

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For one game our conference rivals came over to our HS before the game with signs and banners. Cheering and honking driving through the parking lots.

Pre-game warmups and they are having what looked like a pep rally on their side for the field. They must have bussed their students to our field. Our team is calm and doing our regular routine. The other team is getting all pumped up and in a frenzy.

We get the ball to begin the game. The two strikers have give-n-go's to their goal and score in the first 20 seconds of the game. We beat the crap out of them.

My hope is that we go into Willy-Brice with quiet confidence, score quickly, and kick their butts up and down the field. I feel that we are the better team, and I hope that the better teams wins.

My "No Chance" Story

Re: My "No Chance" Story

Thank you!

Al? Al Bundy? Is that you?

I am not Al Bundy

Was one

Nope

How long ago?

Re: How long ago?

My HS soccer team was defending HS state champs

Re: My HS soccer team was defending HS state champs

Ahhh

I've got one too.

If coach would've put me in fourth quarter we would've

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