A New Season

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We have finished the regular season and now we are just hours from our first post-season game. Today we host the Landmark Conference Semi-Final at 2:30pm on our field. The regular season finished with a flurry of goals. We scored four goals in our final game, against Oneonta on Saturday, giving us a 15-3 record on the season.

The previous Saturday we played our last Conference game at Scranton University. It was one of the most interesting games I have been a part of. We won 2-0, but that doesn’t fully explain the day. We drove through pounding rain for most, if not all of the trip. We just couldn’t believe how hard it was coming down. I think we went stride for stride with the storm the whole way.

When we arrived it wasn’t bad. Not much rain, it looked like we were going to get lucky. We did, through most of warm-up. But as the minutes ticked down to game time the rain began and it got harder and harder. The players took the field minus announcements, so we could have the best chance of getting it in.

The rain continued and it was the hardest rain I have ever been in. It was coming down in sheets. It wasn’t long until puddles began to form. As the minutes went by the puddles began running into each other forming a lake.  The game went on, and on and on. We could barely see, I have no idea how Kim Amrod could see enough to score, but she did.

Our normal 10 minute half-time turned into a 90 minute half-time. Once the rain slowed and the flood waters on the field receded, we walked up and began to “shlep” our way through the remaining puddles. We used sticks and our goalies used their feet, Scranton used 8 x 10 boards and brooms and eventually the field was deemed playable again.

We scored one more time in the 2nd half, a beautiful cross and finish to Shauna Deschenes. It would not have been possible in the first half since the ball could only travel through the air at that time. But not once did our players not give it everything they had. They assessed the crazy situation we were in, and made the best decisions they could, and did what we do best. We made the most of it and got a few good laughs out of it too.

Every day and quite frankly every year I feel so blessed to work with the players and families I do. Year in and out, I am surrounded by great people, who understand what is really important in life; We are important to each other. I think we make each other’s lives better and easier, every chance we get.

Thank you to everyone for making the regular season such a success. Now we move on to post-season; The time of year we have all been working for and eagerly anticipating. One game at a time let’s give it all we have for ourselves and each other. Let’s continue to build moments and memories we will always want to look back on.

Together We Will!