Bayside Scrimmage 2/28

So I think I should've organized the back line at the starting of the game more than I was and I shouldn't have jumped up and turned my back on the cross at the starting of the first half. Later I did close down a shot outside the 18 with my chest.

I also should've tried to switch the point of attack more when it was on. I think it took me a little bit to get into the game because of the short warm up but as the game went on I think my play improved and I had a good slide tackle. I think I also should've created an angle more when we had the ball to switch the point of attack more.

I think as a back line we should've been more organized, compact and should have dropped a little to not let through balls get played in behind. We should have the weak side back drop back to form the line when the ball is on the other side of the pitch to provide cover. Also when a player is dribbling at the back line one of the center backs should step to the ball then the other center back and the right or left back should pinch in to provide cover.

I think in the second half we did better and were more organized. We should not have taken a break when they scored their last goal, they had an overload on the weak side which we should have covered. 

Manchester United v New England Revolution

So as I have said before I play with the New England Revolution or for short Revs. Well recently we played in this 7 v 7 indoor tournament. I live about an hr from the tournament and am the farthest one, besides our keeper who lives in Maine but he was in Rome that weekend, so a keeper from Bayside had to come play with our team. He wasn't bad, he was actually pretty good and had some good saves. Well we started the tournament out good and we won the first game by a lot like 12 - 1. It was vs ODP Olympic Development Players. The second game was vs Manchester United! They scored the first goal but we came back and Oscar scored a free kick into the bottom left corner 1-1. Then Bryann scored for our team right before the halftime whistle 2-1. I was playing good and aggressive. Then the coach told us at halftime that the Man u was going to be fired up and wanting to win the game so we had to match that and keep out lead. We went into the second half fired up but Man u were just as much fired up if not more and they scored a goal 2-2. Then Ian the other center back made a mistake and they scored again! 2-3. This was not good and when we got a free kick coach said that I should take it. I tried curving it into the top right corner but it didn't dip on time and it went just over the bar. Then when we had a corner kick I went into the box but Marco hit it just a little to high and it went over my head. Then Coach made it with just me in the back and everyone else going up to attack. Which was a risk and Man u took advantage of that and they scored again, 2-4. Then I took some free kicks on the left side with my left foot to get it to curve (I was a righty) I played some good balls in but no one got their head to the ball and because I took the freekick no one else was back and they scored yet again. 2-5 was the final score. We may have been beaten but we had played good. At the ending the coach even said that I was the man of the match, which was a big compliment because we had played against man united!

Uefa Champions League Predictions

So I have recently been watching the Uefa Champions League. It is now into the Round of sixteen or the Knockout stage. The teams in the round of sixteen are Tottenham Hotspur vs Juventus which I think Tottenham will win because they got the two away goals in the first leg. Then it is Man city vs FC Basel which I am sorry to say because I am a Man United fan that Man city will win because of their 0-4 win in the first leg. Then FC Porto vs Liver pool which I am positive that Liverpool will win, because they won 0-5 in the first leg. Then Real Madrid vs Paris Saint German. This will be a close game but I think Real madrid will probably win because the score from the first game was 3-1 but that could change because Paris Saint German got the away goal.I think Bayern will beat Besiktas because Bayern are such a good team. But Chelsea vs Barcelona will be a tough game. I predict Chelsea will win but Barcelona are also a very good team and could easily win. Manchester United will beat Sevilla and there is no question about that:). I am sure that Roma will beat Shakhtar Donetsk. I can't wait for to see if I get all Predictions right. It will be fun to watch all of the games.

Fishers of men

So I have recently been reading a book called fishers of men. It's a historical fiction of the time when Jesus was teaching on the earth. It explains all of the miracles he did and the things he taught. There is a family that learns about Jesus and finds out that he is the Messiah. It starts out with just David, who is Deborah's husband learning about Jesus and wanting to follow him. Then Leah, David's daughter sees the things that Jesus is doing and she also wants to follow him. Then Ephraim David's oldest son and his wife Rachel, also want to follow Jesus. But Deborah and Simeon David's middle aged son are still stubborn and can't believe that the messiah has actually come. Deborah had a very hard childhood and she was forced to watch her father die on a cross. Simeon had started believing but when he heard Jesus say that is someone asks you to go a mile then you should go with him twain he was shocked and ran back home. Simeon didn't like this because the Romans asked people who were bad to walk a roman mile, and it was humiliating to do that so to walk two miles would be even worse. But later in the book Deborah happens to find Jesus teaching and at the time she was listening to him teach he had told his disciples (who were stopping the little children to go unto Jesus) to suffer the little children to come unto me. Deborah at the time was with her granddaughter who's name was Esther. And Esther went to Jesus and she loved him very much she even kissed him on the cheek. Jesus told Deborah that she had to become like a little child to go up unto the kingdom of heaven. She was converted after that. Then when Everyone of age was getting baptized (except Simeon) Esther asked Jesus if she could be baptized. He told her that when she got older that she could get baptized. Then she asked if Simeon could get baptized. Then Jesus lifted her up into his arms and whispered into her ear. Only Esther heard what he said. A little bit after that Simeon asked Esther what Jesus had told her. She said that he had told her that she couldn't get baptized yet. Simeon asked what he had said when she had asked him if I could get baptized. She smiled and said, he said not to worry that you would get baptized in a little while. I can't wait to finish this book, I really like it and I can't wait to finish the series too!!