Well said. The rest is passion and action. Let's show some guts and blow out our opponents for the rest of the season. -Scott Li Huan wrote: > It becomes a little quiet recently. Are we getting > tired of tieing our games one after one or do we > lose our passion for winning the games in this > competitive division? Come on, guys. We have played > quite well so far in this season. Particularly, we > did a good job on changing our playing style, as I > observed in our last two games. We showed we are the > better team controlling the game tempo, creating > tremendous scoring opportunities, minimizing the > opponent's ball possession, and forcing them playing > in defense for most of time. We showed we are willing > to and are able to improve our game. Now, it becomes > kind of enjoyable to watch you guys playing well > organized game on the bench. To me, the fun isn't > only from playing with a bunch of buddies in the > league, but mainly from playing with a bunch of > buddies > who are willing to play enjoyable games and never stop > > to challenge their limit. Otherwise, I would better > start to prepare for my over-40 division games now. > > According to the last league standing, we are number > 4 now. The other three spots are occupied by > Net-workers, North Dallas 40, and Driller. Net-workers > should feel lucky for that unexpected goal yesterday. > To remain as #1, they will have to fight with Drillers > and Smith-Thompson UTD. As we can see, we are in a > good position for a playoff spot and have to win next > game vs. Smith-Thompson UTD to ensure us the spot > before the last game. We should prepare for any > further > unexpected rain-out in next two games. I hope every > of us can show up next game (He Yi, can you make it?). > I believe attendance is one of factors affecting our > ranking in this season so far. Many of us including > myself are absent 2 or more games (I missed the fall > break weekend game, in which the league usually does > not schedule any games, and a makeup game in that > week. What a shame. I only missed 2 games in previous > 9 seasons). If only 80% or less of us, in average, can > > show up for a game, we may have difficult time due to > lack of subs given our current fitness condition and > the competitive level in this division. > > As for the Thursday practice, I propose to move it to > Tuesday or Wednesday night if we get into the playoff > since I believe our old body may require more than two > days to recover in full after an intensive practice. > In this Thursday, please spend some time on shooting a > setup ball, although it is tedious compared to playing > > a scrimmage. Just think about how many opportunities > we wasted and only one of our goals is scored by non- > strikers in this season. We, particular the midfield, > need to get more sense on shooting the ball around the > penalty box. > > A couple of suggestions to our defense: > 1. Never dribble in front of our penalty box when > challenged. It could become a disaster if one of your > ten attempts fails. If you have to dribble to get > better control of the ball, dribble toward the > sideline. My suggestion is to clear out the ball as > early as possible. > 2. Never get the ball across toward the front of our > penalty box unless you are 100% for sure that our > stopper or sweeper is not challenged. As we know, our > defense is most vulnerable during the transition time > from defense to offense. > 3. Always try to get the first-time touch to clear out > > the high balls (mostly by head). If you wait and turn > around to chase the bounce ball, you give up the > advantage to the opponent's striker, especially for > those who are not shame to show their dirty tricks. > > BTW, my ankle get injured yesterday when fighting > against an opponent player for a position in defense > around 10 minutes after the game started. Fortunately, > It now looks like a "single cheese burger" instead of > a "double cheese burger". I hope it can be recovered > before next game. Don Jian, this is all your fault > since you are not there yesterday and our team > does need a sideline coach. > > Go Dragons, > > Huan Li > > > > --- "Chen, Mark" <MChen@santera.com> wrote: > > Dragons, > > > > We will have a game against Net-Workers at Highpoint > > E -- Plano this > > Sunday 10/21. The same field we played last last > > Sunday. > > > > Please come to the field at 12:30am. There were > > quite a few late-comers > > in the last game. Dick, BinBing, please be on time. > > > > Also, tonight's practice time is at 8:00pm. But if > > you want to come 15 > > minutes earlier to practice shooting, please let me > > know so that I can > > bring the soccer balls with you. > > > > Again, if you are not able to show this Sunday, > > please let me konw. > > > > Go Dragons, > > -Chen, Si > > (972)814-4631 (M) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scott Bao | | fax: 469-255-9490 Cisco Systems, Inc .|||. .|||. voice: 469-255-4176 2200 E. President George Bush Turnpike .:|||||:. .:|||||:. http://www.cisco.com Richardson,TX 75082 ::::::::::::::::::::::::::: mailto:sbao@cisco.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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