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GAME vs. New Orleans Jesters - 7:00 p.m. (90 minutes)
We tied tonight 3-3. We scored in the 2nd minute and then fell behind 1-3 at halftime. I played 90 minutes as a defensive midfielder. Felt I was one of the few shining lights in the first half as I gave the ball away only once (on a 25 yard penetrating pass to a forward's feet that got deflected by a sliding defender) and was switching the point of attack well. I felt that I also got stuck in very well in the first half. New Orleans was a team with many guys from England who were more "tough-guys" than soccer players, so the game was a battle from the beginning. Also, they are our main rival, so that played into the intensity. Our team played much better in the 2nd half. Debola was taken down in the box and I took the penalty kick to make it 2-3. Lemma scored the 3rd and I felt that we could have finished them off as we had most of the momentum. Played very simple and quickly, but was almost a 5th defender. Need to get tighter on defense, especially late in the game. A couple of times late, I got turned because I was not touch-length away from my man before he received the ball and he was able to use my momentum against me, which led to numbers down situation for us. Felt that this was the best performance to date of the season.
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