U19 College Showcase Tournament!

My main event this week was the GSI College Showcase Tournament in Kansas City for soccer. I played with the U19 Mid Kansas United team that is from Manhattan.  I played as their goalie the entire week and it went great!

The first game was at 6:30 PM on Friday night so it was a bit rushed for us all to get there on time because all of the other girls do go to Manhattan High school and they don’t get out of school until a little before 3:00 PM.  The car I was riding in ran into awful traffic on the way so we were twenty-five minutes late for warm up, but it turned out fine.  I was a little nervous when the game started because I hadn't been playing much goalie, but after a while I was back in my groove.  We won the game 2-0. 

The next day we played at 8:00 PM so it was completely dark out but the fields we play on have lights so it was fine.  It did feel weird though to be playing so late.  We usually play early in the morning, but it was actually a nice change because I got to sleep in that day and take my time.  Thankfully, I was not late for this game so I was able to go through my usual warm up so I was much more prepared this time.  It felt like this game went by extremely fast; even though we actually play longer then we normally do, so that there was more time for the college coaches to come see us.  We played two forty minute halves and usually we only play two half-hour halves. This game was not our best game but we did win 1-0.  We could have beaten them by a lot more but I think we were all tired because it was late.

The third game was at 3:00 PM Sunday and this was not my favorite game.  I was really used to playing in the dark now so the sun was a little annoying and it was warmer out so I couldn't wear my big goalie shirt so my arms got scraped up every time I dove, which happens quite a bit being a goalie and all.    At first I was nervous because our team looked really tired and just drained.  We were just kicking the ball and not making plays and seizing opportunities.  But the second half of the game was a lot better than the first and we were able to score 3 goals! The game ended with us winning 3-0!

I was pretty happy with the weekend because I didn't get scored on, which is ever goalies goal for a tournament.  Since it was a showcase though, they didn't do the whole 1^st and 2^nd place thing but it was clear that we owned this tournament.