kip_w | last game

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Last Saturday was the last game for Sarah's soccer team, the Pink Lightning. Next season, a new team, a new name. Sarah hopes fervently that it won't be pink. She hates pink these days. She wore a different shirt under her pink one, but she said it was because she didn't like how the pink one feels.

When we got to the field, there were eight players for the Lightning, and only five of the Blue Sharks (the only team who has beat us this season) had appeared. While I was doing something, Sarah was talking to the coaches, and when I looked up, she had shucked the pink and a blue shirt was revealed — not identical to the team shirt of the Sharks, but close enough. She played for them so they'd have enough members to field a team, and scored a goal on her teammates.

At the end, it was 2-2; a fine ending for the season! And without Sarah's initiative, there could not have been a game. Since Cathy was in New Orleans, I took her place as assistant coach, which mostly meant I was allowed to be on the field (and Cathy wasn't there to shoo me off of it).

I decided that I like seeing the game from the field. I'm not sure if there's anything I can do about it, though.
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