Apparently Mother Nature has been geographically confused believing Texas is located further west in the Rocky Mountain Ranges, causing the Saints last few games to be cancelled (I thought Texas was hot, who lied to me?) We were finally able to take the field against Code Blue and to our dismay Code Blue forced us to pound the help button repeatedly.  If it weren’t for Superman Stevan Cruz we wouldn’t have been able to hold them to their 2-1 lead. 

 

The game began with the Saints a man or two down (I can’t remember every detail so I’m just going to embellish a bit).  Alyssa King showed up within the first 10 minutes to even out the field. Jake Bailey, Mary Brannon, Brad Henson, and I held the defense line strong through the first half even with a traitor attacking the goal.  (The traitor being FC Rahr’s David Peterson, whom I believe should be playing basketball not soccer.)  Thankfully we were regularly reminded by Cruz to “push up” and with Captain America Jake Bailey hollering “step up.”  The defense was conditioned quite quickly and was able to catch the Code Blues offside repeatedly.  Kyle Wilbur took control of the defense the second half allowing Jake Bailey to attack the goal, like a bear coming out of hibernation, with the unselfish assistance of Rachael Anderson and score our lone goal for the game.  Kristin Beatty, Lindsay Van, Chris Lockwood, and Alyssa King held the front line along with the midfield and a bit of defense.  Although an outsider might think they were running around like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off (and I’ve seen it too, it’s weird) we appreciated their willingness to go wherever needed.  Although towards the end of the game it was femme fatal dominating the D-Line, Madame Saints know how to bring the boys in and crush and destroy them even without a victory.  Watch out there might be a bra burning next week too.  Kidding!      

 

Fearless Xena aka Rachael Anderson dealt with her share of the aggressive, starved for affection, weak souled boys, and bent them over and showed them how to treat a lady and then kicked them to a curb.  If you look up Femme Fatal in the dictionary you should see her picture.  Three cheers to her for standing up to those overgrown children. That’ll teach ‘em to not mess with a Lady Saint. 

 

A huge honor and possibly an Academy award will go to Chris Lockwood for his part in receiving the first yellow card of the season after being viciously taken out by jealous Code Blue wimp.  He’s like Clint Eastwood, no one can hold him back after another man messes with his domain.  Obviously the referee didn’t find what Chris vocalized as humorous, but the rest of us had a laugh.    

 

The first Oscar for drama in a game/first injury of the season went to Iron Man aka Brad Henson, whose own suit of amour could not protect him from pulling a hammy.  He kindly offered to stay in as a speed bump in front of the goal.  We appreciated his offer but declined politely.  Hope you heal up quick Brad!

 

In my opinion the first game of the season went off without a single hitch besides trying to figure out what everyone’s name is, confusion on what color jersey to wear, a slight roster shortage, lack of orange slices, and only 3 fans. 

 

This week’s Sainthood deservingly goes to Cruz! I’m putting in your nomination for the Nobel Peace prize as we speak.  I’m pretty sure you have a chance this year.

 

Moo.

After several games being cancelled do to the constant rain, I finally understood the “water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink” concept at our Saturday noon game against the UNT’ers. The showdown began under the beating sun and it was clear the player of the game was the weather. The cool rainy weather kept the All Saints inside and off their feet for three weeks. Our naturally high level of fitness brought us into a game where each of us could take a five minute break.

The game started a bit late due to the tardiness of the UNT’ers, however, they quickly seemed to be multiplying while putting pressure on our defense (even without a hangover involved). Our passing couldn’t be matched and we ended up assisting the other team.  The helping hand perhaps outstretched a bit too far causing our narrow loss…

Our first conquest is to get our original opponent, the weather, under control and then we shall approach our rematch with UNT’ers after some true exercise and not so much rest…

Yesterday was season opener for FC Rahr's coed team the Baylor All
Saints. As the clouds and lightning slowly encompassed the field, the
All Saints challenged the Mixed Nuts to a game of the world renouned
sport of futbol.

The first score went to the Nuts as they mixed up the All Saints defense
with a break away. However, the All Saints collected themselves and
increased their communication skills on the field. This was soon
demonstrated by a goal from Rachael Anderson bringing the All Saints to
a 2-1 lead (Female's goals count twice, because they make them look
twice as nice!). The first half ended with some diving saves from goal
keeper Steve Cruz and a gorgeous goal off the right foot of Kristen
Bastien creating a 4-2 lead.

During the second half as the lightning creeped closer to the field, the
opprotunities heightened and the game seemed to pick up speed from my
body's out of shape perspective. After another break away from the Mixed
Nuts causing a disheartening one on one situation. Steve Cruz quickly
redeemed himself with a stunning save fisting the ball just slightly
over the goal proving he truly was a keeper and player of the game!

The game was called due to the lightning a little more than twenty
minutes left in the game. The Baylor All Saints walked off the field
triumphant with a 4-3 victory! It seems to be a promising start to an
awesome season!