USA vs. Canada

8/5/11

3:30pm
We play Canada today for the Tech Savvy Kent Cup (I now know the name of the something-something-Kent-Cup). I think our coaching staff has, yet again, put together an excellent tactical game plan. Now, it’s just up to us players to execute it.

The mood here is a little less tense than it was before the England match. I think I spoke of that quiet intensity—that’s still there—but there seems to have been a collective exhalation. We’ve gotten that first match under our belts, and we’re looser now. I like it. I feel confident.

In a little off-the-field action, we all got flipped the bird by a Canadian on a bike today—stay classy Chatham-Kent. I think this has given us a little extra incentive to win. Also, we were assigned liaisons for this trip (two high schoolers from the area), and they gave us a very creatively done “baby corn mascot.” Basically, they decorated an ear of baby corn to look like a Women’s Eagle rugby player. So we’ve gotten the good (baby corn mascot from some awesome liaisons), the bad (Canadians on bikes), and the ugly (rugby players fed on just hors d’oeuvres) at Chatham-Kent. Hopefully, tonight will be good for us and bad and ugly for Canada.

1:30am 8/6
Well, the match didn’t exactly go our way. It was tough to lose and lose because we played well below our capability.

After a three-hour trip back to Oakville from Chatham-Kent, I’m just ready for some shut-eye.