LOSS: 1-2 vs AAC – Goals Dry Up, Unlike Ciro’s Shorts
Another nooner in full effect this week as the Honey Badgers faced Austin Athletic Club. Cameron Road welcomed back Guillermo with open arms after week’s on the shelf with a foot injury. Look out for those tiny turf divots you 40 year old! The Badgers also gained the defensive services of Nick L, picking up where he left off last summer in central defense. With Jaybone out getting his Pickleball referee certification, Danny slotted himself between the pipes for an adventure in goalkeeping. Finally, Chappy was back from Mexico, but limited his playing time while recovering from the messy effects of 35 fish tacos and 247 margaritas in Mexico.
Breaking news: it was hot.
Austin Athletic looked to have some feisty players on their summer squad and the game looked to be a hard-fought one from the get go. Danny was throwing his body around in goal, punching many a ball away, including the backside of Scotty’s on a corner kick. Several goals were cleared off the back line, Dave dive-bomb slide tackled some fool, and Mark was getting the business constantly as AAC discovered he was a hard man to get the ball off of. By the end of the game, his Chris G jersey looked like, a Chris G jersey, covered in sweat and dirt. Chris would have been proud.
Early in the game, Billy and Jeff discussed the finer points of where the ball needs to go when playing out of defense, which the referee took exception to. Too bad Jake wasn’t there to tell her that “yelling at our friends” is part of the Cameron Road ethos.
With nothing much to show for offensively, the Badgers drew first blood when The Jesus hit a nice curling shot into the far post to go up 1-0.
But AAC answered with a bit of luck, as they had a shot take a few deflections on it’s way past Danny. Or was that in the second half? Who can tell, it was 800 degrees.
Halftime involved oranges, sour patch octopuses, and Danny trying out his Jesus roast material with a 2 for 1 shot.
The second half got under way with more of the same. Conor was deployed on the wing, which was not guac-worthy as he prefers a more central role. But he did manage a cross to Chappy’s dome.
Matt took some turns in midfield and ultimately up top, but he was unusually mellow on the day, most likely from driving all night to a teenage rave in Brownsville to obtain a case of White Claws.
Mark was getting more of the business from AAC, and he had finally had enough when he had to be pulled from the game after a tussle with an ancient AAC player. Cooler heads prevailed before an “MMA Battle of the Ages” headed to the parking lot.
The game was looking like a hard-fought and heated draw was on the books, but AAC caught a break when an attacker got past Adam in the box, but hit the turf after feeling the effects of the gravitational pull from Adam’s shins. Up stepped the largest human at Onion Creek to make it 2-1 bad guys.
Game over. No worries, the Post Game was on!
Man-of-the-Match: Good to have Guillermo back on the pitch!
Post Match Report: This was a good one. 3 tents, Real Ale Palomas, candy, homemade guac, and….. POPSICLES. Ciro got iced about 27 times, Chappy took one in the crotch from a sneaky Adam. Joe from Verity took time away from selling homes to the stars and playing for 9 teams to get up in the mix. Jefe heckled an AAC player and his girlfriend as the left the game. The legend of BT’s Whataburger shin guards was relived. Basically the usual. Good times.
