Honey Badgers Come Up Short In As They Lose to Austin Athletic Club 0-2

The view from the sidelines was not pretty as these two Over 30B heavyweights slugged it out for 90 minutes on Sunday for top-of-the-table supremacy. The game was rough and tumble from the start, with fouls from each side landing as often as passes.

The Honey Badgers did field a strong squad with 5 subs available  including Jake, who was recently promoted from his 2 year Clark Field apprenticeship, and BT, hoping to start another 2 game playing streak. As an added bonus, Crosley was able to shake off last week’s groin strain to join the defense with his extended family on the sideline. Chappy however, remained bald and injured.

Ten minutes into the game, the Soccer Gods threw down and ominous warning and upended the badger den tent, hurling it across space and time like a ragdoll. The Honey Badgers must take special care to offer up a sacrifice next week at NEMP in order to avoid stop their slide down the table. The Gods must be appeased. They are not happy with CRU’s play.

Back to the game. Ryan and Gigi had chances in the opening moments, but after that they were hard to come by. Austin Athletic went up 1-0 after a knuckle ball of a free kick, and then things just got worse.

Gigi received a highly unusual double yellow for a foul and then something else. The ref probably just couldn’t understand his Italian words of comfort and concern that he was trying to convey to his victim. Anyway, he was sent off and CRU found themselves a man down.

Surviving the first half with no further damage (except to the AAC keeper who ventured outside his box and was destroyed by Andy going for a 50-50 ball), the Honey Badgers took stock of their situation and tried to remain positive.

And in the second half, they actually had the better run of play even though they had a man down. Cameron Road attacked en masse, playing a high defensive line and pushing numbers forward, trying to get the tying goal. They came close, but in the end the bitter rivalry ended with AAC getting another goal as the cards and fouls kept flying.

And so the slide continues for Cameron Road as they fall for the second straight week. But after a typical celebratory post-game romp on the sidelines it’s clear that they have already put the loss behind them and will be ready for next week’s Crown & Anchor showdown with Chopped Liverpool. Everyone knows that when you back a Honey Badger into a corner, shit is gonna get nasty. Until then…

Man-of-the-Post-Match: Rough day at the office for Cameron Road and it was pretty messy out there on the pitch. But Danimal’s revelation that he works at Hops and Grain brewery off east 6th street was just the kind of information needed to earn him high praise. A Honey Badger on the inside? Oh hell yeah. In addition, he also put his ninja boots on to perform the double dousing on Jefé.