Galacticos TKO Badgers 6-2

There just may be a reason Galacticos are currently 22 points ahead of Cameron Road this early in the season. Could be their excellent passing and shooting. Or it could be that the Honey Badgers still haven’t awoken fully from their Premier League hangover. Whatever the case, it was a fairly miserable Sunday at ye’old Onion Creek Soccer Factory.

Things started off fairly promising. Schwarzy was there early, Jefe had his boots on, Ciro’s core temp hovered in the normal range, and the Punters were getting thrashed by CC United. Oh, and Jefe won the coin toss, which delighted him to no end.

Jeff Z was there…. but one of his feet was wrapped in a hard-shell case from his Austin Marathon adventure.

The Honey Badgers created the first chance early as Chappy’s flick found Adam alone with the keeper. The shot was…. just off the mark.

After some back and forth which saw Cameron Road doing a lion’s share of defending, Galacticos struck first with a bit of a cheap goal as things bounced around near the the net.

But the Honey Badgers stuck back with a fierce counter attack as former roomates and current life partners BT and Peterson connected for a wonderful goal. Prowling through the middle, BT found Chris down the line and played him in with a delicious ball which Peterson smashed past the keeper with his left foot. Glorious. 1-1.

Unfortunately, the remaining 75 minutes were not kind to the Honey Badgers. The play was sloppy, the turnovers were numerous, and the chances were not taken.

Danimal did come back to nab a scrappy goal off a Peterson corner kick in the second half, but that was the highlight. The lowlight was McKenna taking one for the team in the form of a headbutt to the grill after being fouled by a fiery Galactico who was sent packing to the sidelines with a red card.

More goals followed, but not by the good guys. Tempers flared with the mounted pressure, but all was healed during the post game, where the Badgers limped to the sideline to lick their wounds and reflect on the afternoon’s disaster.

Chappy and Adam pondered their squandered chances. Adam in the first few minutes, and Chappy with two back-to-back in the second. Andy made an “ewwwww” face after receiving his gift of pickle beer. Jefe was down after a short-lived comeback attempt. Ciro got his core temp back to an acceptable range.

As the sun set, there was too much beer remaining in the coolers… another sign that things just weren’t happening for Cameron Road on the day.

No time for a pity party with 2nd place ATX on the horizon and a host of Honey Badgers still injured and out of town for the 8am showdown. Time to build a human shield in front of Jaybone and get a result.

Man-of-the-Match: With a goal, an assist, playing defense, and midfield, Peterson earned his props on Sunday.