Hokay so..... we won our third bracket game against Greece and boy did I have the game of my life! I ended up scoring three goals and playing really well on defense throughout the game! Our team ended up with quite a few kick outs (or monkey bites according to some), but played awesome 5-on-6 defense and totally shut them down! YAY! Anyway, that set us up to play China in our crossover game in order to get into the quarterfinals. So, today we played China and beat them 12-9. We played well as a team and Pete was on fire! We controlled the game even with 11 ejections and 5 (yes 5) 5 meters. which if you aren't familiar with our sport that is RIDICULOUS! Betsey rocked my world and blocked the first one and intimidated the shooter enough to get her to pause, forcing the refs to call it no goal! Again, great 5-on-6 defense. It was pretty funny though in the last two games to look around on the bench and realize that we ALL had 2 ejections, but we did a nice job of spreading them around and being able to keep everyone in and playing up to the end!
Next up.... Spain in the quarterfinals and I can't wait!
Side note: The hotel internet has unfortunately become a little spotty since the swim team got here (and yes Michael Phelps is staying in our hotel), so the posts have not been happening as often... my apologies. Don't worry though, we paid 80 euro in order to have internet for the 17 days we are here and the faj in me has come out and tried to get out of paying for all of it since half the time we can't even get online! I'll do my best though to keep you informed and if not you can always look online (usawaterpolo.com)
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BAHHH HAHAHAHAHA! Win, win...win. Oh man. So great. Nicely done on your little goal spree slash just winning in general. We followed you via Crackberry while we were Up North but have no fear because we have returned to the mother land. Keep up the good work homie g.
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