The last time the 7th/8th graders locked up with the team they played Saturday afternoon, they had only nine players for the bulk of the game and lost 3-0.
With a full lineup Saturday, they erased a 2-0 halftime deficit with a four goal outburst in the second half, only to see their two goal lead disappear in a 4-4 tie.
One who looks at this game with the glass half full will point to how the 7th/8th graders (2-2-1) exploded in the second half with a four goal barrage.
Christian netted a hat trick as he put three into the net, and Moises added one as well for his third goal of the year.
In a span of a few minutes, Christian used his game changing speed and raced past the other team's defense in a flash, giving the team a much needed boost with his first two goals.
Momentum was clearly on the 7th/8th graders side and they needed to play strong on defense the rest of the way.
And that's where the person who looks at this game as the glass half empty comes in to play.
Just like the 6th/7th graders, the 7th/8th graders would blow a two goal lead.
Perhaps they used all their energy to jump out by two goals and didn't have enough left in the tank to hang on at the end.
One thing definitely preventable was the game tying goal, which came off of a free kick right outside the box.
The boys set up a wall, which is called a wall for a reason.
After the other team took the free kick, the wall disappeared, as some of the players, scared of the ball, ducked away from it, giving it a clear path past Julian, who gave up two goals early in the game that he should've saved.
It is not easy to take a soccer ball to any part of the body, but if you don't block the shot, your left with the consequences, which in this case was the game tying goal.
These two teams will likely meet a third and final time in the playoffs, and when the time comes, the wall needs to be a wall.
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