Lightning 1, Dragons 6 (Season Four: Game Three)

After the bye week, Emilio's team squares off against our coach from last year--Coach Dwight and former teammates Eva and Paik. Coach Dwight's wife Deena told me a couple of weeks ago that he was not looking forward to it.

It's really hard to tell, even in slow-mo, whether this one crosses the line before or after it is touched by the toe of teammate Lane or the opposing defender.  Either way, one minute into the game, it's 1-0 Dragons and Emi either has his first goal or a great assist.

No doubt about this one.  Two minutes after the first goal, it's 2-0 Dragons.

This over-the-head shot is one of Emi's favorites.  3-0.

The patented pick-pocket:  Emi is great at intercepting goal kicks and taking them in for the score. Four minutes in, it's Dragons 4-0.

Sneaky! Dragons 5-0.

At this point, Coach Dwight has assigned #3 (son of ECU's Math Dept. Chair) to cover Emilio full-time. Emi hits one off the post, but he will not be denied . . .
With the score 6-0 in the second quarter, lightning strikes in the area and the game is called. The plan is to play the second half after our next game on Saturday the 12th, but I, alas, will be in Kansas delivering a paper at the Literature/Film Association Conference. I REALLY hate to miss these.