Game 12: Turkey Shootout in Edmond

The Ruiz Benton Five left Ada at 10 a.m. on Saturday morning to head to Edmond for the Turkey Shootout tournament that began with a match against Chickasha at 12:30. Three core members of our team--Saul, Augie, and Jose--were unable to attend because they were being quarantined after having a first-person interaction with a family member who had Coronavirus.

All matches had 35-minute halves (instead of the usual 45). Our first match was against Chickasha, whom we'd beaten 1-0 earlier this season.  Emilio started at holding mid and later got some playing time at forward. He played well.

Play was rough.

Chickasha took at 1-0 lead into halftime. We tied them in the second half. 

Taylor's parents were there taking pictures, and I erased all the non-scoring goals (I posted Phillip's on the team's Facebook page).

After the game, Emilio requested a Green Passion Smoothie from Panera, which we took--along with Panera food for the rest of us--to the Hampton Inn, where we ate in an empty lobby.