Hello Sports fans,
On January 8th, your favorite neighborhood UU soccer team played in its first Denver Championship game. Although a couple of our Chicago teams had also made it to the finals, no UUNITED team had ever brought home the (imaginary) trophy - a pattern fated to continue for at least another season.
Yes, we lost. 8-7 in a hard-fought match that we could have (perhaps should have) won had the ball bounced this way instead of that way. We were even cheered on by our very own pep band! John Hubert (music director at First Universalist) and our friend Kevin Lowery kept us pumped with trombone and bugle pep-versions of such favorites as "Spirit of Life."
But alas, it was not to be...
Still, we finished in second place, and were rewarded with the dubious honor of being promoted to the first division, where we will likely be playing against a whole new level of competition. So far though, being in the upper division has been pretty nice. We are undefeated after one glorious match - that our opponents didn't show up for (literally)!
So instead of a formal match, our team divided up and had a good tough intra-squad scrimmage for an hour, which definately beats trying to practice on our usual field, which (as I look at it from my office window) is covered in ice, snow and lots and lots of goose poop.
On a related note to all you loyal fans out there - my sources inform me that our UUNITED Pep band is putting together a much more ambitious song list for this season, including many of the hits that made high school pep rallies so...er...unforgettable. So watch the Unigram for our season schedule - be there or be square.
Aaron
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