The Ultimate Humiliation
Not a chance!
The Ultimate Humiliation
I had my hopes up, I’ll admit.
We came out of that funk looking impressive. Toa Maile scored 2 goals in a 3-1 win we enjoyed over Pago Youth, and then scored 3 more in a masterful 4-0 defeat of Black Roses.
We were really close to Lion Heart, and we had a better goal differential than they did. All we neeeded to do was to win out to give ourselves a fighting chance.
Game Over
Of course, we didn’t do that.
We came up against Taputimu Youth for the 19th match of the season, needing a win to stay alive.
I went nuts with my transfer policy. I signed the best players from Lion Heart, Ilaoa & To’omata, and Vaiala Tongan. I figured I’d try a scorched earth strategy to prevent them from winning.
It didn’t work. Lion Heart won — and then we inexplicably lost to lowly Taputimu Youth.
It was a 1-0 loss, but it wasn’t really close. Joe Seong scored in the 65th minute, and we basically rolled over and died.
And that was it for our season.
The Plan
As if our season wasn’t dead enough, a 3-0 loss to Ilaoa & To’omata sealed our fate.
We wound up in 4th place at the end of the season, after being up near the top all year long.
It’s a long offseason, but I’ve got a plan. I’m going to go around to all of the amateur countries in the world, and will sign anybody who is willing to come along.
We don’t have the budget to scout these players, but I’m not afraid to sign them outright to amateur contracts and then release them. Let’s see if we can’t get some sort of super team put together for next season.
I’m tired of losing, after all.