Let me start with a big THANK YOU to Amy Porter, for the amazing house which she arranged for the team.
9:40 AM, Saturday morning, on a frozen field of snow, over two dozen Fort Collins players, and more than a dozen Flamingo Supporters, had their first match of the day. We would be playing against Queen City Rams, for the first game of the tournament. Our players took the field, playing a hard fought match with QC, finding the score 1-0 in our first win of the season. With one win under our belt, we went on to play School of Mines, playing another tough game, coming out with a 3-2 win at the end.
Our third game, was against School of Mines Alumni. This was a tougher, bigger group of players, and going back and forth throughout the game. In the final moments, we allowed our backs to be drawn in, allowing for a score bringing us to a 2-3 loss, putting us in a three-way tie for first in our bracket. Due to points scored, we came in second in our bracket, going in for semi-finals against the Blue Goose.
The final game, semi-finals vs. Breckenridge, the Blue Goose showed their skills in spinning the ball out to their backs, and capitilizing on overloads, finishing us with a 0-4 loss, putting us in a tie for third place with the Harlequins. Breckenridge went on to win the tournament.
Following the tournament, Fort Collins players, huggers, and friends, returned to the house to party, eventually finding the bars, well into the night. Through the night, we showed once again our strength as a club lies both on the field, and off the field, leaving us with, once again, a great tournament under our belts.