Crushed

Six seconds till the nineteenth hour of the day. Fifty-four seconds posted on the score board. No goals to break the deadlock. Yeri passes the ball out to centre, Victor takes it with his left foot, he dribbles two people and sends a hard pass down line to Kieran. Kieran rifles a ball in the air, its flying high, like an eagle through the sky. We are tied 0-0. The crowds up on their feet. Screams of fear and excitement take over the stands. Kieran’s pass finally lands at Ryan’s feet, he takes a shot, the bomb is lite, as it slowly rolls on the ground, we hear the clink of the post. He missed; we all look away. As we turn our backs the crowd goes wild. GOAL!!! Post and in. We did it!

Wrapping up in the locker room, we planned out what we needed to do this season. The absolute dream was to win the league. We talked about how practice would look like for the coming week. As we left the locker room one by one, we headed out the door. With the click of the latch and the echo from the empty gym we headed off. This was the last, the last chat, the last win, this was the last of seeing smiles on my teammates faces. This was the last I would turn the nob of the door with my sweaty hands without the fear of who’s sweat dripped upon it last. This was the end of it all in 2020. We were locked out, as if it were a safe and no one knew the code. The season shut down and our dreams forgotten, like an abandoned desert waiting to be explored... hopefully.