Back in the Saddle

I've officially ended my soccer-less streak.  I joined two new teams, a Thursday night Vavi team playing on a full 11 v. 11 field just outside downtown and a Sunday afternoon 7 v. 7 team playing at the Mission Valley YMCA.  Our first YMCA game was a bit rough and I was thinking maybe I shouldn't have come out of retirement.  However, Thursday's game was an improvement and our Vavi team is undefeated after having dominated the Booz-Allen team we played.  Okay, we didn't dominate the first half but we are a team of "free agents" that have never played together before, and we picked things up considerably in the second half.  Although the level is not quite where I'd like it to be, it's a start and hopefully things will be much improved by season's end.  The plan is to assemble a team from work and selectively augment it with strong players I find through these two leagues...we'll see if that pans out in a couple of months.