LAS VEGAS LEGENDS INDOOR SOCCER

BY JOHN MASTALIR jmastalir

THIRD TRY  FOR INDOOR SOCCER LAS VEGAS.....THE FIRST TWO...VERY GOOD COMPETITION WITH A SUPER GAME ....THIS TIME IT LOOKS LIKE MORE OF THE SAME.

THE LEGENDS PLAYED MEXICO IN AN EXHIBITION GAME AT THE ORLEANS ARENA...THEIR HOME FIELD .....THIS ON THURSDAY AND THE LEGENDS EMERGED WITH AN 8-7 OVERTIME VICTORY.  I LIKENED THIS TO MICHAEL JORDAN'S VISIT HERE 15 YEARS AGO WHERE AT THE GAMES END HE WAS ABLE TO FIRE UP THE AFTERBURNERS IN THE LAST 6 MINUTES OF THE GAME AND TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL...SAME THING IN THIS GAME....NOT THAT IT WAS SLOW OR NON COMPETITIVE..IT WAS GOOD,  BUT IN THE LAST FOUR MINUTES THE GAME TOOK ANOTHER LEVEL OF SPEED AND INTENSITY AND IT WAS GREAT....5-3 WITH FOUR MINUTES LEFT AND THEN 7 GOALS IN THE LAST 5 MINUTES OF COMPETITION....MAKING THE GAME WHAT IT IS ....TERRIFIC.  I CONTINUE TO MARVEL AT THE SKILL LEVEL OF THE PLAYERS.....FOOTWORK...BALL CONTROL....PASSYING...SHOOTING....YEAH !

SAME ARENA AS HOCKEY ....SIX ON A SIDE....PENALTY BOX...WAY TOO MUCH BACKGROUND NOISE.

AT 6:45 I NOTICED NO REFEREES......AT 7 WE GOT ALL 12 VERSES OF THE MEXICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM AND LOTS OF PRE GAME CRAP AND DANCE AND NOISE AND INTRODUCTIONS OF PLAYERS UNKNOWN AND SOME WAITING......... AT 727 5 REFEREES SHOWED AND AT 728 ONE MORE MADE THE SEEN....JUST TWO WORK THE GAME AND THEY ALTERNATED........ AFTER ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES OF TRYING TO FIND A BALL THE CONTEST BEGAN AT 732.....LOTS OF ODDS AND ENDS TO WORK OUT.....I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT ONE PLAYER MADE CONTACT WITH AND OFFICAL AND DID NOT GET EJECTED....SOME MADE IT TO THE PENALTY BOX...

LAS VEGAS WITH 22 PLAYERS MEXICO WITH 13...I AM SURE SOME CUTS WILL COME FOR THE HOME OPENER ON 1 NOVEMBER AT THE ORLEANS ARENA AT A TIME WHEN ALL THE PLAYERS AND REFEREES CAN CONGREGATE.

THINGS TO BE WORKED OUT.

THE GAME ITSELF IS ENOUGH...SUPER SKILL LEVEL...TEAMWORK AND STRATEDGY WITH A NICE CROWD OF 4000ISH.....

THIS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TO THE WORLD.

THEY GET A LOW SCORE FOR BEING 32 MINUTES LATE WITH TERRIBLE GAME MANAGEMENT ....THE GAME ITSELF.......YES....LETS DO IT.

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LETS HOPE THIS GOES.....I LOVE IT.

65 D