In a massive reversal Dude cried to get back in the game on Saturday. Last weeks debacle with the bullying and name calling that forced Dude to the sidelines in tears fell quickly from his memory. With scabs on both knees that until game time were so excruciatingly painful that he could barely walk, he soldiered onto the field.
During the first portion of the game Dude was positioned defensively, and he performed honorably. As neared the fifty-yard line, or whatever they call it in this facsimile of a sport, he would stumble to a halt as if avoiding some electrified force field. It was obvious however that he wanted to score.
When the coach decided to rest Dude and give some of the other players a chance the raged boiled forth from him in an fusillade of kicks and screams. If he had been inadvertently exposed to gamma radiation at this point he would have most assuredly Hulked out.
As I understand it when a player is penalized in soccer a referee will display a colored card. After the tantrum punted around by Dude a real referee would have let him taste the rainbow. (Thank you to Skittles (c) a proud sponsor of this website.)
Dude's verve, gumption, fight, vigor, and determination impressed the coach, or perhaps he just feared for the lives of the parents watching the game and he was allowed to reenter the game in an offensive position.
During practice the team has been working on passing and during most of the game Dude would pass it to another teammate, but the pass would more often than not be intercepted. However, towards the end of the game he had a breakaway. He maintained a dribble down the field until he was engaged by a band of opposing players.
Dude disappeared into the scrum for what seemed like nearly 5 minutes. He would surely lose the ball, but then out of the pack appears little Dude still kicking the ball. And with one final flip of his foot the ball crossed the goal line.
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