KC Trip

Hi, My name is Faik who rides a bike, that rocks the mic who is writing this with Brian. When we left for the trip, we were full of excitement. But then with Faik’s site of Blake, his excitement died. JK The bus ride was fun at first but then got boring. It was a new team, so we were somewhat nervous yet excited for what the season had in store for us. About halfway through the trip, we were forced to do homework, and that may have been the highlight of the trip! We all worked hard in our studies, especially Josh Hubert and Torrence Brown, who were able to catch up on any sleep they missed in school. After a seemingly endless bus ride, we finally arrived at the hotel, to the welcoming sign with a picture of a bear on saying, “Please Bear With Us.” When we finally checked into our rooms: Faik with Torrence, Pierson, and Brad, and Brian with Josh, Billy, and Lou. After beginning to get comfortable we were interrupted when we had to go out to eat at Ryan’s Steakhouse. The buffet was delicious, and Brian, Liam, Vince, and Fink devoured all the ice cream, the best part of the meal. When dinner ended, we all went back to the hotel to take naps, that were ruined when we had to go to our 9:00 meeting, which was honestly quite informative, and led to our great success for our first game. After the meeting, we went back to our rooms and attempted to get a good night’s sleep. In my room (Brian’s), it was a very interesting experience as Josh nearly scared Louie to death with his vigorous sleeping techniques. In the middle of night, Josh woke everyone with his loud snoring and occasional shouts. Louie also said he kicked and rolled over a lot as well. I, however, slept like a baby although Billy complained in the morning that I stole all of the blankets. In Faik’s room, Faik, who was nervous about sleeping with another person, decided it would be best to sleep in the tub, at least that’s what he told coach. The next morning, we had to wake up at 6:30, and my room woke to the wonderful alarm of “Everytime We Touch” by Cascada. After we woke up, we walked down to the lobby to eat breakfast, which was quite good. Then at 8:45, we departed for the fields where we would play our first game. When the game started, it was hard-fought and a much quicker pace than we were previously used to, but however, we held our own and created many great scoring opportunities. Then at the very end of the first half, Billy took the ball to the end line, beat the defender and crossed it in to Brian who headed it in the back of the old onion bag to put us up 1-0 at halftime. In the second half, it was obvious that we were getting a little tired because the pace slowed down significantly, and we were doing more kicking than passing. This resulted in a stronger Wizards attack that eventually led to an unfortunate equalizing goal. They continued to pressure and looked as if they would score again, but Liam made a couple of insane saves, and the defense continued to fight for every ball until the end of the game. We tied our first game 1-1, and look forward to get our revenge next time we play the Wizards.
After the game, we sat around in the ice-cold weather to watch our 18’s play. They played an extremely competitive game, but due to an absolute snipe of a shot from the Wizards’ outside mid in the first half, and a good run for a finish by the Wizards’ forward, they lost 2-0. The game was a lot closer than the score indicated, and it was extremely fast paced. When the game ended, we all boarded the bus and drove to a parking lot, in which we all got out and went to a number of different restaurants. Faik decided to go to KFC. He ordered popcorn chicken with mashed potatoes, a simple order. It took 30 minutes to get this order because there was a computer fault in the system. Faik looked into the kitchen and saw that there was a full basket of popcorn chicken just sitting there staring him in the face, until he finally asked the cashier kindly to get his food. She apologized and gave him his order. Due to this fault, Faik had to finish his meal on the bus, but other than the utter chaos, it was amazing. When we got on the bus, we were fortunate that Sean Kuster brought the movie Santa Buddies, an extremely corny Christmas movie in which a talking dog saves Christmas, although nobody is really sure how it ended, considering almost everyone fell asleep. As we were enjoying our deep sleep, Blake decided he would wake us up to write this blog. Hip, hip, Hooray! We are almost home, and should probably arrive at about 7. Although we tied and the 18’s lost, all in all, it was a great trip, and I can’t wait for the countless trips to come later this year!

-Faik Hajderovic ‘94
-Brian Bement ‘93