NM Gladiators 2 - WA Crossfire 1 (2OT)

Whoa...I aged a bit during this game. Early first half goal by Gladiators, early second half goal by WA, 1-1 at full time. We had 1 sub, they had 8, so the thought of two, 15-minute (No golden goal/sudden death) Overtime periods did not bode well for us. With 9 minutes left in the second OT period we had a free kick from ~5 yards outside the 18 yard box. Nico Muniz takes it, and drives it hard toward goal, deflecting off of their wall and in for the 2-1 lead and ultimate win. Our boys had to dig soooo deep for this one. WA had three >6'5", trees in their backfield (2 central defenders and their keeper) and the rest of the WA team was relentless with continuous fresh troops off the bench....continuous pressure and attacks at our goal. Huge credit to our boys to come out with a victory in this one!!! Well done.

SO I believe we are the only NM team left in the tournament for the Semi-finals, and the only NON-California team in our semifinals! Quite a feat! Tomorrows semifinal game is at 10am against Cal-South Arsenal FC. We could use all the positive energy y'all have to send our way! Thanks and Aloha!