As warmup drills commenced, team captains and refs met at midfield.
“You can’t play in ball gowns.”
“Nothing in the rules says we can’t.”
“No freebies for you girlie-girls.”
“Are we going to talk or play?”
Positions were taken, the whistle blew. Long passes, accurate kicks, impressive dribbling, dodging, diving, penalties taken, goals scored.
At the final whistle, down two, but in no way dispirited, the bedraggled beauties raced for the limo, onto their next adventure in their Soccer Grad finale.
