Last year my over-50  soccer team (formerly my over-40 soccer team) entered a new team in the over-56 league.  This required that we start in division two.  Last spring we were undefeated, earning us promotion to division one for the fall season which commenced today.  This morning we faced Raynham, the division one champions for the last three years running. We managed to beat them in a very close match by a score of 1-0.  Because I was out of shape, I was only able to play for 30 minutes but made the best of them.  I headed the ball off a corner kick directly at the keeper who could not hang on to it, dropping it right in front of the net.  A teammate came rushing in and chested the ball in for the winning goal.  My glory was short-lived when I was issued a yellow card for a dangerous play (I tried to get a boot on the ball while the goalie was bobbling it) earning me beer duty for our next match. I think this is only my second card in 37 years. I started the sport as a walk-on to my Union College team, playing JV goalie.