This morning, my soccer team played for all the marbles in our league’s championship final of our over-62 division.

For a bunch of old men, we looked nearly spry as we took care of business with a decisive 3-0 win over Raynham. I am pictured above with some of my teammates wearing our champions’ jersey and with the whole team below immediately after the match.

It was arguably my best match of the season as I scored the opening goal with a high-flying header. The match was videotaped, so I hope to post a clip of the goal when it becomes available. Until then, I am sharing an excerpt of the match report prepared by one of our players.

“The game started, and Concord soon showed its superiority, having much of the ball in the Raynham half. A good 30 minutes into the game, and Dave Wilson on the left wing crosses into the box for the right winger Carl to leap ( and this is not hyperbole ), like a salmon over the defender and send a bullet header past the goalie. 1-0. Carl bookends the season with the first goal in the first game and an even more welcome first in the last game. Raynham had a few wild shots from outside the box, which was the sum total of their efforts for the first half.”