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Today, my soccer team, Westside United FC entered into playoffs after finishing third out of 10 teams during the regular season. I have to say that this is pretty good considering we lost more than half of our games. How did we rank so highly in the standings with a not so great record you ask? Two words… “Spirit Points.”

Our league is meant to be slightly competitive, but not to the point where people are killing each other to score a goal, well at least most of the time… In fact, we don’t even have referees at our games, all officiating is done by the players. This usually works well, but sometimes things do get a bit crazy. Last week for example was a bit of a doozy! Anyway, at the end of each game, each team rates the other on how sportsmanlike they were and then assigns the other team “spirit points.” “Spirit points” get factored in to the final win/loss record, and voila, we’re number #3 with a 3-5-0 record in a 10 team league! Just so you know your’e team can also be assigned, “negative spirit points” too! gasp!

Here’s a clip of tonight’s star, Clem. Clem scored our only 2 goals tonight and therefore deserves a shout-out. Holla!!!! Unfortunately, this clip isn’t one of them, however it was a nice kick as he put a beatiful, spinning trajectory on the ball. Way to go Clem, you’re a star!

On a side note, if you listen closely you’ll hear a female wooing in the background. Sorry ladies, this dude’s taken! Of course that could have been Ag(Clem’s better half), but I guess we’ll just never know!

This is our team talking strategy during halftime. Unfortunately it didn’t work as we lost the game 6-2. Oh well it doesn’t really matter, cause I’ll bet we maxed out on our “spirit points!”

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Oh and make sure to tune in next Monday to MichaelMcKinlay.com when Westside United FC battles their sworn arch-enemies/rivals Westside FC. Yes, they have nearly identical team names and this just makes these two despise each other even more! This is due to the fact that they are an outcast, splinter group within our very own Westside community. In depth analysis will be provided as this game will once and for all settle the bad blood between these two teams. You do not want to miss this testosterone/estrogen fueled battle of the ages!