Playing shorthanded against stronger competition the Cyclones put in a full weekend of work in honor of labor day. Wearing the black jerseys in the heat against Floral Park, the Cyclones put in their best effort of the weekend. Scoreless at the half the Cyclones were hanging tough against the Mahicans from 2 divisions higher even after a goal midway through the 2nd half. Floral Park scored 2 more times in the waning moments to walk away with a 3-0 victory.
The Cyclones wore the white in their next match against Hewlett-Lawrence, that was the good news. The bad news was that the girls fared no better this time than they did a year and half ago when they lost by the same 4-0 score. The girls worked hard on Saturday and would no doubt get some reward down the road.
If things were tough on Saturday, there were comparitively rosey compared to Sunday. With Emily "Hyper" back in the lineup for a cameo appearance the Cyclones were prepared to take on 2 teams that had given them a tough time in their previous meetings Syosset & Plainedge. But, with Jordan sidelined with a cold that had hampered her the day before the girls would again be playing with a short bench on a long, hot summer afternoon. Despite numerous breakaways and close offsides calls the Cyclones had kept Syosset in their sights in game one. Trailing 3-1 late in the 2nd half the Cyclones suffered what will be their worst loss of the season when Lisa S went down after a collision just outside her own 18 yard box with an arm that was broken in 2 places. The game was suspended while the officials awaited the ambulance that would take Lisa to the hospital. To her credit Lisa got up on her own power and got on to the stretcher and into the ambulance her self. The Cyclones had lost one of their most valuable players and team captains likely for the season. Final score Syosset 3-1.
Despite the distraction of seeing one of their team leaders carted off the field an hour earlier the remaining Cyclones did their best to battle their old nemesis from Plainedge the Magic. Despite their best efforts the girls were short on numbers and ran out of steam falling 5-0.
Whatever benefit was gained by playing tougher competition in the tournament was tempered by the loss of suck a key player. How the cyclones would bounce back for next weeks season opener was anybody's guess.
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