Disclaimer: The following summary has been provided by Thomas Thunell '10 and does not necessarily reflect the views or expressions of Anders Kelto Inc. or any of its affiliates or subsidiary companies. It DOES, however, provide a hilarious summary of the weekend and should be read in great detail. Anders is thankful to Thunell for providing this account while he trounces around Northern California passing out flyers and convincinng impressionable high school students that they should apply to Brown.
Here is your post-weekend Brown Soccer report:
This past weekend, the Brown Men’s Soccer Team took a trip to San Diego. For those of you who have seen the movie Anchorman you already know that the beautiful city was “discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it San Diego, which of course in German means a whale's vagina.”
After a tiring cross country trip, the Brown soccer team squared away against the host University of San Diego Toreros. Even though the boys were unsure what a torero was, the Bears put in two goals in the first half of play. The first goal, a beautiful set piece from San Diego native Rhett Bernstein to scoring machine Kevin Davies put Brown up 1-0 thirty minutes in. Davies found the net again when another San Diego native, Nick Elenz-Martin, set up his favorite Long Island striker who slotted the ball perfectly in the back of the net. In the second half, Brown scored its third and final goal of the game when Davies set up Dylan Sheehan. This goal proved to be the red clothing for any experienced bull fighter, and the toreros were knocked out for good. USD scored on two “questionable” penalty kicks.
Saturday, the men of Brown were able to spend some time enjoying the finer side of life in San Diego. Although threats of the worst storm in San Diego history loomed, the seventy degree and sunny weather proved to be bearable as the team spent the afternoon at Nick Elenz-Martin’s aunt’s house. Great food, greater company, and Skyler eating his entire birthday cake proved to be enough entertainment for the boys on Saturday. However, the fun would not end there. That night as the team went out to dinner at a fine Italian diner, the always friendly guys were hit on by TWO bachelorette parties at the restaurant. The better looking players received stickers from the lovely ladies. Matt Britner received a sticker for best jaw line, Jarrett Leech for best upper body, and Thomas Thunell for nicest (or was it nicest on the eyes???).
Sunday Brown squared away against the #20 University of Cal Irvine Anteaters. In this much anticipated match-up of top twenty teams, neither team was able to get ahead in the first half of play. In the second half, Brown came out firing scoring two goals (Davies and Davies). However, the UCI Anteaters or the California Refereeing Association would not let Brown go down without a fight. The Anteaters were awarded two penalty kicks, capitalized on both, and tied the game. The game went to overtime where neither team mounted any serious scoring threats and the game ended as a tie.
After the game, the soccer team was treated to another lovely get together by Rhett Bernstein’s family and friends. California burritos and the Chelsea vs. Manchester United game proved to be a deadly combination and everyone enjoyed themselves. After eating, the team packed their bags and headed to the airport for their cross country trek with smiles on their faces after a successful weekend and an awesome trip to San Diego.
