Derek's Photo Blog » Soccer http://www.drockphoto.com Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:32:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 A Return to Public Schools Stadium http://www.drockphoto.com/2009/09/16/a-return-to-public-schools-stadium/ http://www.drockphoto.com/2009/09/16/a-return-to-public-schools-stadium/#comments Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:01:27 +0000 DRock http://www.drockphoto.com/?p=360 This evening I made my triumphant return to Public Schools Stadium and the first thing I did after stepping inside was ordering two hot dogs, a Kit Kat bar and a Gatorade.  Those three things more than anything else tell me that fall has descended upon Duluth.  Don’t mind the changing of the leaves, the threat of snowflakes on the Minnesota-Canada border or the increasingly frequent need to don long-sleeve attire.  No, none of that tells me fall is here.  It’s that wonderful concoction of two hot dogs, a candy bar and a Gatorade that tell me fall sports have begun.

When I worked at the Duluth News Tribune, it marked the beginning of my favorite seven months on the job.  I could hardly believe I was getting paid to attend sporting matches and take photographs.

Well all that is in the past now, but I don’t plan on giving that up and the same indicators of fall descending upon Duluth remain.  That’s how I found myself at Public Schools Stadium tonight shooting a matchup of Duluth East and Duluth Central girls soccer.  While the match wasn’t that competitive, East won 11-0, I was able to make a few decent frames and get back into the swing of things so to say.

I’ve got a really cool project I’m working on right now that I’ll keep quiet about, but when it happens you are going to see a ton of cool stuff on here when it is done.

And here are three frames from tonight’s game…

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The score was tied at one apiece at the end of the first half and stayed that way until time ran out.  That’s where Megan Stingle comes in.  In the 94th minute, Stingle broke just ahead of a River Falls defender and advanced on the net.  Just inside the box, she did a sliding kick that beat the goalie to the right and the game was over.  It was a great first soccer game to shoot this year and it’s a sport that I enjoy shooting more and more each year.

The first shot is her reaction after scoring while the other two are typical game action.

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