Jimmy Conway Testimonial Match

Tonight's match to honor Jimmy Conway and the years of contributions he's made as a player, coach, and mentor was fun to watch.   Like the best of soccer,  it's great to see a group of guys square off over a ball with nothing more at stake than jostle and panache and bragging rights for a slick move or two.  That was about the sum of the Testimonial match tonight.  Just a bunch of guys who love the game moving the ball around.  And Jimmy Conway out there, playing half and half for each side, completely in the game,  at home on the pitch,  happy in world whose boundaries and rules and joys and sorrows he has been familiar with all his life.   It was a pleasure to watch, with nothing monumental at stake except to honor a man's life. The game was lively as a good football friendly should be.  With a fair amount of good humor thrown in.   As for the 'main event'?  The Timbers match which followed will have to be recounted in the morning,  when I've had time to settle down.