I got lucky. My main assignment Friday was the Bradley-Creighton Missouri Valley Conference semi-final soccer game. For most of the second half, I shot from the roof of the press box at Bradley’s Shea Stadium. With about 5 minutes left, I leisurely climbed down and started walking around the field toward the exit. (Yes, I was going to leave early since I was cutting close to deadline.) At the corner of the field, I decided to stay a bit longer. Sure enough in the 88th minute, Keith Mach broke free and scored his first goal of the season, sending Bradley to the conference finals. In celebration, he ran right towards me with his teammates. Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good I guess.
![Bradley-Creighton Soccer Bradley's Keith Mach celebrates with his teammates after scoring the game-winning goal against Creighton on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, at Shea Stadium.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bradley_01.jpg)
![Bradley-Creighton Soccer Creighton's Ethan Finlay (16) reacts as he falls to the pitch between Bradley's Christian Meza (22) and Tommy Fritze (15) during a game on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, at Shea Stadium.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bradley_02.jpg)
![Bradley-Creighton Soccer Bradley's Jochen Graf, right, falls to the pitch after making contact with Creighton's Tyler Polak during a game on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, at Shea Stadium.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bradley_05.jpg)
![Bradley-Creighton Soccer Bradley's Keegan Balle, center, celebrates with his teammates after scoring a goal against Creighton on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010, at Shea Stadium.](https://www.brosher.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/bradley_09.jpg)
ryangregg says
Plobvs, It’s better to be James Brosher than good or lucky. New nickname: Sir Studley. Great shot. Hope to see you soon.