Day five in Sweden was an early one for us girls. We woke up at 6:30 I believe and left to play another Swedish team for our B Flight playoffs. Skills and everything else wise we had the upper hand. The team was nothing special at all, however we somehow managed to tie the game 2-2 at the end of regulation time. Lucy and Brooke scored for us. Since the games need to move quickly we went straight into a shootout and no overtime. We ended up losing the shootout 1-2, with some great saves by Jordyn  and our only goal from Lydia. We were all very disappointed because we all knew we were a much better team. The bright side of losing was that our schedule for The rest of the trip was pretty much cleared. 

Since we had such an early game, by the time we were back some boys were just getting up and eating breakfast. The day before (I left out some key details) C2 had lost their first playoff game as well. They lost 1-3 with a goal from Pete. 

Also the day before the lovely C1 boys declared themselves the instigators of a prank war with the girls. After we had our terrible loss on Swedish national t.v. The boys thought it funny to string up our room, deflate our mattresses, and hang them from our lights. All this was right before curfew, knowing that we would want to come home and crash, so instead we spent the night plotting revenge and blowing up the nasty chalky mattresses. But back to day five, this created a great window for us girls to get revenge on the boys since they had an afternoon playoff game. So after the C1s left we took the privilege of getting into the boys room and doing damage lady hawk style.

After we had left the scene of the crime we went to cheer on the C1s even though they had trashed our room the night before. They played a well fought game against a ginormous German team. With some loud cheering, body paint, and hawk costumes (custom made by the C2s) we all thought the C1 boys would pull the win. Unfortunately on a controversial uncalled off sides goal, they lost 0-1. 

After the game us girls were feeling quite guilty for our acts and hoped the boys would not be too upset with what they had to come home to. Luckily their reactions were not what we thought and thus ended the prank war. After the game the girls split up some going to the disco and some shopping. The C2s however went to a European castle. The rest of the night was all very chill. With the ending of soccer for every team, some players joined in on the coaches match. USA vs. Everywhere else I think. So day five was the conclusion of soccer in Sweden for the Blackhawks.

-Kaia