The best slide tackle ever

Last night I played pick up soccer with some guys in Morro Bay. My team turned the ball over deep in our end and the other team made a long outlet pass to a wide open would be goal scorer. The guy had nothing between him and the goal but freshly cut grass. He was so open that he could have walked the ball into the goal and all my team mates had given up on the play. Everyone knew he was going to score, but I thought "What the heck? I'll try to run him down. If nothing else it will be a good work out." I put my head down and took off in a dead sprint and from the far end of the field in what seamed like an impossible task. I covered 15 yards and he still hadn't finished off the play. Another ten yards, still no goal. The impossible play was becoming reality in my mind. I picked a spot ten yards from the goal line to begin my slide. Off I went like a baseball player sliding into second base. Just as I began my slide he took a shot destined for the near post, but I had other plans. Just as the ball reached the goal line, my right foot slid in front of it and saved the goal. I jumped up and began yelling antagonizing remarks like "Get that out!" and "Not in my house." I looked around and everyone was starring at me with blank stares. Had they just missed my great hustling play and possibly the best slide tackle ever? No, they had all seen the play, but I realized that their blank stares were looks of indifference. We were playing in someone's backyard with PVC goals and dogs running onto the field periodically. Not only was it not worth my effort to run down the play, but trash talking was way out of line in this setting. Oh well, I still think it was the best slide tackle ever, and in my mind, any time is a good time to talk some smack.