We finally got our first win in indoor soccer last Thursday. It was our fifth outing with more than half our roster being new players. We are finally coalescing as a team.

We led the match from the first score to full time, winning 6-3 over the only team in the six-team division we hadn’t yet faced.

We had opened the season with a huge loss 8-2, playing without our regular goalkeeper and a man short. Missing subs and key positions had their toll, but we still had to get comfortable as a team.

We followed up with a loss where we had one or a couple subs.

In the third game we were tied until the last few minutes but then lost it.

For the fourth game we were leading, but gave up a goal after a free kick with only seconds left. That did, however, give us our first point.

Then this game gave us a win.

We still have much work, but we will just face the same teams again and we have shown we can do it.

• Soccer win keeps us in premier league 12 Aug 2009