The very next day, Calvin woke up and headed to the soccer field. Today was the day of the exhibition game between him and Lincoln soccer captain Antoine Lucas. The Kadic cheerleading squad showed up including Ami and Rumiko, as well as Antea, Sam, and Dennis. Antoine showed up with only Zach and Sven-Søren.

"Ready for this?" Antoine asked

"Always ready, Lucas." Calvin said

"Oh please, Calvin." Zach said "Even with the entire team, you're still no match for Antoine Lucas."

"You never know until you try." Calvin said

"Alright." Dennis said as the two walked onto the field. "First to three goals wins. Shake hands."

They then shook hands and Dennis blew the whistle. Antoine immediately got the ball and headed towards the goal. Calvin followed close behind him and caught up to him; as Antoine made the shot, Calvin stole the ball and headed to the opposite goal. He then kicked the ball in; the score was now 1-0 with Calvin in the lead.

"Like that, Antoine?" Calvin said. Antoine was not about to give up that easily. On the next kickoff, Calvin took the ball, but Antoine stole it and kicked it into his own goal from halfway across the field thus tying the score 1-1. The next kickoff had Calvin with the ball and running toward the goal. He kicked, however it bounced off the top bar and Antoine caught the rebound. He then headed toward the other goal, Calvin tried to catch up, but Antoine made the shot placing him at a 2-1 lead. One more shot and Antoine wins.

"C'mon Calvin, you can do it!" Rumiko shouted.

The next kickoff had Antoine with the ball. Calvin then ran as fast as he could; he couldn't let Antoine get the next goal, he had to do something. When Calvin was running next to him, he saw his opportunity. He then kicked toward the ball hoping to get it away from Antoine. Unfortunately, he missed and he ended up losing his balance and falling. Antoine made the shot and it went in, the score was now 3-1. Antoine had won.

Antoine just jumped in the air as Calvin lay on the ground. Sammy and the rest of the cheerleading team came up to Calvin and laughed.

"You're not so tough after all, huh Stern?" Sammy said

"Not even you were any match for Antoine." Another member said "Should have quit while you were ahead."

"Let this be a lesson to you:" Another member said "You'll always be a loser."

They then walked off, continuing to laugh. Antoine and Sven-Søren kissed as Zach smirked at Calvin. Rumiko then walked up to Calvin to offer what solace she could.

"Hey, Calvin?" She said softly "Please don't be sad, you did your best. You just had some rotten luck."

"You kidding me, Rumi-san?" Calvin said quietly, but then turned around and smiled. "That was the best game I've ever played."

"Really?" She asked

"Yeah." Calvin said "I never seen an opponent this tough, I was really starting to get bored of winning all the time. But now, I've finally found a challenge."

"Wow, Calvin." Rumiko said "I never knew you were this thriving for challenge."

"And next time, I'll have the entire team with me." Calvin said "And we're gonna beat Antoine and the rest of Lincoln and take the championship!"

"That's the spirit, Calvin." Antea said

"Antoine may have won this battle, but the war…"

"WAAAAGH!" They heard someone scream

"That sounded like Sammy, let's go." Dennis said

"What could it be?" Ami asked

"I'm guessing it's our old friend XANA." Sam said as they ran off