The Beachside Tomcats Mike Brakett sits on his helmet, lost in thought, going into the halftime break as the Tomcats look at yet another losing effort, this time against the Vermont Ice Storm during a home game in Old Orchard Beach, Maine.

I spent a lot of time covering the Tomcats, perhaps more than any other team. I thought that they were interesting because they all seemed to very much enjoy playing football and yet they always got beat, sometimes badly. The same nucleus of players went to all of the games and seemed really dedicated. I would like to have seen them pull off a win at some point during the year, but it just never happened. I thought that this picture, with the one player whose face is showing, portrays individual disappointment in a team sport.

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