Animal soccer

Yesterday Julien was out in the yard playing soccer with his imaginary animal friends. This is what he reported:
J: Mom guess what? My team won!
A: That's great, congratulations!
J: I was team captain. But Wing (the cobra) played today for the first time and he is really good. He is such a good player that now he is team captain. But he won't play until next week. He's fast and can hit the ball so hard.
A: How does he hit the ball if he is a snake?
J: He uses his tail. Polly (the cockatoo) got a red card because she knocked me down. Polly slapped Wing and he had a mark on his hood. He was taken out on a snake stretcher. Stripe and Siberia (the tigers) didn't play because they were injured.