Soccer. What else? ;)
Friday, May 29, 2009 at 07:27PM Just got home from day one of the tournament. So proud of my boys (and their team). We played just the one game today...and tied 0-0. To hear our sidelines celebrating and hooting at the end of the game, though, you'd think we'd whooped 'em. See, the other team is a really competitive team...they went mostly undefeated the last couple seasons (I believe a tie or two may have been involved and don't actually know for sure) and are known for being a real powerhouse. Noah and one of the other boys on our current team have played on the same team as these other boys for a season or two (insert various tales of soccer politics and team selection here, lol). My point is, we know this other team and know they're good. So, to tie them (and hold them to zero goals) was big. We're happy. ;)
(Seriously, you should have seen our sidelines. It was, at times, more fun to watch the parents than the kids. We were so excited for the boys, and I love how our team parents are totally supportive and encouraging...not only did you hear shouts for our own kids but also "good play" and "nice block" for the other team.)
Oh. And, for the record, we tied them (and by "them" I mean their entire normal team) while missing two of our normal players and having my Asher play as the single sub...my Asher who is 6 years old playing on this U8 team. (Technically, because of where his birthday falls, Asher plays U7 right now (is always one of the youngest) so is allowed to bump up one division for things like this.) He was dang small out there compared to those mostly 8 year olds...totally held his own and got into the fray, though. (Asher's team opted to not participate in the tournament, btw, which made Asher sad. So, he volunteered himself to Noah's coach to help make sure Noah's team would have enough players to participate. Turned out that they did need any extra players they could find for the sake of having at least one sub.)
On the ride home, the boys were asking Nathan and I about our own soccer experiences. I explained that I've never played soccer (the youth league in my hometown started after I was almost in high school I believe) but have been to, literally, hundreds of games. I don't think I'm exaggerating. All four of my younger siblings played youth soccer, and two of them went on to play beyond high school, and I honestly did go to many of those games. Figure at least 10 games per sibling per year (two seasons) for say 5 years. (That's not counting the games where they were older when I would have been at college or just married.) Wow. I've really spent a lot of time doing things soccer related for someone who's never played. I'm not sure how I feel about that, LOL!
One last thing. Earlier today I was running errands with Micah. We hadn't been talking about soccer at all. I asked him randomly what he wants to be when he grows up (I get a kick out of the many different answers I get from the boys). His prompt reply was "center half-back"...this from a kid who has yet to officially play soccer. Man I'm in trouble. ;)
ETA: Oh, and I was just realizing that aside from a couple of photo books using templates and helping the boys with their own season albums, I've not done a single soccer layout...ever. Yeah, I better get on that. I won't even go into how many soccer pictures I've taken...
Reader Comments (2)
Yay Team! Congrats to Noah and Asher and all their teammates. That's quite an accomplishment to hold a powerhouse team to 0 points! Go, Defense! g'ma
lol, I'm a 'soccer mom' too, and I have never done a layout about it either! Funny how that goes, huh?