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Telling stories of his first soccer game where he cried through 80% of it: Priceless.
Blue played his first soccer game on Saturday. As might be expected with a 3 and 4 year old league, there were lots of tears, very few rules, and lots of adults encouraging kids to "just try your best, you'll get a turn to kick the ball."Most of the tears were soothed by the post-game snack with friends, and the report from Blue himself was that he had a great time and even scored a goal (really? I remember multiple requests to go home - and he did score 2 goals - one for us, and one for the other team). Good thing this is so informal. By league rules, no one is allowed to mention a score, the parents are allowed to trot along on the field, and the "official" tries to make sure each kid gets a chance to kick the ball.
With all of the anguish, why is he putting himself through this, you might ask. Well, her nickname is Pretzel, and we happen to think she's pretty cute. As an added bonus, she also plays tennis in his same clinic.
And the best part of all of this? I have to shop for a new whistle this week; Red (who knows nothing of soccer, and didn't watch one minute of the world cup) had been recruited as assistant coach. He sure must love that little boy.
Great wrap up of the game...you should be a sports commentator...I'd watch more sports!!!
ReplyDeleteI can't even see her face but the pigtails tell me all I need to know - she's cute and certainly worth trying a new sport :)
ReplyDeleteI love EVERYTHING about this post!
ReplyDeletePeter got roped into doing the same thing. Only as head coach for 10-year-olds and he had NO idea about any of the rules. He learned fast, they still lost all their games (but had fun).
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