Fall Soccer

The fall soccer season officially ended this last weekend. Three teams-worth of practices and games kept our schedule pretty full from the end of August until the first weekend of November. All four kids enjoyed playing. Grant was especially happy to finally be playing. He absolutely loved it. Aubrey was the old pro on the team and played with a smile on her face. Several of the kids played on Greg's team last year, so it was fun to see them and their families again, and fun to see their improvement, too. Greg enjoyed coaching alongside two other friends this year. It made for some crazy times, having three teams of little kids practicing together, but they sure had fun. Greg's quite the micro's coach pro now. :)

Joel enjoyed his team this year, despite their losing season. He scored a nice handful of goals, had some great passes and assists, and had a good time doing it. He ran hard and did a great job of playing in whatever position his coaches had him.

Kari also had a good season, playing with the same coach and same group of girls. They had a couple tough losses and, unfortunately, had to deal with some poor sportsmanship and behavior from one opposing team (both players and coach), but Kari's coach used that experience as a valuable teaching opportunity, and the girls learned a lot from it, ugly as it was. They played that team twice, lost the first time they played them but won the second time. These girls have some competitive spirits! They are fun to watch.