Another Season of Fall Soccer

 As every season of soccer comes to an end, I'm always extremely grateful that the weather was 'mostly good.' And this year was no exception. We had a lot of beautiful Saturday mornings at Bender Fields...and one really terrible wet, windy day. 

Kyle coached Lydia's team, which was made up of six very cute, enthusiastic 2nd and 3rd graders. They called themselves the Pink Panthers and were a lot of fun to watch. They all took a turn at being goalie, with some liking it more than others. There were two other teams in their age bracket, so each week they were supposed to play each team once and then have a final game where they mixed up all the girls and scrimmaged against each other. It sounds like a lot, but each game was only 12 minutes long. 

Lydia and her teammate Mina

Stephanie, Karmen, Lydia, Mina, Erlean, Ava

Annaliese's team were the Blue Royals and it was a middle school girls team. They had three teams in their age group so they played both teams each week. The teams were evenly matched so they had to work hard each game! Annaliese scored a few goals and played either forward or midfield. They were hoping to win the championship, but they were down a few girls during the tournament for various reasons, so they didn't pull off the win but they played really well!

There were 11 girls on her team, but they were very rarely all there!

Some day I'll have a camera that takes good action shots. Until then, we're stuck with these! It was a fun season. Both the girls improved and had a good time. Now that the weather is getting colder and wetter, we are all glad soccer season is over and are ready to move to indoor sports!