Soccer started a few weeks ago and for the first time ever both boys are getting to play!
Mac first: Mac is again on Coach Dax’s team – the Strikers – with a bunch of his former teammates and a few kids who played for the Strikers in the spring when we played baseball. Despite having the same coach, same uniforms and a lot of the same kids, the experience is totally different. We have gone from being one of the youngest teams in U8 to one of the older teams, from getting creamed almost every game to creaming everyone else {well we have only played 2 games so far but we won them both…by alot!} and most of the team having minimal understanding of technique and rules to true skill and understanding being shown on the field.
Coe: Soccer for Coe = pure happiness. He LOVES every second of it. At first he was enamored with having a coach and being part of a team – the Jaguars, but after the first game {where he dominated} his obsession is now scoring goals. He is quite a bit bigger than most of the other kids on the field which at this age means he can get the ball out of the herd and quickly run it down the field to score which he does a lot. At the first game he would look over at his cheering section after each goal to make sure we were clapping for him. By the second game he would score and then walk off with a little swag to his step as if to say this is nothing new for me :) Coe has also found a new girlfriend on the team. He refers to her as “the fast girl!” She is fast…and really cute! She and Coe score the majority of the goals for their team. I am not sure if he likes her because she is fast, a good soccer player or just really cute, but I know he can’t stop flirting with her at practice :)
I’m glad they are both enjoying soccer. Now if the weather can cool off a little Albi and I can enjoy it as well!
The Jaguars
The Strikers!
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