Footie and Florida

[przed]

It was a soccer coaching night, and the team managed to (decisively) win their first game. 3 - 0! Of course, it probably helped that the other team was mostly smaller and a bit more clueless, but it was still nice for the kids to get one win under their belt. And I think I've got the line up sorted so that there's always at least one of our stronger players on the field, but everyone still gets on the same amount.

The game was right during the time when Venus was making its transit across the sun, so I couldn't watch it. I feel like I've failed as a former astrophysicist, so to make up for it, here's finally one of our Florida pics: Ros in front of the NASA store in the Orlando airport.

Comments

[rangerke.livejournal.com]

When the team lost, you didn't make up excuses by glorifying the opponent and recognized your own weaker points, so no downgrading the win now! You and the team simply did a very decent job ;) Aww, I noticed you use 'we' after losing a game and 'they' now your team have won. And making sure they all get equal time on the field... I like your coaching profile ;)

Haha, she strikes quite the pose there!

[przed.livejournal.com]

You're right. We've got some scrappy little players and they did a really good job. And they had fun!

It's far more important to me that I make sure they all get equal playing time than they win, actually. (I was a sporty kid, but small and unimpressive looking so I hardly ever got much playing time when I played team sports and it irked me. As a kid, I went out and found solo sports where that didn't matter. As an adult, I don't want any kid on my watch to go through the same thing.)

Ros is quite the diva when she wants to be.