Soccer Night: Game Seven

[przed]

Just a quick post tonight because it is late and I am le tired.

After yesterday's apocalyptic weather--subway stations flooded! a commuter train nearly floated away!--tonight was muggy but otherwise a nice night for soccer. We were missing our best player, but the others put in a valiant effort against a really tough team. (There's one girl on the opposing side in particular who is a complete prodigy. She's got an amazing sense of the field and awesome ball control, and is pretty hard to beat.) We managed to hold them to a draw last time we played them, but this time it was 2 - 5, and not for us. We had some very near scoring opportunities, though, including three good kicks that rebounded off the goal post from one of our wee but mighty players.

Ros was again a bit reluctant to mix it up, but had some good moments of getting in there defensively.

Comments

[togsos.livejournal.com]

the 2-5 is a bit of a setback after the string of excellent results, but still the overall performance this year compared to last year is brilliant. Do you think Ros will stay at playing soccer or is she is drifting away from the sport.

[przed.livejournal.com]

As long as the kids are having fun, I'm not so bothered about the result. Though winning is better than losing. *g*

Even though she hangs back on the field, Ros is definitely enthusiastic about playing. She made the Sweetie re-organize two trips to visit his family so she wouldn't miss any games. I think she's probably going to be a house league kid, rather than a rep player, though. Which is fine. I'd rather she find activities she enjoys and can do lifelong, than get all competitive and burn out by the time she's 15.

[draycevixen.livejournal.com]

Actually, I think that's one of the great things about sports for kids, how it encourages them to learn to mix it up in a space where a little aggression is actually encouraged.

[przed.livejournal.com]

I concur, though I'm quite happy for it to be controlled aggression. The team last night were a little over the edge with that. The ref called two actual penalties on them, and I don't think I've seen a single penalty before that in this league. Mind you, one of our strong players beaned their goalie in the head with the ball, so we weren't entirely angels either. (The beaning wasn't deliberate, but still looked painful.)

Actually, what's amusing me most with Ros at the moment is how she constantly wants to practice sparring at home. She's showing definite interest in going into the black belt stream at Taekwando so she can do sparring and weapons training. Which I am very much encouraging.

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Wow, the weather sounds like ours! I thought I'd have to build an ark for a few weeks there. I'm glad the games are moving along, All you can do is hope that the kids are having fun and are learning the sport.

[przed.livejournal.com]

The weather was nuts. Fortunately, we're in the east end of the city and it was the west end that truly got dumped on. I know multiple people who's basements flooded.

As for the soccer, fun is being had and skills are being learned, so it's all good.