Footie 2016: Game Eight

[przed]

We played one of the very best teams again this week. The last time we played them, we traded the lead back and forth but lost 3 - 4. This time we only managed one goal on them, but we did hold them to only two goals, due to stellar work from our keepers. Ros, in particular, did an amazing job in goal in the second half, stopping a bunch of goals that looked almost impossible to get in front of. Of course, she beat herself up for the one goal she did let in, but it was one that would have been difficult to stop. We've assured her she did an awesome job and stopped the game from being a big blow out.

I had to cancel our practice this week. An hour before it was due to start, we got an absolute torrential downpour. I reckoned (correctly, as it turned out) that even if the rain stopped in time for the practice, the field would be a mess.

Ros and I went to the field anyway, to head off anyone who hadn't got the cancellation email, and we got the pleasure of watching the U9 girls play their 7:30 game on the other field. (Our league only cancels games for lightning, so they had to play.) It was HI-LARIOUS. The field was a big squishy swamp in the middle, which stopped the ball cold anytime it got kicked there. And when a player kicked the to get it going again, there'd be a huge spray of water drenching everyone close by. The parents watching alternated between telling their kids not to worry about their shoes and laughing hysterically. Ros wanted to stay and watch the whole game, but we finally bailed after ten minutes.

Comments

[sc-fossil.livejournal.com]

Sounds like she did do an awesome job for sure! That's funny about the wet field. I can imagine the mess!

[przed.livejournal.com]

She made some truly spectacular saves.

The wet field was funny. And I sympathize, because I've been there. In Ros' first year, I took over a couple of times when her coach was away. For the little kids, the coach is on the field with them to keep them going the right way, and one of the games I did took place in a raging downpour. Fortunately it was warm, but we looked like all drowned rats by the end of it.

[norfolkdumpling.livejournal.com]

Go Goalie Ros! Well done her :D

Heheh, the game of muddy water-football does sound entertaining *g*

[przed.livejournal.com]

Ros is a fab goalie, and the only reason she isn't quite as effective as a couple of her friends who are also good in goal is that they're close to a foot taller than her. So, she's doing awesome! (This does not stop her from beating herself up when she can't stop a goal that the taller kids can, but we're working on the not beating yourself up part. With Ros and all the girls, actually.)

Muddy water football was highly entertaining. *g*