My Strange Footie Year
Sep. 30th, 2021 09:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
przedIt's been eons since I've posted, but since today was the final game of our very truncated soccer season, I thought I'd throw something together.
I've been coaching Ros' soccer teams since she was in the Under6 division (and she's been playing since she was a U4) but this was definitely a weird year. Last year there was no soccer at all. This year we didn't think there was going to be a season until we got a last minute email from the club.
They decided to have 6 teams in the U16 (!!!) division and play 9 v 9 games on a full-size field. The only problem was they only put 10 kids on each roster, and even in a non-pandemic year you never have everyone show up for a summer game. Add in the pandemic, and some weeks we were lucky to get three players.
Fortunately, all the teams were in the same boat. And since we almost always had to technically forfeit, we'd just play sideways across the field. The last four weeks we've had so few players that we've been playing coaches in goal so all the girls got plenty of field time. (Yes, that means I've been playing goal. I've made some good saves, let in some goals, and on a particularly bad night, scored an own goal.)
One of the many frustrating things about the season has been that we had a really great bunch of girls, and if we'd been able to field a fully team, I think they'd have been really good.
Ah, well, everyone had fun. And that's the main thing.
One thing about coaching is that the club gives you a plaque of appreciation for volunteering. Which is kind of nifty for a year or two, and then they start building up in a drawer. I wasn't going to take the plaque this year, but they had a special inscription for this Covid year so I figured what the heck. I've even hung it (temporarily) in our foyer.
I've been coaching Ros' soccer teams since she was in the Under6 division (and she's been playing since she was a U4) but this was definitely a weird year. Last year there was no soccer at all. This year we didn't think there was going to be a season until we got a last minute email from the club.
They decided to have 6 teams in the U16 (!!!) division and play 9 v 9 games on a full-size field. The only problem was they only put 10 kids on each roster, and even in a non-pandemic year you never have everyone show up for a summer game. Add in the pandemic, and some weeks we were lucky to get three players.
Fortunately, all the teams were in the same boat. And since we almost always had to technically forfeit, we'd just play sideways across the field. The last four weeks we've had so few players that we've been playing coaches in goal so all the girls got plenty of field time. (Yes, that means I've been playing goal. I've made some good saves, let in some goals, and on a particularly bad night, scored an own goal.)
One of the many frustrating things about the season has been that we had a really great bunch of girls, and if we'd been able to field a fully team, I think they'd have been really good.
Ah, well, everyone had fun. And that's the main thing.
One thing about coaching is that the club gives you a plaque of appreciation for volunteering. Which is kind of nifty for a year or two, and then they start building up in a drawer. I wasn't going to take the plaque this year, but they had a special inscription for this Covid year so I figured what the heck. I've even hung it (temporarily) in our foyer.
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