We finally gave in to the pressure of playing soccer here in Colorado. This is serious stuff here! Brooklyn and Addyson both decided they wanted to play this spring, so I signed them up for a rec league. It was a time commitment, especially for Brooklyn. She had 2 hour practices 2 times a week with games on Saturdays. Her coach had coached club soccer before, so being 45 minutes early to a game was normal for him. Not for us! Brooklyn hardly complained and seemed to love playing, though, so it was all worth it. She hustled out there on the field and got to play forward; defense and goalie. We stayed after practice a couple of times and worked on her drop kick. She got it down for the last game when she played goalie for the 2nd half, and booted it down the field! She dove after the ball and even got dirt in her mouth (I'm sure she'd want me to tell that part, lol). She worked hard to improve, and her coach said he was so impressed at how "coachable" she was. I know she was excited that Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle Sean and his friend Liz were able to be here from Utah to watch her 2nd to last game and to watch Addyson's last game.
Coach "Kon"
For Addyson this year, soccer wasn't really her thing, but she rarely complained and went out there and ran around the field. Most of the girls on the team, including her, were more interested in making friends and they would just follow the ball around the field in a big clump, lol. It was fun to watch.
They also do this tunnel thing here (which I was unaware of the first game when I totally missed out being a part of the "bridge", whoops!) where all the parents go out after the game and the kids run through the tunnel while the parents congratulate and cheer them on. It was really cute and fun!
Brooklyn hustling to the ball as the goalie...
Brooklyn and one of her good friends from school happened to be on the same soccer team. They made a great team together as defense and goalie.
It was a fun season. Brooklyn's coach is pushing us to try out for "Club" soccer (which is crazy here btw...SO many club teams) so she will be trying out next week. But I just found out that a lot of the games might be on Sunday and practice might start in July, which would not work at all for us (we'll be in Utah in July, and we don't do sports on Sunday)...but I guess it will be an experience to try out. We're still not sure if we want to pursue more soccer or try out something different...
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