End of soccer season

Our last game of the season was last Saturday. Yesterday we had an end-of-the-season soccer party at a local pizza place. Fortunately all 8 players were there. After everyone had eaten pizza and cake, we acknowledged each player and how he improved over the season, then handed him a trophy with his name and his [...]

Soccer game #10

(In case you noticed there was no blog entry for game #9, that’s because it was rained out and will not be made up.)
This week my squad consisted of C, D, and Je. The other team was short on players so instead of the usual 3-on-3, we played 2-on-2. We ended up losing today, because [...]

Soccer game #8

This week my squad consisted of C, Je, and V. The game was at noon today, and it was warmer than usual for late October. Je still can’t find his jersey, so he wore a different number again.
We were aggressive today. This is good, because I’ve occasionally had problems with aggressiveness with a squad of [...]

Soccer game #7

This week my squad consisted of Je, V, and S. The game was at 10:15 a.m, and the weather was nice. The only peculiar thing was that Je had apparently left his jersey at his aunt’s house, so he had to wear a different jersey.
We were not very aggressive today. I don’t know if it’s [...]

Soccer game #6

This week my squad consisted of C, D, S, and Jo. The game was at noon on Saturday (10/11), but it was somewhat cold because it was unfortunately also somewhat windy.
The first quarter was somewhat of a struggle, with neither team scoring, though Jo came close twice, with his shots missing the goal by one [...]

Soccer game #5

This week my squad consisted of Je, V, and S (initially – I’ll get into change in personnel later.) The game was at 8:00. Even though the weather report had forecasted rain, making today’s games questionable, the weather was good at the time.
Unfortunately, we lost 3-0 today. I don’t know why, but the kids weren’t [...]

Soccer game #4

This week my squad consisted of C, D, Jo, and V. The game was at noon, so it was fairly warm.
Our opponent was much better than the previous. In fact, they scored first, which hasn’t happened since the first game of the season. V scored in each of the first two quarters, but [...]

Soccer game #3

This week my squad consisted of E, Je, Jo, S. E was not at the game today, so my remaining three players got to play the whole game, which started at 11:15.
My squad played much better than the other squad. In the first half, Jo had a hat trick and an assist. (He almost had [...]

Soccer game #2

My friend S. (the head coach) has very wisely assigned different players to himself and myself each week, so I had a different group of players than I had last week. I had C, Je, Jo, and V this week. (Last week I had C, D, Je, and S.)
Before the game, the league’s official photographer [...]

Coaching my first soccer game

If you have read this post, you may remember that I am helping my friend coach his son’s soccer team (U6, mostly 5 years old, but I think there is a 4 year old and a 6 year old. I’m not sure what the birthday cutoffs are.)
Our first game of the season was at 9:30 [...]