Prior to Saturday's game, we took Mackenzi to the Friday Night Lights special training on Friday. She agreed to go because Ashlyn had planned to be there, and Mackenzi wanted to see her. She told me, "Mom, if I just want to leave, then we can just leave." And I agreed - we don't want her to feel like she has to be there if she doesn't want to. But, we were excited to see that she thoroughly enjoyed herself in the hour of skills training and the last hour of scrimmaging. Ashlyn came and they played in a scrimmage together. They had a great time.
Then our game on Saturday was great. As an added surprise, Nana and Papa came into town Saturday morning, so they were able to go to her game as well. It was a 3:30pm game, so all the parents came prepared with wet wash cloths, spray bottles, water, ice, etc. . . Although, it wasn't as hot as we thought it was going to be, there was a bit of a breeze.
Coach Eric was scheduled to be out of town, and so he asked if we could coach Saturday. Of course! We knew that Alyson was going to be out of town, and assumed that Ariel and Olivia would be also because Coach was going to be gone - but to our surprise, Ariel and Olivia showed up for the game! I was so excited about that!
The girls all played really well and worked together as a team. In fact, this was the first game that when someone made a goal, ALL the girls got really excited! Before they were sort of not understanding that they could be excited when their team made a goal. So that was exciting to see. Mackenzi scored one goal and nearly scored a goal that would have been awesome! She came around the left of a player from the other team and sort of "hooked" the ball toward the goal - but it wasn't sharp enough and went out of bounds just to the right of the goal. It was a great effort though! Ashlyn scored about 3 goals and Olivia scored 4 goals. Kate and Ariel were instrumental in kicking the ball in and passing it to Olivia and Ashlyn so they could be freed up to score for the team!
I had a great time and definitely came to appreciate what Coach Eric goes through when he coaches each Saturday. She's really enjoying playing soccer. She gets home from her practices and games and wants to continue playing - it's really funny to watch her.
Then our game on Saturday was great. As an added surprise, Nana and Papa came into town Saturday morning, so they were able to go to her game as well. It was a 3:30pm game, so all the parents came prepared with wet wash cloths, spray bottles, water, ice, etc. . . Although, it wasn't as hot as we thought it was going to be, there was a bit of a breeze.
Coach Eric was scheduled to be out of town, and so he asked if we could coach Saturday. Of course! We knew that Alyson was going to be out of town, and assumed that Ariel and Olivia would be also because Coach was going to be gone - but to our surprise, Ariel and Olivia showed up for the game! I was so excited about that!
The girls all played really well and worked together as a team. In fact, this was the first game that when someone made a goal, ALL the girls got really excited! Before they were sort of not understanding that they could be excited when their team made a goal. So that was exciting to see. Mackenzi scored one goal and nearly scored a goal that would have been awesome! She came around the left of a player from the other team and sort of "hooked" the ball toward the goal - but it wasn't sharp enough and went out of bounds just to the right of the goal. It was a great effort though! Ashlyn scored about 3 goals and Olivia scored 4 goals. Kate and Ariel were instrumental in kicking the ball in and passing it to Olivia and Ashlyn so they could be freed up to score for the team!
I had a great time and definitely came to appreciate what Coach Eric goes through when he coaches each Saturday. She's really enjoying playing soccer. She gets home from her practices and games and wants to continue playing - it's really funny to watch her.
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