The Perfect Season is Gone.

The chance of a perfect season ended for Brooklyn yesterday as their team won their first game of the year. After going 0 - 10 last year and 0 - 9 so far this year they headed into the tournament without much hope. They have gotten a lot better over the year thanks to a new coach. The last three games they scored a total of 5 goals which was 2 more than they scored the previous 16 games. Their defense has gotten a lot better and they were not being blown out anymore. So yesterday morning they start off by playing the number 2 team in the league and lose 3 - 0. They then have one more game to try and complete the perfect season. It was a very good game and they pull it out and win 1 - 0 for their first win in two years. It was great to watch as the girls were jumping all over the place and hugging each other when the whistle blew. You would have thought they won the championship. It was great to watch them progress over the season and I am glad that they could go out on a winning note. I know that Brooklyn had a lot of fun and got a lot better over the year. I don't know how many of the girls will stay on the team and how many will move up but I look forward to watching them again in the fall. Maybe they can win a couple more. Here are some pictures from both her games yesterday.


Here she is chasing down her good friend Emily and trying to steal the ball away. Emily is in her class at school and they are good friends.


This is one thing that I need to get Brooklyn and Maddux away from. When they get the ball or take it away form someone they like to take a couple steps back and measure the kick. It works sometimes but most times they don't have enough time to do this and they end up getting the ball taken away by the other team. She was lucky enough to have Grandma, Grandpa and Great Grandma Elaine come watch her game. Not sure why Grandpa is in the back playing with the boys instead of watching Brooklyn.


Brooklyn passing the ball to her teammates trying to score a goal. This is from the first game.


This is a familiar site for Brooklyn. In the middle of a team huddle and she is looking up into the sky while the coach talks. If she is not dancing around the field she is usually looking off into the distance without a care in the world.


Brooklyn has blossomed into a fine defensive player and one of her better spots is goalie. It took her awhile to realize that she could pick up the ball with her hands but once she figured that out she became a shot stopping machine.


Here she is putting the moves on another one of her classmates in the second game. Our next mission is to get Brooklyn aggressive in going after the ball. She is very content on just kicking it once or twice and then stopping.


Here she is turning the ball around right in front of the other teams goal. She did get a good shot off, her first of the year, but it went just left of the goal. Another foot to the right and she would of had her very first goal. I am still not sure how she got the shot considering that she was on defense and not suppose to be up that far in the first place. I was hoping that she would get a goal but it wasn't to be. We will have to practice this summer and wait til next year.


Brooklyn running down the field getting in position to cut the other player off and take the ball away.


Demonstrating the perfect throw in. She does very well with this aspect of the game.

Maddux also played yesterday and has one more game next week and then his season is over. He played against his good friend Lauren and the game ended tied 6 - 6. It was a good game as Maddux had 2 goals and Lauren scored her first goal of the year, thanks to Maddux. He turned the ball around right in front of his goal and kicked it towards his goal where Lauren was standing. All she had to do was kick the ball right in the goal, which she did, and Maddux got an assist. I am kink of glad that soccer is coming to an end for him as I don't want to wear him out this summer. Baseball games start this week and he is now in karate two times a week and with soccer his only free day was Sunday. After his last game Saturday he can concentrate on baseball until the fall.


Maddux chasing down a kid on the other team and taking the ball away from him. This is Maddux's trademark, "the chase-down". He is one of the fastest and best defenders in the league. It happens game after game, where a kid on the other team is breaking away getting ready to score and Maddux catches him from behind and takes the ball away. I don't know how many times he has done this and you see the other kid get frustrated because they thought they had a goal. I can't wait to see him play on a regular size field with all boys, next year.


Maddux in typical fashion, just kicking the ball as hard as he can. Lauren is right in front of him in the pigtails.


An example of Maddux catching a kid from behind and taking the ball away.



After the game Grandpa had a little fun with the kids. He was the horse and all the kids piled on top of his back.


Here he is with Maddux, Nolan and Payton.


Just he boys and Penny.


Again, Grandpa playing around during the game. There was a little hill that they could roll down and Grandpa would hold Maddux and Nolan and roll down the hill with them. They loved this.


It wouldn't be a game without a picture of Payton. Before we know it she will be out there chasing the ball around. She just loves to be outside.

Well yesterday was a very busy day and not much time until baseball starts up. Maddux's first game is this Wednesday and we are both very excited to see how things go. The season should be a lot of fun.