Back into Soccer Mode.

Now that the kids are officially back into soccer mode I figured I would blog about their past two games. Brooklyn and Maddux are both playing U10 as there was not enough interest to form a U8 and U10 teams. That means Brooklyn is playing against 7 year olds while Maddux is playing against 10 year old. Both are doing quite well and having a lot of fun. Nolan is now playing against all boys and doesn't have to worry about running into little girls any more. He is clearly the biggest kid out there and can't always stop his body from charging into someone else.


Brooklyn executing a perfect throw in from the side-lines.


Brooklyn and her new aggressive self. She is not afraid to get in there and mix it up with the other girls. She even scored a goal in her second game of the season. That tied her career high for goals. She almost broke that record last week but didn't get quite enough mustard on the shot to get it past the goalie.


Speaking of goalie Brooklyn has played a little bit of that position for the first time ever. She has actually done a really good job so far and is yet to be scored upon yet.


Although Maddux is the youngest kid on his team and one of the youngest in the league he is doing very well and can hold his own. It took his coach a couple games to realize that he can play but now he is one of the better players. He went from playing 1/2 of the game to playing the entire game and playing of offense. He never gives up and runs all over the field chasing the ball where ever it may be. He is yet to score this year but it is not due to a lack of effort. He really has quite a few kids who don't really know how to play and where to be for the pass. This allows the other team to double and triple team Maddux when he has the ball. At least he is having fun.


Maddux running over his opponents on the way to the goal. As you can see there are three defenders to one Maddux.


Nolan with the wide open shot on goal. He may not be the best player on his team but when he gets going no one is going to get in his way. If they do, they usually won't the next time. He doesn't do it intentionally but is just so big and once he gets going it doesn't take much to knock smaller boys over.


Here he is again leading the charge.


We are hoping the weather will cooperate over the next month and allow the kids to get all their games in. They go up until Halloween weekend but already had their first rainout and the further we go the less likely they are to play those games.


This is the next generation of soccer. This is Payton with Atticus and Finn watching their older brothers who all play on the same team. Payton can hold here own against the boys and loves to hang out with her "friends".