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teeny tiny soccer star~September 2008

Evie's 1st soccer game of the season

Evie had her first game in division U8 today. She was so excited to finally play after being rained out last weekend. It was a tough game against girls that were way bigger than our team, and we are so proud of her for hanging with them. She got slapped, tripped, kicked, and pushed around today, which was a new experience for her and her parents (tough to watch). We had some tears, but she got back in the game each time. She had 2 goals and an assist on a 3rd goal. The video below shows her joy and excitement of finally scoring.

Ready to go

Playing hard against the big girls

Putting all the skills she has learned over the past couple of years to use

Andrew's 1st AYSO game

Andrew is in the U5 AYSO division this year. It is a great program for beginner soccer players. He started out in Upward last fall and really struggled emotionally playing games, but he did fantastic at his first U5 training and game. The kids get to run drills with a parent the first half of their time and play a 3 vs. 3 game during the second half. He loved this format and really enjoyed playing, which is not something we could honestly say during most of his games last fall.

Kicking over the coffee cans

Turning the ball around

On his way to score one of his goals (we lost count of how many times he scored)!

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September 1, 2005