Soccer is over for the spring

Soccer was so frustrating this year. It rained and rained and rained and they only got to play a few games. On the upside I got to watch the whole team make real progress.

Ben and Gabe’s last game of the season was last night and I have to admit that I think they played their best game ever. Sadly, they still lost 7 - 1. Nonetheless, they PASSED THE BALL! I mean, they finally started playing with the forwards staying forward and the full-backs staying closer to the goal. And miracle of miracles, they PASSED the ball!

To each other!

On purpose!!

Ben had a couple of good saves in goal and showed a lot of thought on the field. By that I mean, he didn’t just kick the ball up the field without regard to who was there. He looked for people to pass to.

And Gabriel was a mad man and managed to be in all places at once. He had some trouble in goal but only let three get by him.

They all seemed to have a pretty good time too. We posed for pictures afterwards and the coach’s wife brought cupcakes for everyone.