Spring soccer started on Saturday with Alex’s game at 8am and Sam’s game at 1pm. So soccer pretty much takes up the whole day and it looks like it will be that way all season. Both Sam and Alex lost their games but both of them played well. Alex had some nice passes and two very good shots on goal but their goalie was pretty good. Alex’s team ended up losing 2-1 but could have very well won the game. I am pretty sure by the end of the season once they are used to each other they will be in much better shape. Alex does still have Josh on his team, but some of his other school friends are on different teams.
Sam meanwhile was put in at goalie/keeper! We originally thought it was only going to be for just this game because the regular goalie wasn’t there, but found out after the game that the ‘regular’ goalie was there but they needed him on offense. So it looks like Sam will be playing goalie all year. The coach volunteered to give him some one on one time on Wednesday nights after the regular practice (Sam will generally miss practice because it is from 5pm – 6pm), so he needs to make the most of the coach’s offer. Sam actually played pretty well for his first whole game as keeper. He did give up 3 goals but one of them he couldn’t see and another one was just a great shot. He made a couple of nice stops too, just needs to learn when to fall on the ball and when to make a challenge. So all in all it should be a good season! Below are some photos from the two games, a photo of Sam with his new goalie gloves we picked up later in the day and then a short video of Alex trying to help him learn how to reject the ball at goal…. hmmm – love the gloves but the flip flops just don’t match.
The Payne Chronicles 