GOOOOOAL!!

Trinity won the first three games of the season with the final victory coming yesterday against a very tough Jacksonville team. Alex has scored 4 goals in 3 games with two of them coming at a very crucial time in the Jacksonville game yesterday. Jacksonville had the lead going into half and the momentum – this is a very loud team that tries to intimidate their opponents. They also have a couple of really big guys that like to push their weight around a little. Alex scored the goal to tie the game on a beautiful header off of a corner kick – nobody saw that one coming! The second goal was another goal off of a corner kick but he had to work pretty hard to get in position and then spun and took the shot. This was definitely Alex’s best game as he had 3 assists as well. We are definitely very proud of Alex and he really stood out as a leader on the field yesterday!
Sam played goalie a little in the first game and played defender the rest of the time. The team isn’t very deep so Sam is getting quite a bit of playing time for his first year. He is also improving every game. The second game of the season was definitely Sam’s best outing. Sam had several very strong defensive kicks and pretty much kept the area clear for the goalie. The coaches even called Sam out after the 2nd game for having a great outing. Sam still needs to work on settling the ball to take a better shot and his footwork. We are sure by the end of the season he is going to be much better as quickly as he is improving. The other news is he has lost about 3 pounds over the last few weeks as the conditioning and running have started to take effect. Both of the boys are pretty exhausted at the end of the school day from homework and practice/games. Both of them are both making all A’s and B’s this year as well!
Lot’s of photos below – remember Alex is number 15 and Sam is number 22.

Alex scores on a header from the corner to tie the game.

Sam stretched out trying to make a save…. just a little too far out to get a good
angle and the ball sneaks into the goal. Sam gave up a couple of scores but also had
a couple of good saves for his first attempt in the box