After a very disappointing loss last week, TCS soccer was back on the pitch yesterday and playing at home in quite warm (mid 90’s) weather. Alex came to watch his brother, but he had to come straight from class and was quite warm in his skinny jeans. 🙂 Although they played quite sloppy at times, TCS did manage a 5-3 victory against Victory Christian School. Since the team lost Alex, Zach and Cole from last year’s team (last year’s seniors), it doesn’t seem that they have found a rhythm yet as they have a lot of new people in position. Sam didn’t get the start today, but when he did get quite a bit of playing time in at midfield instead of defender! Yes – you read that correctly, Sam played midfielder yesterday and he played extremely well. Sam has improved 200% over last year and is receiving praise from the coach and the fans. Yesterday, Sam had 2 sliding tackles, one assist (almost a 2nd one earlier in the game) and had some beautiful passes. Again, you read that correctly – 2 sliding tackles and 1 assist! He still had a couple of air kicks, but the majority were very solid and on point… no more of the crazy foot where you don’t know where the ball is going to end up. We are very proud of Sam and can’t wait to see how good he is by the end of the season.
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