Fall Soccer

I am still amazed at how much I enjoy watching the kids' soccer games. I know absolutely nothing about the game, but it is a game with very little down time, which is where other sports sometimes lose me. What can I say? I have an almost infinite attention span for books and many movies and tv shows, but in sports I get incredibly bored if there are only 14 minutes of action in a 3 hour game.

And I am waaaaay off topic.

Anyway, the kids had fun playing too. Will liked to play any position where he got to run. Even when he was on the sidelines, his full attention was on the game. Yet, when the season ended, he was very happy to put his cleats away for the winter. And so was his mama.

Ben missed several of his games, but still got to play quite a lot. The field at his age is much larger, and my camera is not that fast, nor does it get good close-ups, so I don't have any action shots to share. Ben prefers to play defense, where he can focus on keeping the ball out of the goal. He had a lot of great blocks this year, and his favorite game was the last one, when he got to play goalie for most of a quarter.

He is signed up to play again in the spring, but I think he will enjoy the break too.

That is the great thing about soccer. You have fun while it is going on, and then you are happy when it's over. Perfect.

Kate, of course, spent most of the season complaining that she wasn't allowed to play yet. Next spring, baby girl, I promise.