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Fri, 12 Sep 2008

Berkeley's First Soccer Practice (and Game)
We enrolled Berkeley in soccer this fall, his first practice and game were held this evening over at the Lake Sammamish State Park soccer fields. The Howeys put the bug in our ear to enroll Berkeley; their oldest son Tucker is also on Berkeley's team.

Tucker, who is already 7 (birthday in August) is nearly one year older than Berkeley, but they play in the same age group because the cutoff is July 31st. So Berkeley (birthday, July 29th) is pretty much guaranteed to always be the youngest player in his soccer age group teams. This is interesting (to me) because until 2006, the cutoff date for Little League baseball was also July 31st... which, of course, would also guarantee that Berkeley would be the youngest player on his baseball teams. However, currently Little League uses a cutoff date of April 30th, which means that Berkeley will always be one of the older players on his baseball teams. Does this matter? I don't know.

Below are two pictures of us standing around waiting for the rest of the team to show up. Berkeley is on the left dressed in his new soccer shoes, socks, and shin guards. He is standing next to his new ball. Our neighbor Jerrod manages one of the local SoccerWest stores and hooked us with all of the gear. Also shown (at right) are two of Berkeley's cheerleaders.

Ready for his first soccer practice. Berkeley's cheerleaders.

The following pictures were taken of Berkeley while he participated in the soccer practice drills. The team consists of six players. The team name is "Tunisia" (e.g. the country in North Africa). On the picture to the left, Berkeley is the third from the left and his friend Tucker is the little boy at the very left.

Team Tunisia Soccer dribbling drills. Standing in line during drills.

After a half-hour of soccer practice, then they have a half-hour soccer game. All of the boys on all of the teams have red t-shirts, so one team is given yellow vests to help bring some semblance of order to the mob following the ball around the field. In the picture at left below, Berkeley had just scored his first goal. He wasn't flagged for excessive celebration, but he came close. He had a lot of fun playing, worked hard, and at the end of the game was literally dripping with sweat.

Gooooaaaallllll! Having fun playing the game.

:: Posted by rus on Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:53 pm
:: Filed under /daily_journal/2008



        

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