Just a little more Soccer

Okay, I took a couple of pictures and some videos of Andrew's last game. I thought a couple of the video's would be good to give everyone a sense of what it was like to be there at the game front row seat (family members have reserved sideline seating). It's non-stop action. This should do it for soccer pictures since the Fall season is now over, enjoy!

A typical end of the season picture with Andrew holding up his medal. Why don't they just do the Olympics that way, everyone could get a nifty medal, and you wouldn't have any grumpy athletes.

This first video shows just how intense and focused these games can really be. (Andrew is number 3)

This was one of the decent videos where I was actually able to capture Andrew playing Soccer. Most the videos I took unfortunately lost precedence to me shouting and yelling encouragement from the sideline. You don't really realize how much you yell until you hear yourself.

Just one last video showing typical Game play. So you can see how eventful the games were. Mostly it was just nice to get out of the house and sit outside and veg. Andrew really loved it. He really enjoyed "battling" with other teams. That should do it for now, but we will have spring soccer to look forward to.

Andrew's Soccer

So we signed Andrew up for Fall Soccer. Usually the games are pretty uneventful, but it is always fun to watch the kids play. Most of the pictures should speak for themselves, but I will add comments as needed.

Sometimes it seemed there was some standing around, not much paying attention.

Alright finally some action! Oh but wait, Andrew, that kid is on your team!

Andrew is obviously contemplating his next strategic play, or maybe trains, either or.

Run Andrew run! Exactly where the ball is is kind of a mystery.

A decent action shot of the group chasing the ball.

Nice kick Andrew! Should the ball be in front of his foot, or is it just the angle I am at?

Nice move! Looks like some kind of cool reverse kick. I guess you would need to be hitting the ball with your foot to actually consider it a move though, oh well.

Here is a nice picture with Andrew's Fan club in the background.

Just another shot of a play in action. This one captures Andrew's coach. I thought about volunteering as an assistant coach, but then I realized that she could probably bench press more than I could so I figured she could handle things just fine.

All in all the soccer season has been pretty fun, especially for Andrew. I think it is good for him to get that "team" sort of interaction. Andrew also likes it the best when they get to play other teams. He will always ask me if he has soccer practice, or if he will get to battle other teams. So when it is a "battle" he gets pretty excited.