End of the Season for Team Awesome

Team Awesome
Another soccer season has come and gone.  It was a big season for Team Awesome.  First, four of their best players moved up to the travel soccer teams (these require a try-out), opening up opportunities for other girls on the team to step up.  Second, the team played a full field with goalies.  Finally, there were referees for the game (granted, some of their referees were maybe a year older than the girls, but still it was new).  In addition to the players moving up, Coach Larry moved on as well, opening up a spot for Joe to join the coaching staff.

The role of goalie was always a negotiation for each game with Coach Tom requiring each girl to try it at least once.  One of Coach Joe's key roles was putting on and taking off goalie gloves - something that took some engineering.  A couple of girls were excited to play goalie after they figured out they did not have to run as much.  Others concluded that diving for balls and risking getting kicked in the head is really not for them.  By the end of season, a couple of players emerged that actually enjoy being the goalie and are looking forward to playing the position more regularly in the spring.  Anna had a great season and emerged as one of the leading offensive players and the team's top scorer.  She also seemed to have found an even higher speed - much to the surprise of her parents.

As always, the team celebrated with an end of season party kindly hosted by Britton's family.  The weather was beautiful, so the girls were able to play outside.  One of the main attractions was the large sandbox complete with a kid-size backhoe for Britton's little brother.  After some digging, there were suddenly shrieks from the girls as someone unearthed a dead rabbit buried in the sandbox.  Britton's Dad quickly removed the carcass and the sandbox was off limits.  There was speculation that a fox may have buried the rabbit, but there is really no confirmation.  This will now be forever known as the dead rabbit party.

It was another fun season for the girls as they stepped into new roles with the team.  A big thanks to Coach Tom, Coach George, and Coach Dad for making it a fun learning-experience for the girls.



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