Emily is playing summer soccer and they played their first tournament last weekend, the Seaside Classic in Rhode Island. The team played up two age brackets, to better prepare them for the upcoming season of playing 11v11 on a significantly larger field. The GVSA 06 girls played three 05 teams and one 04 team and going into the tournament, we expected them to lose all four games (and lose badly). The 05 and 04 teams have been playing on the larger field for at least a year and we knew the transition would be a difficult one for our girls. They ended up going 1-3 and two of the losses were close - 2-1 and 2-0. They were definitely in all of the games and you could see them get better, faster and smarter over the course of the weekend. We are excited to see what they can do next month and then how they carry this knowledge over to the fall.
The teams and uniforms might change, but the carpool crew stays the same.
Emily played both midfield and defense in every game. It's unclear where her coach is going to play her this fall (and she might continue to play both positions) so she is learning to transition back and forth between them both. Defense on the big field is much different - and outside back may very well be where she ends up.
I got a new lens, my first camera-related purchase in 11 years. I was a good 40 yards away from the girls when I took this shot. Emily, who knows her mother better than almost anyone, had a feeling their was a photo op happening and flashed me the peace sign...
Tired and happy.
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