Soccer

Ashlee and Mikayla have both been playing soccer since August.  Both girls have done well and have improved each week.  Ashlee's team won some and lost some.  But you could see that Ashlee and her team mates where having some differences with their coach, and that effected the whole team.  I think the coach had too much on his plate and did not have his heart into what he was doing.

Mikayla's team won every single game for the season.  The last weekend of soccer they had a tournament.  They ended up in play offs and they played a very tough game.  They tied the game.  The game went into two separate 10 minutes halves and both halves remained tied.  The game came down to each team selecting 5 players to do goal kicks.  The team with the most goal kicks out of 5 won.  Talk about a very tense game.  Mikayla's team worked very well together as a team, they played as a team, their coaches did not have to coach and scream and shout at them from the side lines.  These girls knew what they had to do,  went out on the field, and did what needed to be done.  They ended up getting second in the tournament.  Mikayla played her heart out in spite of having strep throat, fluid in her ears and an allergic reaction to an antibiotic!  She even scored her first goal.  She usually plays defender, so she is not in a position to score goals.  But for one of the games they put her in a different position so she could score.  Mikayla is now practicing for another tournament called Founders Cup.  Which will take place in a couple more weeks.

 End of the year pizza party.  Each coach said a little something about each of the girls.  And each girl got a picture frame with an action shot of them.  Along with a certificate and some other action shots of them throughout the season.  The coach said that he did not know anyone quieter than his daughter until he met Mikayla.  He said she played well and she always stopped the ball from getting into the goal.