Hi! Well, we've played at our first-ever soccer tournament! Got the sunburn to prove it... Saturday, after over 2 weeks of practicing after school every day.

We played two games, on a wider field than we're used to, 9 a side when we expected to be 7 a side. Glad for having unlimited substitutions! (Hey, I sound like I'm learning a lot about soccer...)
Both boys played for their team, as we agreed everyone would have some playing time.

The important news: the kids want to keep playing and we've been invited to another tournament in August, so we're committing to Tuesday after-school practices... Not so important (remember?), is that we led 1-0 at half-time in each game. The first game we lost 2-1, so that's not bad; the second game we played against a team of kids much bigger than us, so the final score of 3-1 is almost a badge of honour!

So this week's journal entries are fantasy based on the big experience:

Nate: The Soccer Game

I scored three times and the other team had zero and we won every game.
(Nate started drawing a bird-eye view of the field.)

Pete: The Soccer Game

The boy shoots and the goalie could not save it.
(The boy in his picture is wearing his jersey colour and number.)