Soccer Season 2009

Fall soccer has just finished up for the 2009 season. Here are the highlights!

This was Christians first year playing soccer(5U). Christian did well, but he tends to get distracted quiet easily, which is common for a 4 year old. Melissa ended up being the assistant coach this year which really helped keep Christian excited about the games . Christian had coach Steve this year - he is a very good coach and Melissa was able to help him out with organizing the 3-5 year olds, which can be quite challenging. Christian also figured out, with Melissa's help, that when other players have the ball that he should head over to the goal and wait for a pass. Christian scored his first two goals of his soccer career and we are super proud of him. Way to go!

Gabe had a very good season this year in 7U. He scored 4 goals for the year and really showed some great improvement over last year. He had a very talented coach (Joe) who really was focused on teaching the kids the fundamentals of the game. He wasn't concerned about winning but rather making sure the kids understood the basic skills that would grow with them through the years. I really respected that in him.

Gabe also started to understand position soccer and has gained some ball handling skills that he loves to tease his brother with. You could tell that in the first half of the year Gabe was really reluctant in games, but in the 2nd half of the season with some good coaching he was a new player. Now if Melissa and I could just keep quiet on the side lines...it's hard. This is the first year that we haven't been Gabe's coach, but I think it was good for him to learn from someone else besides Mom and Dad.

It was a fun year for all of us and we are excited about doing it again in the spring.