Today was the last game of the soccer season, one week late because of the canceled game. It was an OK game (win, 5-1), although we had to loan one of our players to the other team to bring them up to a full count. The coach gave them one of our weaker players who turned out to be a strong player for them. That left the team with an unbeaten record. That’s a bit different from Corwin’s first season of near unrelieved defeat. Now it’s our team with the second graders who have ball handling skills. Bwahahaha!
I hear, however, that the (now) third graders have all had terrrible seasons. They’re apparently hoping to get back on our coach’s team for the 3rd / 4th grade season. I think that would be nice.
Oh, the picture off to the side there. Well, all of those were taken in a space of about 6 seconds, which is how long the animation runs so it’s close to real time. This is how Corwin is when he’s sent out in to the field to play. It beats him crying because he didn’t start.
It wasn’t a good day for pictures, very overcast. I had to shoot at a rather slow shutter speed and the pictures were still underexposed. It was wonderful for the coach, however, as (since he’s British) he likes cold, wet mornings for playing soccer. As soon as the game was over and we headed off for brunch, the clouds cleared, the sun shone and it turned in to a wonderful day. I guess the coach has friends in high places, or it was pay back for putting up with the horde of kids.
P.S. Check out the dimples on that kid! Even with pictures as grainy as this, it’s still obvious.