Soccer Tournament

I'm posting here, but NM will likely do the same on his blog soon (I'll ask him to tomorrow). They won two of the four games they played in this weekend's tournament.

Our boys played hard, and they played fairly. All week, NM prayed for the games and practice times (I'm so proud!). He did a great job and was the goal tender for at least the first half of each game if not longer. He volunteers for this job and in today's game, coach told him he's the most dependable for that position so that's why he got the job (I'm so proud!).

Today's game loss was tough on the boys. They played very well and they showed good sportsmanship, playing hard to the end.

Unfortunately, two of the goals that the other side made weren't done fairly. They were kicked out of NM's hands when he'd already pinned the ball down but the ref never saw that happen so they counted anyway. Yes, our boys would have won if they weren't counted.

Can you tell I'm proud of my boy? I can tell you I wouldn't want to be goalie knowing, going in, that cleats inches from my nose would be involved. He still wants to do it. In the Fall, we may consider upping the ante a bit and putting him in the more competitive part of the league. He loves the competition, it's what gets him going. The coach made a huge point of making sure he knew he did a great job in the game today which was nice because he knew NM was upset. Several of the parents told him the same thing, too.

Next Sunday, we have our post-season party, most likely at the pool. I'm going to be on the hunt for good martial arts classes for both boys to attend along with, hopefully, one of NM's team mates and his brothers. They're a great family. Yeah, I'm a little biased because they homeschool, too, and their mom plays WoW. Actually, she works there, too, but I'm not biased towards her because she's a GM. Not in the least. Really.