Soccer 2012

Oops... I skipped a sports season. I jumped straight to softball and forgot all about soccer! Here are some old soccer pictures from way back in May. Makenna and Maryn both had excellent seasons. Makenna's knowledge of the game has grown tremendously... she really gets the strategy and what she's suppose to be doing. She has good skills, but I think a majority of her goals come from being where she is suppose to be at the right time. She LOVED having her dad be her coach this year! As much as Josh used to say he didn't like soccer, he loved coaching her team :) He's actually quite sad that he can't coach next year (due to twins)... AYSO has already contacted us numerous times trying to persuade him to coach because so many kids requested him as a coach :)

And Maryn... at her very first game of the season one of Josh's co-workers was watching his daughter play against Maryn. His exact quote to me was "Maryn's like the LeBron James of soccer!" For a five year old, she has incredible ball skills and is extremely aggressive. That first game she scored 9 goals. No joke. She had a little issue with bragging after scoring her goals (ie. holding up her fingers to show the other team how goals she had scored), much to her parents dismay, but we resolved that issue quickly. She had a distinct advantage over the other 5 and 6 year olds given that she practiced almost every week with her sister's 8 year old team.



Makenna!

I believe she was playing defense in this picture... swiper is her favorite position and she is VERY good at it :)

I love how her tongue is sticking out in this one... she's concentrating so hard!

See #7 charging in on this one... yep, she scored :)

Josh and Makenna's team!

Maryn!

How is that she can be that beautiful waiting on field for the kick off?

Ball skills at 5!

Go #16!

Right in the middle of the pack... as always

She learned to use her arms at a young age (maybe too much ;)

Taking her turn to sit out... she didn't like sitting out at all in soccer. Interesting that was her favorite part of softball. Guess which sport we'll be pursuing in the future?!

All the way down the field for a goal!!!