While we had the oldest in baseball for the past two months which took up three days a week our youngest was very adamant about playing soccer at the same time on the opposite side of town. Happy that he showed a bit of independence and made his own choice we grudgingly gladly split Tuesday practice days one of us at baseball and one of us at soccer and sometimes Saturday games happened at them same time also. Three years ago CJ wouldn’t even set foot on the soccer field, last year he would participate in practice but was very hesitant about playing in games, this year he really wanted to play. He still had a hard time early on when something didn’t go his way or the other team scored but he got better about it as the season went on. He did score a goal but mostly concentrated on the defensive end of business. His coaches even gave him Best Defensive Player award at the end of the season party!
This boy has long legs and knows how to use them to run. I was surprised at how quick he got up and down the field. I think he really enjoyed playing this year even through the periodic temper flare ups and bad practices. Now that the spring season is over he still grabs his ball and goes outside to practice kicking against a ball return net thing we have. Our yard stinks as a soccer field (full of sticker burrs and pot holes) but he likes to get out there and kick it around anyway.You can see all his soccer action pictures on my flickr page.
While we had the oldest in baseball for the past two months which took up three days a week our youngest was very adaman...
