Soccer Season Coming to a Close

Fall soccer season is nearing the end. Emily has a game the 24^th and the 31^st and then her season is complete. Both games are in Dublin at the fields that are walking distance from our house.

Tony and Kristen appear to have a game on Sunday somewhere near Easton at 2pm? That is the information that Tony gave me last night when I spoke to him briefly. He said that is what the coach told them at the end of the game last week. We do not have any more details than that.

They also have a game in Dublin on Sunday, November 1^st. I suspect that this will be their final game. I do not know if their team will play in any tournaments, but we leave for Disney that next weekend so they would probably miss the tournament.

So, if you were looking to get to a game this season, those are your remaining options.

Blood, Sweat and No Tears?

Emily had her first soccer game of the season yesterday. She is on the Fire this year and has a lot of girls on her team that she knows from school and that live in the neighborhood.

This year they start playing 6-on-6 on a 40x60 field instead of 4-on-4 format that they have been playing on a 25x45 field. So, quite a big jump for the girls. And they are now playing positions and having to keep track of a lot more. It is fun to watch, but a bit confusing for the girls for their first game. But the girls did great! I lost track of the score, but it was a whole lot to zero by the end of the game.

At one point in the game, Emily got the ball at mid-field and dribbled it down all by herself and shot and scored a goal!! It was so exciting! I had the camera in my hand, but was so excited watching it all unfold that I forgot to take pictures. She did great!

Towards the end of the game, Emily got hit in the mouth with a ball. Holding her mouth with her hand she came out of the game and the coach motioned for us to come over. Brian ran over to the players side and immediately brought her over to us, so I knew something wasn't good. When she got to us, I could see that her mouth was bleeding but Emily was uncharacteristically calm. A friend gave us tissues and we started to clean her up to figure out the source of the blood. I got her a bit cleaned up and realized that her wiggly tooth was just laying in the socket, no longer attached, and was the culprit. I dabbed at it a couple of times and told Emily to hold the tissues there and she said she didn't need them and then informed us that she wanted to go back into the game.

What? Who is this child and where did my drama child go? Never mind. I am quite proud of this one. As it turned out, the game was basically over by the time she got back to the sidelines and I don't know that she saw anymore playing time but I was just proud of her for handling it so maturely and wanting to get back in there!

My little girl is growing up!