Soccer Fall '11

Justin played his first season of soccer last fall at the Y.  On a team with be sties Jake, Luke, & Chance.  On a team of 4-5 year olds.  To say we had a blast is an understatement.  Justin would run at such full force at the ball that when an opposer would come battle for the ball Justin would at times go flying in the air from the speed.


The first practice.  Not everyone can be goalie at once.

Champions.  The first game they didn't have a clue what to do - first season for all these fellas.  They lost by a lot.  It never happened again.  Determined little guys.  Jake's nickname dubbed by Justin was the Rocket.  That boy is fast.

Our snack day we brought the old school cooler.  Like when we played soccer.

Lots of hugs after goals scored.  My uncle Steve said he'd never seen such affection from boys.  This is a huggie group.  And Luke Pine always kept score in his head.  He always knew the score at the end of the game.  Even though this age group didn't keep score - everyone was a winner.  Cough cough.  Don't even get me started.

We also brought, per Derek's request, orange slices for our snack.  The adults hammered them as they reminisced about eating the same thing decades ago.

Justin rocked as a goalie.  Here he is cheering from the other end of the field as his team scored.  He such a fan.

Going in for his own goal.

The first game we played the other team did the team tunnel while our kids looked on.  So justin asked when team Philadelphia was going to do the same thing.  You better believe we did it the rest of the season.

We had some faithful visitors.  Grandma & Grandpa sporting their yellow.

Steve & Kerry with Ginger who was passing through for the weekend.  She flew a long way to watch that game.

Hot visitors - Birdie, Shane, Papa, & Aaron

With Elise & Daniel

I was still in my shower attire.  It was my cousin Hilary's wedding weekend and we had just dashed over from the bridal brunch I had helped host.

Goalie boy

Ryan came along for this trip

Champions!  AKA trophies for all.

With Coach Whitten at our after season celebration.