Benny's Soccer Game

I haven't mentioned soccer in a while because we've had so much rain, which means we have missed a TON of soccer practices.  But Spring Soccer is still on, and we are now finally getting rolling.  Benny had his second game of the season this week.

We drove out to Blue Ridge for the game and when we arrived, Benny realized that one of his soccer shoes was last season's shoe--too small and too tight.

Since it was a forty-five minute drive back home it was out of the question to fix it. So he had to make do.  This meant that he spent the better part of warm-ups trying to adjust his shoe to a comfortable looseness.

There was much adjusting. 

In the end, he just made the best of it and played hard.

The team put up a good fight against a group of kids who were all a lot bigger than they were.

Because the team is large, there is always a certain amount of time to be spent on the bench, rotating out so everyone else gets a turn to play.  But Benny got to be on the field quite a bit. And soon the game was over.  And it was so close!  They lost by one goal. 

Then it's the traditional high-five with the other team, a post-game pep talk by the coach, and off to Chikc Fil A for dinner.  Home for baths and bed.  All in all, a busy soccer evening.