the white house at the right time

The shirt says number 4 but he was the number 1 defender and goal scorer for his team this year! All parental biases aside, Cayleb absolutely slayed at soccer.  He wasn't in the mob chasing the ball, he would move out, get his foot on it, move it down the field, and power kick it to the goal box.  Passion.  Full energy.  Beat red face.  Literally outrunning all the players. Absolute thrill to watch him play. At each game, Randy and I always had other parents come up and ask if he was on the right league because he was so good.   Or they would remark that he was such an amazing player.  O.k. let's face it we tried to be humble, but "yeah" our 6 year old kicks it hard.  This game is HIS!

Two boys. 3 days practice. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday. 2 games Saturdays. Often overlapping. Lots of stinky socks. This was Cayden's first year playing soccer since "soccer groupie" age; the group chases the soccer ball. He wanted to play football. However, the football teams around here play on Sunday, have major time commitment (4 days a week for several hours) which doesn't gel with our family balance, and I think he could get injured more easily. So....he agreed to soccer. He played on the U-11 recreational league. Opposite of his brother, he is one of the younger players. The team has been together for about 3-4 years. During one of their games, the referee stated that he thought this was a select team because they played so well. His coaches were awesome. Very committed and great with the boys. Great conditioning program. They played them all well and played to their strengths. One incredible moment of the season was during an early October game. Mi...