The End of Soccer 2014

Today the Pink Pirates had their last game and ended up losing, which was unfortunate because the parents of the team were really ugly about the win and even cheered when one of our girls was tripped up or missed. Altogether it was a good season and the team won most of their games by a huge margin but also lost today and against another team several weeks ago that was also very good. Ever since Sofia scored her goal against the Sweet Frogs, she's been so excited to play and practice which has been great since she normally wants to stay home rather than practice. She enjoys going to the game but there is also a good amount of foot-dragging. Ultimately she loves doing activities and being involved but she really loves staying home, playing, reading and running around with Olivia.

This season I took all of the photos during the game and after editing them down to about 200 photos, would send them to all the parents through Shutterfly. It's something I enjoy and I really try to get good pictures of each of the girls but have a hard time with those who aren't as involved with actually kicking the ball much, like Sofia. Sofia isn't really afraid of the ball as much as she knows Olivia and Emily, who are the very aggressive and good players, will come and take the ball. She's gotten a lot better at going after the ball this season and is becoming more confident in playing but still needs to work of dribbling and passing the ball. As long as she's trying and having fun that's all that really matters to us. This season Olivia has really loved playing with Gabrielle's little sister, Emily, and they usually walk over and get a hot dog together during every game. My daughter who has never had a hot dog in her life loves them! It's so cute to watch them play together and get along so well.


Sofia is excited to get back into soccer in the spring, which is great and has had a lot of fun with the Pink Pirate girls. It really is a great group of girls. We are looking forward to having our weekends open now and hope to go out and visit museums and do other fun things that a middle-of-the-day soccer game makes impossible.

Our little soccer player

A rare picture of the team photographer - me and my shadow, Olivia

Snack time

Olivia relaxing while watching her sister play

Going after the ball

Playing goalie

Dribbling the ball down the field

Hot dogs with her buddy Emily

Sofia

In charge of the ball

Going toward the goal

Emily and Olivia hanging out

Team picture

The silly version

The girls

Our sweet girl (wearing the black Nike headband) and her soccer pals

Pep talk before their last game

Waiting on the bench before getting subbed in.

The soccer game

High-fiving the other team at the end

Sofia's "official" soccer photos for the season