It was unusually cold for this time of year. This past week the kids have been wearing shorts to school, but today it was windy and freezing. But during the warm-up Isak pointed out to his coach (who is absolutely WONDERFUL, by the way) that "If we had been in Norway or Sweden it would have been colder." They didn't know what color game shirts they would have until today, but when they saw their color they named their team "Thunder."
Isak chased the ball tirelessly.
They lost the game 0-3, but Isak played hard in his center midfield position. His friend Sam played defense and they were both happy. Isak was put in as goalee for about 20 minutes, during which time he did a couple of saves, but let also let one ball in. He was upset about that at first but we talked about how even world cup players let balls in at times. Coach Green - one of those friendly, old-school coaches you'd expect to see in a feel-good Disney sports movie - has coached soccer for over 20 years and his goal is to teach them how to play as a TEAM with everyone in their positions working together. After the game he gave very specific feedback to the players about what they had done well and some constructive feedback about what to remember better next time. Even though this is a short season I know the kids on the Thunder team will have a good experience.
Isak snatching the ball from an opponent and Sam being ready to defend the goal area, which he did very well.
Sister supporters at the sideline: Sofia and Elina.
Sam, 9, and Isak, 8, after the game.
The picture, above, reminds of this one, below, taken in 2006 when Sam was 4 and Isak 3.
Inger has more pictures and better ones that she took with her fancy camera and telephoto lens.
I will update this post when she sends them to me
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