First Soccer Game
I'm just now getting around to posting about Brooklyn's first soccer game last Saturday. 
Thanks to the Ribaldo, the little Guatemalan boy on our team, we won! It was your typical 6 year old soccer game with a huddle of confused kids kicking anything but the ball and usually in the wrong direction! Well, everyone but our secret weapon, Ribaldo! At the start of the game, Brooklyn and two of her other teammates just stood there totally dumbfounded (this was Brooklyn's very first time ever playing soccer, so duh - she was a little confused)...but not Ribaldo, he was already taking the ball to the goal! It was just kinda obvious that he'd played some soccer before :-) (in the picture above, that's Ribaldo in the black jersey right in the center going for the ball - Brooklyn is to his left and back a little bit)
After the initial shock wore off, Brooklyn did start to get the hang of it, though she was still a bit timid. I would be too with all those kicking feet! I think she would have done better but Brooklyn was honestly still pretty sick. She played (sort of) at the beginning of the game but was soon feeling too yucky to play. She ended up sitting on the sideline for most of the game, looking pathetic. Poor girl.
We stayed for the whole game anyway and cheered for the team. I know Brooklyn will be much more enthusiastic about the sport next Saturday.
Go Lightning Bolts!
Thanks to the Ribaldo, the little Guatemalan boy on our team, we won! It was your typical 6 year old soccer game with a huddle of confused kids kicking anything but the ball and usually in the wrong direction! Well, everyone but our secret weapon, Ribaldo! At the start of the game, Brooklyn and two of her other teammates just stood there totally dumbfounded (this was Brooklyn's very first time ever playing soccer, so duh - she was a little confused)...but not Ribaldo, he was already taking the ball to the goal! It was just kinda obvious that he'd played some soccer before :-) (in the picture above, that's Ribaldo in the black jersey right in the center going for the ball - Brooklyn is to his left and back a little bit)After the initial shock wore off, Brooklyn did start to get the hang of it, though she was still a bit timid. I would be too with all those kicking feet! I think she would have done better but Brooklyn was honestly still pretty sick. She played (sort of) at the beginning of the game but was soon feeling too yucky to play. She ended up sitting on the sideline for most of the game, looking pathetic. Poor girl.
We stayed for the whole game anyway and cheered for the team. I know Brooklyn will be much more enthusiastic about the sport next Saturday. Go Lightning Bolts!
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