Well, it has been a while since I last posted, but it really isn't my fault. Someone with a fancy new camera, that her incredible husband gave her for Christmas, wouldn't download pictures to the laptop. But finally, she did. So let's go back to last weekend and our last soccer tournament of the season shall we.
Last weekend, the local Jackson Area Wide Soccer hosted their spring tournament. We were grateful to have a tournament here in town for a change, and it was the last tournament of the season for us. In fact, the soccer fields are right across the street from our house. So talk about playing at home!! This tournament was a little smaller than most than we have played in, but there were still some good teams entered. Of course, playing at home doesn't necessarily mean you get to sleep in. We got to play at 8:00am on Saturday against the Dyersburg, TN Strickers. It was an easy game for our girls as we won 9-0. But the big news in this game was that Abby finally scored her first goal!!! It was on a great pass from Addison and Abby was in the perfect spot to slam the ball through to the back of the net! Now here is the thing. Abby is the youngest on the team. In fact, if she was a week younger, she would be playing on the U10 team. She is also the only new girl on the team this year. So Abby was a little hesitant and a bit behind the other girls back at the beginning of the year, which was August 2008. So to get her to be aggressive, I promised her that if she scored a goal, I would give her $100. And yes, I lived up to my part of the bargain. Their second game was against the Poplar Bluff, Mo Kickers. Again, the girls played great and won 5-0. And guess what! Abby scored again!!! It was a great clean up goal. Now she did NOT get another $100. But it was great day for Abby. Now this put us in the Championship game on Sunday against our most hated crosstown rivals, the Jackson Rush Swoosh team. It was a classic game ending in regulation at 2-2. It was the first time someone scored against us in eight games. We played two overtime periods and were still tied at two. So we went to penalty kicks. And with our goalie, Morgan, we liked our chances. And Morgan didn't let us down and we won the PKs 4-2, to win our third straight tournament championship!
Last weekend, the local Jackson Area Wide Soccer hosted their spring tournament. We were grateful to have a tournament here in town for a change, and it was the last tournament of the season for us. In fact, the soccer fields are right across the street from our house. So talk about playing at home!! This tournament was a little smaller than most than we have played in, but there were still some good teams entered. Of course, playing at home doesn't necessarily mean you get to sleep in. We got to play at 8:00am on Saturday against the Dyersburg, TN Strickers. It was an easy game for our girls as we won 9-0. But the big news in this game was that Abby finally scored her first goal!!! It was on a great pass from Addison and Abby was in the perfect spot to slam the ball through to the back of the net! Now here is the thing. Abby is the youngest on the team. In fact, if she was a week younger, she would be playing on the U10 team. She is also the only new girl on the team this year. So Abby was a little hesitant and a bit behind the other girls back at the beginning of the year, which was August 2008. So to get her to be aggressive, I promised her that if she scored a goal, I would give her $100. And yes, I lived up to my part of the bargain. Their second game was against the Poplar Bluff, Mo Kickers. Again, the girls played great and won 5-0. And guess what! Abby scored again!!! It was a great clean up goal. Now she did NOT get another $100. But it was great day for Abby. Now this put us in the Championship game on Sunday against our most hated crosstown rivals, the Jackson Rush Swoosh team. It was a classic game ending in regulation at 2-2. It was the first time someone scored against us in eight games. We played two overtime periods and were still tied at two. So we went to penalty kicks. And with our goalie, Morgan, we liked our chances. And Morgan didn't let us down and we won the PKs 4-2, to win our third straight tournament championship!
The girls went 15-1 during the spring season and would have qualified for the state championships if they had had them this year. The state organization eliminated the U11 tournament this year, so we don't get to go this year. Hopefully, next year. They held their opponents scoreless ten times during the spring, and only allowed more than one goal twice. This group of girls played great together. They dominated the spring because they were quicker than their opponents and they were just manic aggressive.
The season is over for our girls and they will practice for a few more weeks. They have tryouts for next year's team in mid-May. Next year, they go to 11 v. 11, so that should be interesting. Abby has come so far, and I hope she can make it to next year's squad. We have a few girls that our coming over from Rush trying out and some from out-of-town. But I like her chances.
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