Future Stars

Saturday was Sydney's first day of soccer. Since Sydney continually says that girls do not play sports (who knew my non-participation in sports would have such an impact?), it was a toss-up to see how it would go. I was very pleasantly surprised. She really dug in & played. There were many moments of comedy, such as:

• the line of kids following the ball
• confusion over where the goal is. The kids use the width of the field, therefore their nets are the pylons, but when the real net is there on the sidelines it is rather confusing for a bunch of 4 & 5 year old (see video)
• Sydney losing interest in the second half & watching the airplanes flying overhead

There was only one bout of crying & it was well warranted since the little girl did get the ball in the face- ouch! Sydney's team is called the Future Stars, but time will only tell.

Hey, there's an airplane!

Coach Nick telling Sydney to get her head in the game.