The wind rushed across the night-lit field and the crowd huddled in coats and blankets. We were there on the sidelines for our last soccer game Friday night — the game to determine the champion team.
We, the second-place team, were pitted against the first-place team of the league. We’d beaten them once before. But we heard they’d improved.
They scored in the first half, and boys all looked a little defeated right off the bat. Maybe they’d improved more than we knew. But by the second half, we came out of the gate and scored! 1-1!
The second half was just as exciting: The ball was high in the air for a good part of the game — high kicks, “heading” back and forth, trying to get the ball off “high bounces.” Our goalie caught some great tries. Their goalie did the same. We were back and forth on the field. But then they scored again, and our players were feeling pretty down. They had some REALLY good kids on their team. But almost at the very end, feeling like we lost, we suddenly scored! (Nate assisted that one)! Yay! 2-2! Continue reading