Matthew: The Microstars wrap up the camp, but, they do some skills demonstrations and game demonstrations, not any real competition. There were some songs, some drills, some one-on-one soccer (Suzanne and I were over watching Christopher when this started; Matthew scored once, then twice, then thrice...felt bad for the boy matched up against him here). They ended the day by playing some three-on-three, and then had the awards ceremony.
Christopher: A tough day for the big guy; again, trapped on a team that doesn't seem to want to participate as much as the other teams, and, surprisingly, with a coach that didn't seem as into it as the other coaches (the other coaches are always on the field, encouraging the kids, making suggestions, acting as referees, Christopher's coach just stood near the goal for every game and talked to the team from there). The combination of a lot of effort for not a lot of reward ended up creating a pretty frustrated Christopher by the end of the day.Christopher played well, scored one goal, but, the team lost or tied all of their games. Finished last in the round-robin competition and then lost in the first round of the World Cup for his age group. Christopher participated in the passing drill part of the skills competition; for some reason he decided to take all of his 'passes' left-footed. While this is great in one sense, I'm glad he's so comfortable that he will kick with either foot, it's not so good when you're trying to be hard and accurate......
Kevin: The Zimbabwe Zebras, hyped by Kevin as the class of the older group of kids, stumbled out of the gate this morning and finished the round-robin competition seeded third (out of four) after one win and two losses. One loss found Kevin in goal for that game; Suzanne reports him being very dejected after giving up one goal. But, the finals of the World Cup brought redemption for the Zebras, where, 2 consecutive wins propelled the Zebras to the championship.
Kevin, like Christopher, was selected for the passing competition, and, while he was a little more successful than Christopher, he didn't collect enough points to win (his friend Dean put on a display of awesomeness...)
And On-Goal fades into the past for another year. All boys (even Christopher!) want to go back next year, so, that's a good thing!
Coming Attractions: Kevin and Suzanne are at Mamma Mia tonight, Kevin and Dad trying to go see that amazingly-great-sounding Batman movie Monday or Tuesday. Sunday is a trip to Ikea to continue kitchen-cabinet purchasing (after a long delay). Kevin goes to Blue Lake for Viola-camp on Wednesday. Matthew and Christopher off to Y-day camp next week.
