Western Districts Spring 2010

For the 5th time in 6 seasons our boys team headed to Western Districts for some big soccer action! This year we went into the tournament undefeated and as the 1st seed. The tournament was a round robin event where all 6 teams there played each other. That made for 3 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday! It was a hot and breezy day in Corpus Christi for our 3 games on Saturday. The boys played good hard soccer for their first 2 games and came away with to ties. The third game on Saturday the boys dug deep in the hot (95 degrees) humid coastal weather for a 1-0 win, with Austin scoring the winning goal!! It was beautiful. I didn't get a picture of it, but he was right there at the goal line for the cross and a beautiful left footed score!!

We left the team in third place and ready to play their Sunday games. They were in for a fight as they were going to be playing down a player (with no subs, obviously) for their two games. (Why do they insist on playing on Sundays these days??!!) We anxiously awaiting word and heard that they were up 1-0 at the half in both games, but sadly were unable to hold the other teams off and ended up losing both games on Sunday. With all the crazy outcomes of the games, we still ended up placing 3rd in Districts! What an accomplishment for the team! They played hard and fought hard and had a good time.

We're going to miss soccer and really miss our team as the club is changing this next Fall and our team will be split up some. It's been quite a ride with these boys since they were 10 years old! We are so proud of them...I'm especially proud of my two...tough defensive Ethan and head-smart Austin! Good job boys!


Look at that stride...that ball is outtaaa here!!

Watching the ball and ready to pounce!

Go get 'em Austin!!