Another soccer tournament for me is in the books. Once again playing for Northside Soccer Academy, I had a successful and fun year. At our freezing cold tournament, we played as well as we could play. In our first game, Saturday morning, we played very well but lost in the last minute, 3-2. In our second game, Saturday afternoon, we won 2-0, in which one of the players from the other team got a red card and then reacted by running into the woods before his mom ran after him. Sunday morning we demolished the other team 11-0. I SCORED TWO GOALS!!! 😄😄 We were headed back to the championship!
To celebrate and have lunch, a lot of the players and their families went to lunch together at Chili's, where we watched football and had fun. (I am on the right side and the 2nd from the beginning).
But then, it was on to the championship. We didn't play very well in the 1st half, but didn't allow any goals. The score: 0-0. In the 2nd half, they scored a quick goal and then with six minutes left, they scored again. We all thought it was over. What happened next was unreal. We scored 2 quick goals on two easy counter plays. It then was tied, 2-2, but we had other plans, to win. They turned the ball over and my teammate, Charlie, delivered a powerful shot from the right side into the net. 3-2, us. The ref's whistle blew after the ensuing kickoff. We WON!!!
After receiving our 1st-place gold medals, we posed for some pictures.
Go Northside!!
