Thankfully the clouds parted and the rain stopped long enough on Saturday for a dry soccer game!! The Bluehawks had their second game....which unfortunately didn't end in their favor...bum....final score 6-4! The coaches had learned a new game plan on Friday night at a coaches clinic and gave the boys a quick rundown and then tried it out...well, it didn't work quite as planned!! I think with a little practice it will work beautifully, but it will take some work! They have the boys playing their positions for half of a game and then in the second half they switch positions...so they aren't switching positions 4 or 5 times in a half which makes sense..the boys have a chance to get really good at the position without having to just switch 5 minutes later...but the problem...they came back after halftime supposedly playing new positions...but, half of them were playing the new position and half the old ones...yikes! In the first half only one goal was scored on them...but in the second half the other 5 were..the problem our defenders were playing forward and our forwards were playing forward as well! So, some kinks will have to be worked out, but it looks like a lot less confusing gameplan than before---unless I'm the one explaining it!! ha! So, Gabe had a pretty good game...he played goal keeper the first half of the game...while one goal was scored....he was able to stop about 5 others from going through!! And the one that went through..well, if he had only been about 3 inches taller he would have had it blocked...his little fingertips brushed the tip of the ball! He also had a pretty good second half....he played forward the second half and had a couple of close goals, but just couldn't get it connected! He has practice twice this week, so hopefully they will get everything worked out and have better results next week....GO BLUEHAWKS!!!!!
Gabe was also the Captain for this game!!
Gabe playing goal keeper...Keep that ball out of there, Gabe!!
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Gabe looks very official as Captain!
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