Last Soccer Games and Medals

Evan is so sad that he played his last soccer game last weekend.  He was pretty excited to receive his soccer medal this Saturday though.  Since several parents and a player were not able to be at the last game, we planned a little end of season celebration for the team this Saturday at one of our favorite local pizza places.  The kids loved getting together again, and it was a bit sad, but we hope to see most of the kids again as we continue in our sports endeavors.  Evan was so sad about not playing soccer that Eddie signed him up for a winter indoor soccer program and one of his soccer team buddies will hopefully be joining him.  It was a great season for all these boys, and we wish them all future success!

Evan proudly cheers from the sidelines during his quarter out.  

Well rested and ready for action!

The terrible threesome - Olin, Evan, and Hank

These boys are ready!

Evan goes for the ball. 

Evan and Hank are aggressive but work well together as a team. 

Evan and his ol' school buddy, Jack, go for the ball. 

Turning the ball around.  I remember how challenging this seemed to be last year. 

The cheer squad

Reid is so excited that Evan has the ball. 

To the goal!

Score!

Gotta have that tongue out to score a goal...it is a necessity!

Look at that jump kick as the ball goes in!

Wow, that is a determined face!

Coach Mike gives the boys a good pep talk during the break. 

Evan versus the Purple Dragons again.  

In the goal!

Ha!  This is him keeping score.  He became so competitive this year.  When did that happen? 

Going for the goal again. 

Preparing for the kick off. 

Water break. 

Versus the orange team. 

Working on his passing skills. 

Turning the ball around. 

Look out, here he comes!

You won't get passed this guy!

Evan and pals Olin and Hank play some mean ball together. 

Cheering!

*Sigh* So competitive!  

But proud of his determination too. 

Last Game turned cold!

Preparing for the last game with a little team cheer. 

Go Panthers!

They played all bundled up. 

Preparing to congratulate the opposing team one last time. 

Coach Mike distributes the medals. 

Evan shows off his cool medal. 

For our special gift to the players, Eddie (the team photographer) wanted to give them each a special picture to commemorate their accomplishments on the team.  I created these collages which we had printed for each of them.  I figure they would look cool in shadow box frames with their medals or something.