soccer, school, and random

so, i survived preseason!!! yeay! last week was really, really, really busy! it started off on monday with the 9th grade retreat for all the freshmen. it was pretty cool, and i think it was really good to get to know people before the first day of school, so you aren't walking in on the first day and knowing 2 people. so, i met a lot of people and a bunch of the teachers, too. the retreat went from monday to tuesday, and we slept over at a church. on tuesday afternoon, i started preseason for soccer. it had already started for everyone except the freshmen on monday, but we couldn't go because of the retreat!! sooo, my coaches (coach mike [he's a character, that's all i'm supposed to say!], coach scott [he's great!], and coach becky [she's great, too!]) are awesome, and so are the captains (jamie, kelsey, and holly)! preseason was really, really, really intense!! we did a lot of fitness, like running/sprinting, push ups (real ones! *cringe*), sit ups/crunches, and things like that. it was most definitely intense, and i was sore for the whole week except for thursday and friday. oh, we had 2 sessions in the afternoon which made up preseason, session 1, which was from 1-3, and session 2, which was from 5-7. so, on wednesday during the 2nd session, all the freshmen and sophomores scrimmaged against coach mike's club team! we won, 1-0, but it was just a scrimmage. it was pretty fun, just to get to actually play, but we were pretty bad, seeing it was the first time playing together! oh, another thing, on wednesday's last session, the coaches said that they were going to post varsity and jv teams the next day. so, i'm on the jv team! all the freshmen (except for 4) are on it. well, now it gives me something to work for! :) on friday instead of our sessions, we had a scrimmage against a public school. it was good, i guess! we played a 40 min. half, two 20 min. quarters, and then 30 more min. mostly the varsity team played for the 40 min, and the 20 min quarters. then the jv team got to play for the 30 min. at the beginning of the 2nd 20 min quarter, our coaches were telling everyone where they were going to play, and he said something like "and tori, you're going in on defence with jamie. we're playing 4 now" (we had been playing 3 in the back before that) "just listen to jamie, and you'll be fine." i was just like O_O no way! i think i was the only freshman on the jv team to play during the 40, 20, and 20 min. i thought that was pretty cool! jamie is totally awesome! she's an amazing soccer player, and really patient and just great! soo, i got to play center back with jamie in the last 20 min, then i played center back with emma and jamie (during the 30 min)! we lost something like a lot to 0, but it's all good! soccer is so much fun! :) all the girls are really friendly and just plain awesome! so, jv has practice every other day, while varsity had it everyday, but next week, there's a tournament thingy for the varsity, and the coach said he wanted me to play with them! another O_O no way! moment! lol! so, we had a busy week, and next week is the start of school (the 4th is the first day), so that's going to be interesting!
a couple random things, i found my locker!!! it's pretty cool! there are 2 different kinds, little gray ones and big blue ones, and i got a blue one!! :) happy, happy! and i opened it all by myself a bunch of time! now the question is if i'll be able to open it during school! so, if you all could pray for me, that would be totally great, i'll definitely be needing it! :)
another thing that made the week a little busier! we had orientation on thursday. it was pretty cool, saw a bunch of people i knew, and got to know the layout of the school a little better!
so, i guess that's all for now, happy 1st of september (already!)!!

wetness...

ashlee and i were able to get together with molly and emily at the park near our house for a little while today!! it was fun, even though we only got to kick a ball around for about 30 min. it was great to see them again! when we got there, it was only spitting, but when we left it was pouring. and ashlee, ngiap and i had to walk home...that's o.k! :)

on a sorta different note (even though it's still about soccer), i went to the first practice for lca yesterday!! :) yeay!! it was a lot of fun! i felt kinda weird because i was the only person who didn't know everyone else...but everyone was really nice and made me feel accepted!! :) the captains, holly and kelsey, were really nice, and so was beth. i bet it's gonna be a great season!! :)

soccer!!

last week (or 2 weeks ago), i got a letter from the lca girls soccer people (a.k.a. the captains and coaches) with a conditioning schedule for a week (you're supposed to do it every week to get ready for soccer in the fall). it's pretty intense, they have you doing 60 push ups and 120 sit ups 4 times a week!! i started it on thursday (oopps, i was supposed to start monday!), and my arms are still sore from those push ups...gotta do 60 more today, though!! :) on monday, tuesday, thursday and friday, they have exercises for you to do with the push ups and sit ups. then on wednesdays and saturdays, you're supposed to go for a 1-2 mile run. this is going to be an interesting summer!! i hope to get a lot stronger, and maybe, just maybe make it to the varsity team (who knows, though!)!! i've e-mailed the captains and both of them seem really nice!! so, if you all could just pray for strength for me, that would be awesome! school next year will be really different, seeing i've been hsed almost all my life. thanks everyone! :)

commisioner's cup

last weekend, my travel soccer team had the privilege of competing in the middlesex league commissioner's cup!! it was a lot of fun!! we're in division 4b, so we competed against teams in division 4. the top 2 teams in division 4a and 4b played against each other for 1st place in division 4!! so, it was us and the other team (let's just call them "W") from division 4b, and two other teams (let's call them "R" and "B") from division 4a that we played against over the weekend. we played 2 games on saturday and 1 game on sunday. on saturday morning at 8 am (notice the 'am' part) we played against W. this game would decide who was the division 4b champs (if you remember, we played against them in the rain, and we tied with them the first time we played against them. they had the same record as us. not for long!! mwa ha ha ha!! lol!). so, anyways, we played against them at 8 in the morning, and we had 3 subs. the field that was hosting the cup for our age was turf, so that was pretty cool!! (although in all the other games, it wasn't so good, because it was really hot, and the turf made it a lot hotter, and our feet felt like they were baking in our cleats!!) i don't exactly remember too much about that game. they got a goal first, which got us kind of discouraged. but then, ashlee got a goal!! WOOP!! GO ASHLEE!! and that really encouraged us and motivated us!! it was a really evenly matched game!! then jamy got a goal!! WOOP!! GO JAMY!! (jamy is such a great player!! she's really dedicated!! she was supposed to go to a basket ball tournament, but she stayed and played the 1 pm game and the game on sunday!! she is amazing!) so, that got us really pumped!! (all of this happened in the first half). then in the second half, nothing much happened. we held them off the whole 2nd half, so, when the game ended, we had finally beaten W!! and we were the division 4b CHAMPS!!!!!!!! WOOP!!! :D we were all really, really, really excited after this game!! :) our next game was at 1 pm, so we hung out at the field in between and watched some of the other games. we played against R in our game at 1 (sophie, meghan and mrs. b came to this game!! thanks so much for coming you guys!! it was awesome to have you there!! you all rock!! thanks!). they were in first place in division 4a, so we knew that it would be a pretty hard game. it was, and the heat and already having played a tough game made it difficult!!! we hung in, and we tied 0-0 with them!! i was so proud of our whole team!! i think that if we had been fresh, we might have been able to beat them, but that's o.k., at least we didn't loose!! the first half wasn't too great, but we pulled together and played quite a lot better the second half and played it mostly in their half (of the field). then, we got to go home and crash into bed (even though that's not what we did. we went to the torres' for elias' b-day/graduation/father's day party, but left around 7. mom and dad went to our neighbor's wedding and didn't get back 'till late, so we kinda went to bed a little later than we would have liked to!! then we got up at 7 the next morning to do our papers and went to church. our weekend started at 6am saturday morning and ended at around 9pm sunday night). so, after all that, we had another game (sunday afternoon) at 3pm against B. they hadn't won a game yet, and we weren't about to let them break their loosing streak on us!! this game was by far the most emotional and crazy one!! so, we played at 3, and we only had 2 subs, and it was hot and windy. although, it was cloudy, too, so the heat wasn't as bad as the second game! anyways, this game was insane. we definitely didn't play our best, but we were tied 0-0 at half. the ref had already told us at the beginning that if we were tied at the end, we would go into penalty kicks (a.k.a. PKs). we were all determined to have it not end in a tie. we were really pumped!! but, they got the first goal. i think it was totally my fault, but ashlee disagrees. well, what happened was, a girl on the other team dribbled it up the field, and ashlee came out of the goal (she was keeper) to stop her a get the ball (btw, that was a great move by ashlee!), and the girl kicked the ball at her, and it bounced over ashlee and into the goal. miranda tried heroically to try to save it, but of no use!! it was my fault, because, as soon as i saw ashlee go out, i should have gone behind her to cover the goal instead of just watching like a fool!! well, we learn from our mistakes, hopefully it'll make me better!! so, after that we were really mad and all that, so we really were playing our hardest now. about 2 minutes after they got the goal, katelyn got a goal for us!! that was really, really awesome!! (katelyn is another awesome player!!) we held them off for the rest of the game, and *dum dum duuuum* had to go into PKs. O_O kelsey took ashlee's place in goal, because kelsey had done PKs before and knew what to do. so, katelyn, me, miranda, becky and jamy took the kicks (in that order). we got to kick first. katelyn's kick was high, and it went right over the goalie's hands into the goal!! we were all really excited!! the other girl's kick went in, too. then it was my turn. my kick went just over the goal. :( that wasn't too good. the other girl's kick went to the same place mine did!! (and the funny thing was that she played the same position as me!!) then miranda had her kick. she kicked it on the ground to the left side of the goal. and, it went in!!!!!!! go miranda!! the next girl's kick went in, too. then becky's kick went over the net. she was really upset, and was crying and everything. the next girl's kick went in. (now it was 2-3, us loosing) jamy's kick went over the goal, too, so we were all done. jamy was crying and everything, too. we all did an awesome job!! i don't know why they were crying!! it was all of our first times doing PKs, so i think we did awesome!! kelsey rocks, and she gave jamy this whole speech about how it wasn't that big of a deal, and how she did sooo awesomely in the game, and that's what counted. kelsey is awesome!! and, after that, the other coach came over to her and told her that she was freaking his players out, because she was bouncing back and forth along the end line!! she is amazing!!! :) so, after that we were kinda freaked out because we didn't know what was going to happen next, if we were going to get a trophy or what (1st and 2nd place got a trophy). so, we finally found out that we had gotten 2nd place!!!!!!! W had gotten 1st, because they had beaten R in their sunday game. so, W came in 1st with 6 points (points are 3 for a win, 1 for a tie and 0 for a loss), us in 2nd with 5 points (they counted the B game as a tie for some weird reason!! we really didn't need to do PKs!! but the experience i think was worth it! we had 1 win, and 2 ties), R in 3rd with 4 points, and B in 4th with 1 point!! GO G-U14 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it is so awesome!!!!!! i'm so proud of my team!! if you look at last season's record (1-6-1) and how badly we played, you wouldn't expect us to be 1st in our division this year!! it's great that we got into the cup this year, too, seeing that it's our very first year together!! so, i'm really proud of everyone on my team!! thank you so much for playing with me, i had a really awesome time!! everyone totally rocks, and are so much fun to play with!! (and, this was really surprising to me, two of the girl's parents came up to me after and told me i had been a really good role-model for their daughters!! i thought that was amazing!!) so, i guess all i have to say is, AWESOME JOB GIRLS!!!! i loved playing with you and will miss you all a LOT!! :)oh, and another thing, i really want to say thanks to everyone who put up with me and played with me on defence. that would be mostly molly and shelby, but also miranda, liz, and katy. you all were awesome!! shelby and molly, you girls were (and are) the best!! i definately could not have done it with out you!! shelby has so much spirit and drive, she inspires me every time i play with her!! and molly had improved so much!! she also has great determination!! and everyone else on my team, you all are awesome!! i learned a lot from every one of you!! you all are great players, and you all rock!! :D

9th (sort of) Game of the Spring Season

last saturday, we played soccer!! in the rain!! and thunder!! and lightening!! well, maybe not the lightening! we played for 21 minutes and 11 seconds in the rain and thunder until the ref stopped the game because of lightening. you're really supposed to stop at thunder, but the ref didn't really see a problem with playing in thunder, but when there's lightening, you really have to stop. so, we didn't even play half our game. and we can't really make it up because next weekend is the playoffs!! wooop!! we played the team we tied against, who had the same record as us. about 5 minutes into the game, katy got a goal!! WOOP!! GO KATY!! she kicked the ball into the bottom left corner of the goal. their goalie was really big, but it didn't look like she would dive, so if we kicked it away from her on the ground, it would probably go in! we didn't really get to tell, though, since we only played for 21 minutes!! :) so, we were ahead for the game!! they can't record it as a win, though, because for it to count, they have to stop the game after half, and we were still in the first half, so, it doesn't count. playing in the rain is so much fun!! i love playing in the rain more than playing on a dry, hot day!! so, that's what happened saturday!! next week is the play offs!! :) i'm really excited about them!! the two top teams from our division and the division above us play against each other. we have 2 games on saturday and one game on sunday. whoever has the best record from those 3 games after them (the 3 games), wins!! the two teams from the division above us have worse records then us, so hopefully we'll do well!! pray for us, please!! thanks!! soccer is so much fun!! :)

8th Game of the Spring Season

last night, we made up one of our games (the friday night one that you were supposed to come to, sophie). we played at home, not our regular home though, it was our nicer home that was our home last season (did you follow that?!). it's a lot nicer than our other home, because it actually has grass on it, and not a strip of dirt/dust/mud (depending on the weather) down the middle, and patches of dirt/dust/mud all over it. did i mention the green boxes that stick up in the field that are supposed to make it better?? anyways, enough complaining, we played against the team we played at their field at night on turf!! :) that was a fun game!! :) so, we played that team at our 'fake home' field. it was really good, because we had 14 girls show up, and we have 19 on our team (even though 3 of them can't really play for various reasons). so, we only had 2 people who weren't there!! it was a pretty good game, although we totally dominated. we played basically 98% of the game in their half of the field. the score was 5-1, and the goal was totally my fault. katelyn got 2 goals, and ashlee, jamy, and emily got the other goals!! WOOP!! on their goal, katelyn had just gotten her 2nd goal, and they were restarting the game, and i was talking to our goalie, and i had no idea that they had started, so i turned around, and there were players dribbling the ball towards me!! so, they got past me, and then one of the girls got the ball on the end line next the the goal, and she shot, and it went in. i really should have been paying attention, though. if i had, they probably wouldn't have gotten to far. also, i should have pressured the girl before she took the shot. oh well, you learn from your mistakes!! :) and during the first half of the game, i kinda how should i say it, knocked someone over?? well as most of you probably know, i play center defence, sweeper, or the last line of defence (before the goalie) or whatever you want to call it, so basically, most goals are my fault. and/or i'm basically responsible for defence and telling everyone else what's going on on the field among other things. so, back to knocking the girl over. she was coming down the field, and i was running beside her, and i put my leg out to knock the ball away from her, except i kinda stepped on the ball instead of kicking it away, and she kept going and fell over my leg. people said that she fell pretty hard. ooppss. that's what you get if you have the ball, and your forward, and it's in my side. there are consequences to being on the other team, so sorry, but there are!! :) so, yea, that's what happened, i didn't get carded (the ref could have carded me, he has a grudge against me, because,long story short, when we were practicing inside during the winter, we were scrimmaging, and i slide tackled him, and took him down, so now he's got a grudge against me. so, i'm glad he didn't card me, although that would have been really biased, because it wasn't a foul that could have been carded!!), but the other team got a free kick, which is o.k., because it didn't really go anywhere. so, that's my story!! sorry i made it so long, congrats if you stuck with me through the whole thing!! so, we only have one more game left, this saturday (we're playing the team that's also undefeated, the one we tied against) and then next saturday, we have the play offs!! and we're 7-0-1, with 29 goals for and 5 goals against (which is a pretty good record for a team who only had 3 goals for last season!!) we're tied for first with the team we play this saturday, and we have to beat them or tie to be in first. they have 40 goals for and 9 goals against (which is insane). if we tie, the thing they go to next to determine who gets first is goals against, so we'd be first if we tie or win against them!! so, go my team!! (also, if you could pray for us for this saturday and next saturday, that would be awesome!! both will be hard games!!)

7th Game of the Spring Season

yesterday, we had our 7th game!! we played away, and the field we played, their grass was really really long! so, the ball didn't go too far when we passed it on the ground and it took a while to get used to! and, yesterday, it was really hot and humid, so it felt like i was wearing a winter coat and there was a 3 inch thick fuzzy blanked over me. it was not fun!! i feel really bad for the other team, they only had 8 players, so we played 8 on 9, and we had 4 subs. we totally know how they feel. we were in their shoes almost every game last season. so, we won, 4-1!! so now we're 6-0-1!! we only have 2 games left. we were supposed to have 10, but we'll only have 9. one weekend, we were supposed to have 2 games, one friday night and the other saturday, but both of them were rained out. the one on friday was a makeup of what was supposed to be the first game of the season, but that one was snowed out! so, this tuesday, we'll have a makeup of a makeup!! and this saturday, we're going to play the team we tied with. we're tied for first with them in our division. so, back to yesterday, they scored first, and it got us kind of discouraged. we weren't playing very well. then becky got two goals!! so that encouraged us! then katelyn and shelby got goals, too!! WOOP! yea, yesterday was an o.k. game, but it wasn't awesome. i think we play at the level of the team we're playing against. we need to be playing above all the teams, not playing at their level. so...that's what's going on...oh, on a different subject, today has totally different weather than yesterday. today it's cloudy and cool and it's sprinkling, and yesterday, it was really warm and muggy. great example of new england weather...wait 10 minutes and it'll change.

6th Game of the Spring Season

sooo....last saturday (a.k.a. yesterday) we played the same team we played against in our 4th game!! except this game we played at home. anddd...we won!!!! the score was the same as the last time we played them, 4-0. it took us a while to get the goals though. at the end of the first half, we had only gotten 1 goal. cami, katelyn, corrina and katy got the goals!! woop-woop!!!!!!! at the beginning of the game, the other team only had 9 players, so we had to play 9 on 9. by half time, they had gotten a couple more players, so we played 11 on 11 for the second half. we played kinda sloppily, but not too badly. it was really cool that corrina and katy got goals, because they don't usually got goals!! WOOP!! we have two games this week, friday and saturday!! also, we played for ashlee, because she wasn't there!! we're still undefeated!! 5-0-1!!

5th Game of the Spring Season

so, i finally posted about our game on last thursday, so, now i can post about saturday's game!! so, last saturday we played against the undefeated team. it was a pretty good game!! we tied 1-1! we play them the last game of the season, so hopefully we'll beat them next time!! it was a great game. we got the goal pretty early in the 1st half. then we played a pretty even rest of the game 'till i got a blood nose from taking a ball in the face instead of heading it. oopps... :/ so, i had to be pulled out, and i'm not sure how, but the other team got a goal when i was out. :( it's o.k. and all, but it would have been cool to win! so, after the goal, i went back in cause i stuffed a tissue up my nose so the blood wouldn't drip all over the place. (yea gross, i know) we did really well, though!! they got the goal really near the end of the game, so we held them off for most of the game!! i think someone said that they got the goal because the defence could have cleared the ball, but they didn't, and somehow the other team got it and it went in. very sad, i know, but a part of life!! so, that's what's been going on!! oh, and for the goal, i gave a long pass to cami, and she got a foot on it, and it went in!! GO CAMI!! so, anyways, we're still undefeated!! our record is 4-0-1!! and, we're at the top of our division!! WOOHOO!!

4th Game of the Spring Season

last thursday, we played our 4th game. now, before, i told everyone that this game would be the hardest because the team was also undefeated. that was wrong, the team we played saturday was un defeated. sorry!! :/ so, anyways, we played away, and i took us forever to get to the field!! the highway was totally traffic. before away games, we meet in a parking lot, and when we met, cami (that crazy girl!) had to go get a candy bar at the gas station. which took forever, too...so that made us have a kinda late start. so, anyways, we didn't get there until 5 minutes after the game was supposed to start, and even then, we only had 9 players (we need 11 for a full line). but, right before we started, two more people got there, and during the 1st half, 3 more people got there. so, it was all good! :) we won 4-0!! another shut out!! and, get this, i got a goal!! i got the last goal!! jojo got the first on, and emily got the two in between!! woohoo!! yea, so how i got my goal, as some of you might know, my position is usually (o.k., basically always) center defence. and, that game, dad (he's our coach) moved me up to *drum roll please* FORWARD!! so, that's how i got the goal!! i don't remember if i carried it up or someone passed it, but i got the ball in front of the net, faked the goalie out, and kinda kicked it in!! it wasn't a terribly hard kick, but it made it!! so, that's the story for that game!! we had a full car going there, but we only had two girls with us going back. and, just a random fact, sorta an 'inside' joke, jojo lives in ireland, and miranda lives in mexico!! ;)

3rd Game of the Spring Season

so, today, we played our 3rd game!! (oh, oh!! i finally posted on the day we played!!) and, *drum roll please!* we WON!!!! i think this season is going a lot better than last season!! :) we won 3-1!! it was almost a shut out. but that's ok!! katelyn, jamy, and becky got the goals!! woohoo!! so, how they got their goal....yea....well, i guess the ball sort of bounced off my foot and ashlee (who was keeper) picked it up....and the ref called handling on ashlee 'cause you're not really supposed to 'pass' it back to your keeper!! so, they go an indirect kick just inside the goalie box. so, we made a wall!! (check out picture [<] to see how we were set up!) and i was yelling at some of our players who were closest to the group of the other team to cover them, because if they (the other team) got the ball, they had a clear shot! so, i wasn't paying attention to the ball, and the girl kicked it, it hit off my leg, and went into the goal!! whopsie! but that's o.k., it was a pretty good game!! next sunday, we'll be 1/2 way through the season because we have a make-up game (because of all the rain) on thursday and another game on saturday!! it was fun, even though our home field is terrible, because it's basically all mud, and in the really warm weather, it's a desert, but i guess that's o.k.!! hopefully we do well on thursday and saturday!! the team we're playing thurday is undefeated, too, so it should be a good game!! we've only had 2 goals scored on us, and we've scored 11 goals on everyone else!! we're 3-0-0!! for the first time ever on this team!!

2nd Game of the Spring Season

soo...last satuday, we played our second game of this season!! we got to play at 9 o'clock at night, on turf, under lights!! it was awesome!! it was so much fun!! and, to add to the excitement, we won!!! 2-1!! JoJo and Jamy got the goals!! YEAY!! it was a lot of fun to play under the light on the turf!! the ref was kinda mean, but hey, you can't have everything!! soo, it's really awesome!! we have 8 more games to go....i love soccer!!

oh, and this game was away, so we met to caravan to the field, and we had 9 cars in our caravan (which is pretty long!)!! it was pretty cool!! we lost almost everyone at the first light, which is kinda funny, but we all made it to the field!!

oh, and another thing, hannah who played with us during the 2nd indoor session is playing on our outdoor team, too!! she's doing really well!

1st Game of the Spring season!! (finally!)

we finally played our first game for the spring season last saturday! we were supposed to start two saturdays ago, but we got rained out! anyways, we finally played!! and...*drum roll please*...WE WON!!!!!!!!!!!!! We really and truly FINALLY won!! YEAY!!!!!! and, to add icing to the cake, it was a shut out!! the score was 6-0!! ashlee got a left-footed goal, jojo got 2 goals, katelyn, cami and emily all got goals too! it was SO AWESOME to finally win after losing for so long!! i feel kinda bad for the other team, though. we know what it feels like to lose 6-0. anyways, hopefully our season goes as well as our first game did!! GO TEAM!!

Indoor Session 2 Tournament

well, i know this is a little late, but oh well!! sooo, we played in the tournament last saturday, and we lost our first game 2-0. i don't think it was too bad considering that we were in last place (and hadn't won a game), and we played against the first place team (who had only lost one game). so, all in all, i think it was a pretty good game!! they got the goals in the first half, so the second half was just kind of fighting for possession. everyone played really well. the games were really short, 12 minute halves, so there wasn't time for anything major, and not really a lot of time to really play. it was hannah and katelyn's last game playing with us. :( they both played really well, and i had a lot of fun playing with them!! on an outdoor note, we didn't start last saturday, we got snowed out. :( sooo, tomorrow is our first outdoor game!! yeay!!

SOCCER!!

just in case everyone hasn't noticed yet, i LOVE soccer!! yesterday, we had our first real practice of the spring season. we had been having practices in a gym for the past 3 sundays, but yesterday we started the tuesday thursday practice deal. and, this saturday, we have our first outdoor game. back to 11 on 11, huge field and off-sides. in indoor, we play 7 on 7, the field is really small and there's no off-sides. and we play on turf indoors. turf is so much flatter than grass!! i'm going to miss indoors!! :( but it'll be fun to get outdoors again!! this season we have 10 games instead of the 8 we had last season, which is good, 'cause we get to play more games! lol! so, just wanted to let y'all know, you probably didn't want to know, but oh well!! let the new season begin!!


(oh, i forgot to say that we have a tournament for indoor this saturday as well as our 1st ourdoor game!)

Indoor Session 2, Game #7

well, saturday we had our very last 'real' indoor soccer game. :( next saturday we have a tournament, and next saturday is also the start of the spring outdoor season!! soooo...we lost 6-2... katelyn and miranda got the goals!! yeay!! we got the first goal, and i thought we were going to win, but we didn't. too bad! we were tied 2-2 at half! then we kind of fell apart in the second half. we were playing against the 2nd place team, so i guess we didn't do too bad!! we are in 8th place out of 8 teams. so, that means that next saturday for the tournament, we're playing the 1st place team first. so, i hope we'll do pretty well, so if everyone could pray for us, that would be sweet!! thanks! go my team!!

MIA HAMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'M REALLY EXCITED, SO BEAR WITH ME!!!!!! MIA HAMM AND NOMAR GARCIAPARRA HAD TWIN GIRLS TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! Isn't that exciting??!! I think it's so cool!! Here's the article on MSN about it. Here's another article about it on Sport Illustrated. That's really exciting!! I wonder if either of the girls will play a sport...

Indoor Session 2, Game #6

o.k., well, last saturday, we had an indoor game!! we lost. it was 5-2. bob and miranda got the goals!! yeay!! it was a pretty good game, almost all their goals were pretty cheap, 'lucky' goals. kind of sad, actually. i think we might have won if our whole team had been there. we only had 2 subs. :( oh well, i hope we'll do better next game!! the next game is our last regular indoor game. :( i like playing indoor, it's a lot of fun!! after this week, we have a tournament, and on the same day as the tournament, we have our first outdoor game!! i'm pretty sure it's the same day, not positive, though. soccer, soccer, and more soccer!! i love it!! :D

Indoor Session 2, Game #5

o.k., well i'm really late!! last saturday, we had a game, and we lost 4-1! but at least we got a goal!! which is better than last fall, because we only got 3 goals the whole season! :( pretty sad, i know. but anyways, i think lindsey got the goal! yeay go lindsay!! hannah got a goal on ashlee!! welcome to the 'getting goals on ashlee peoples' club!! we have 3 members, me, hannah and miranda. we rock!! lol!! so anyways, we have a game tonight, and i'll try to post it in a more timely manner. lol! :) i like soccer!!

Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy

Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy were elected into the National Soccer Hall of Fame!! Pretty sweet, huh?! Here's the story on the NSHF website. I'm trying to convince my parents that we should go to the ceremony thing for a field trip/vacation this summer. Some of my Dad's family live 4 hours away from the Hall, so my plan is to go through there, pick up some of my cousins, go to the Hall, then bring them back after, and stay a few days to visit!! Sounds like a lot of fun, doesn't it?? Now, I just have to get my parents to agree... :) In the mean time, here's a video that was on youtube about Mia and Julie being elected. Mia and Julie totally ROCK!! They are awesome players, as you'll see in the movie!