U8 FIRE - 9/20/2008

Captains - Bryson, Peyton and Ryan
MVP's - Ryan and Sam (unflinching goalkeeping)

Another great showing by the FIRE this weekend. We were missing only a couple players, but pulled off some attractive soccer. It was apparent about 10 minutes into the game that the game would be very lopsided. So we made some adjustments to challenge our players to play in less common positions. Our normal attacking minded players played solid defense. And our defensive minded players pushed forward toward the goal. At times, passing looked pretty impressive and our team was always showing their stregth on the ball and even a few moves here and there.

We had 3 players in the goals column. Jaden, Landen and Peyton each had multiple goals. Bryson notched a couple assists. No one connected more passes than Cobe. He set up the plays that lead to a few of our goals. Stone and Aiden were our meanest defenders. Sam and Ryan each made several saves and didn't show any hesistation in scooping up the ball from the other team. Logan played a great supporting role and will continue to assistant coach until his cast gets a little smaller.

Great weekend. All the boys made it fun to be a coach! Special thanks to Nick and Steve for filling in on Thursday at practice while we brought Crew into the world.

Coach Jeb