Little Soccer

Last night was Calfgrit7’s last soccer practice of the season, and this coming Saturday is the final soccer game of the season. (There are two seasons in each year: Spring and Fall.) I manage to get to about half his soccer practices, but I always go to his games.

Watching him and his teammates out on the field always makes me want to run out there and play, too. I’ve mentioned this restrained desire just about every time we’re at a practice or game. And then, surprise, last night at the practice, the coaches brought the parents out onto the field to play against the kids. Hoho! Sadly, this was a practice that I had to miss. I learned of this excitement only afterwards.

I also learned that my little Calfgrit7 took a kick to the crotch. From an adult. It was the first thing he said to me when he got home. “I got kicked,” he said, “right here.” He reenacted the scene with sound effects, much to my discomfort.

Yes, it hurt him, but asking his mother about the accident, it seemed that he was more embarrassed, what with everyone’s attention suddenly on the state of his private parts. The adult who kicked him was upset, too. I can understand that, and I hope he doesn’t loose sleep over it. Accidents like that can happen. While playing soccer with the neighborhood kids in our cul de sac, I’ve bumped and tripped over little ones a few times. (My own little ones and others.) It does really make you feel awful when such an accident occurs, but the kids seem to get over it quick and forget about it. Anyway, no lasting harm, so no worries.

This is the ending of Calfgrit7’s fourth season of soccer. He’s been with the same team of players for two years, and they have totally owned every game they’ve played. Except for one, two weeks ago. They usually win all their games with several goals against their opponent’s maybe one or two goals. But two weeks ago, they played against an equally good team, and ended up loosing 6-2. Our kids didn’t know how to take that score. It was their one and only loss ever, and it wasn’t even close. Where has that other team been these two years?

Well, at least Calfgrit7’s team has one more game to retake their place as great victors again. Next season, (next Spring), the team is getting split up because of coach rearrangements. So this might be their last chance to assert their dominance as a near-unbeaten team.

Bullgrit