Category Archives: Soccer
Food, Concerts, And Soccer Are My Weaknesses [Birthdays]
I don’t mention my or Holly’s birthday very much around here. And I’ve delayed this post about my 38th until Holly actually made the Key Lime Pie she promised me. She came through ten days late, but it still tastes … Continue reading
A Quick Note About Disappointing Coaches [Soccer]
It’s been a year since Madysen’s high school soccer career ended–as a junior–with a playoff shootout loss. Prior to her decision to discontinue, I had been hoping that he senior campaign would be a fun and memorable assault on a … Continue reading
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Still Back In The Soccer Saddle: District Games [Soccer]
We previously covered Speed’s re-entry into the soccer-scape and the Junior Varsity non-district results. A month and a half later, the District games are done and the JV season is over (playoffs start for Varsity next week). A recap of … Continue reading
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He’s Back In The (JV) Game [Soccer]
Last April, Madysen gave up soccer after nearly a decade of it being her primary occupation. Layla and Emma dabbled with it, but neither ever got too involved. And Speed gave it up way back to focus on lacrosse, which … Continue reading
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World Cup Fever [Funny]
Note: This post has experienced a six-month delay because of a video processing issue, so you’ll have to timeport yourself back to this summer. Speaking of World Cup games, on the afternoon before the wedding/epic Spain-Paraguay game, Uruguay and Ghana … Continue reading
The Spring Club Season And Hanging Up The Boots [Soccer]
So high school soccer ended sooner than we had hoped. And since there is no rest for the weary, the spring club soccer season started in earnest–five games in three weeks. At the end of the fall season, they were … Continue reading
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Season Ends With Requisite Banquet: High School Soccer [Madysen]
We know that HP’s soccer season ended painfully on the field, but they still held the end of season banquet. Even though this was Madysen’s third season, it was the first time she’d been able to make the banquet because … Continue reading
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Uh, That Hurt: High School Soccer Playoffs [Madysen]
After the quality season and district championship, the team was expecting big things going into the playoffs. And it started off well with a 9-0 win over Thomas Jefferson in the Bi-District round. Hard to believe that they scored 9 … Continue reading
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She’s Somebody Now: High School Soccer [Madysen]
In the regular season soccer wrap-up, I mentioned that Madysen had received pub in an email sent out by the very local paper. Only after was I told that she’d actually made the actual newsprint of that same paper twice … Continue reading
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District Winner Redux: High School Soccer [Madysen]
No sooner do I post the regular season wrap-up–note: I can’t really think straight these days, so I have no idea how to conjoin these two thoughts–than I get pictures from the district-clinching game sent to me by a helpful … Continue reading
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