We had 2 of our 3 tournament soccer games today. ** Disclaimer for new or first time readers - This is our first year playing competitive soccer **
We started this mornings game off really bad and I won’t get into specifics here but it was bad. They acted like they were still sleeping, it was unreal. No communication No nothing. We lost that game 0-7 to Challenge 95 Dynamite. The Challenge team played really well.
Our second game we played like a competitive soccer team. We actually scored first on a direct penalty kick about 20 yards out and Mikayla nailed it home. It was a nice shot. We held them to 1-0 at half time, but you could quickly tell that our stamina was running out quick. Lonestars 95 Red South scored 2 and then toward the end of the game in desperation, we made an own goal trying to block a shot. We lost 1-3. I’m pretty proud of the girls for the hard work in the second game today. Tomorrow morning at 9am we play our last game against Eclipse 95 Red.
Let’s just get out there and play some good ball.
The drive down here today was pretty uneventful and really it was rather boring. We stopped along the way as the head coach of the team (I was following them) had a niece playing a college soccer game so we watched the 2nd half about 50 miles from Austin. as
We got here around 5:30pm and did some relaxing. I checked out the TV, then we were off to get the team registered at the host hotel, came back and grabbed 2 more people and we were off to the Outback for some awesome dinner. ** Service was HORRIBLE ** (Outback, Round Rock - Be careful.. lol)
Came back and more team members were here and a few of us sat around the pool chatting for a bit and now its about time for bed.
Will update tomorrow after our 2 games..!!
Tags: Austin, Driving, Outback, Polaris 95 Gold, Polaris Soccer, Soccer Tournament, Texas, Travel
Soccer, Travel | tazdog, August 29, 2008 10:49 pm | 
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Well tomorrow morning I’m heading down South a few hours to Austin, TX. Our soccer team is going down there for a soccer tournament this weekend. The team and coaches are pretty excited about this trip. I’m sure we wont win the tournament, but as long as the girls have fun and we have a good weekend then that’s what counts.
Not to mention that I have never been to Austin, so it will be cool to see a new place in Texas I haven’t been yet. One drawback though, the wife started teaching this week and is swamped so she can’t go.. =( But I understand that the first few weeks and the last few weeks are always the busiest.
I will post some updates from Austin and if I get a chance and some photos from the trip throughout the weekend.
