Last weekend my soccer team went to Abilene for a soccer tournament.  This was the last time this team would be the same as we are moving to a younger division and saying goodbye to the older division, so we wanted to have a last fun time together.

We really didn’t do very well as far as scoring but 2 of the games we almost won and played good.  Overall this last year was slow going and now that we have a few players off of the team, we are going to change up some things and really get competitive this year.  The girls only have a couple weeks till tryouts and I hope we can pick up a few more players to round out the roster.

The second half of soccer is upon us.  After one week of weather delays and two weeks for Christmas break, tonight we were supposed to start back BUT we had to cancel practice again with near freezing temps and freezing rain and ice.  I mentioned to the head coach earlier today that we needed to get together and get a game plan down for the spring season.  He just said “We need to Win.”

Yep that’s for sure.

So Wednesday we are back at it and now adding next Saturday  since we missed tonight.  We really need to get a plan together so we can excel and win some games in the spring.  I guess I need to scout out 2 tournaments between now and May.  I’m looking forward to practice starting back up in a couple days and getting this team re-focused.

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..!!

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.

Tonight for some reason, the league decided it might be a good idea to hold a game on a Friday night at 600pm.. hmm I don’t think I agree with them.

The game started out like a normal game then our defense let down and then our goal keeper, bam.. 0-1 we go… I start to get a little nervous since the last time we played this team we took a draw 1-1.

Then we started to get some things in order and managed to get in 3 more goals (over the rest of the game) (Heather = 2 and Brooke = 1)

We are getting better as this is our 3rd game to win and in a row. (3-2-1)
Still have a lot to work on, but we won, great job “Polaris 96 White.”

Today we had another game.  We finally won a game 4-1.  We played a lot better than the past, and the girls were winning headers and the 50/50 balls.  They did such a great job.  Hopefully they wont forget too soon how we played and carry over what we learned today in to tomorrow’s game and all future games..