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.

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.

Well the tournament ended for us last night after the third game and even though we lost all three games, it was a huge learning experience for the girls and they finally get to know what it is like to play in competitive soccer.

The first game Friday night as a blow-out 0-7 to Tyler Tsunami 95.  This was our first game to play competitive and the first game since last spring.  Our girls were really nervous and that played a huge part.

Saturday morning we played Fort Worth United 95 Blue and we played a lot better but started to fall apart in the second half.  It was good to play this team as they will be in our league come September.  WE lost 0-5.

Saturday evening we played East Texas Elite 95 and we lost 1-3.  This was a really good pair up and we should have won this game but we still are not clicking and communicating as a team.

In less than 2 weeks we will be heading for Austin for our second pre-league tournament.

Today is the day for my soccer team to finally do something they have been training for this last 11 months.  Finally play in a competitive tournament.  The girls all seem to be ready, and if they are not well its too late since our first game is about 10 hours. lol

I think they are ready for this challenge and we are going to use these 3 games this weekend to help us get ready for the next tournament in 2 weeks in Austin.

Us coaches are pretty excited that the season is basically beginning and the girls get to finally start playing some games, etc.

I will drop some updates after we finish up some games.

U14:
D’Feeters 94 lose 0-1 to FC Stars.  It looks like the National run is over.

U16:
Dallas Texans 92 Red win over Sting Dallas Royal 92 | 0-1 to win Pool A.  They should move on and play Eclipse 91-92 for the Championship on Sunday at 10am.

U18:
Sting Dallas 90 lose to Colorado Rush 0-1 but remain in the bracket to play for the championship against Colorado Rush on Sunday at 745am.

U17 bracket plays the last game tonight at 7pm and then all the championship brackets will be set!

A few more teams I was watching tonight or should I say following..
UT-Arlington - Mainly cause they were quite the underdog and a local team to me.
North Carolina- They seem to be good every year and I have followed them for a number of years.. and
Oregon.

UT-Arlington  just lost to Memphis 87-63..  Not really close, sorry guys…
Oregon is also out with a loss 76-69 to Mississippi St. and
North Carolina putting a whipping on Mt. St. Mary’s 113-74

I know there were some upsets tonight but I’m too lazy too check them out, lol…

And the current game just finished Clemson vs. Villanova
This was a seed upset:  Seed 5 Clemson lost to seed 12 Villanova 75-69…

Seeded 6th Oklahoma, wins out over Saint Joseph’s 72-64 to advance to the next round in the Final Four 1st round…