Joshua's Soccer Team Wins Championship

Yesterday was an exciting day for the Blue Smashing Warriors and their parents. We met the #1 team in our league for an 8:00 am game. It was a tough game, but the boys played so well together. We had great saves by the goalies, excellent defense and outstanding offense. In the end we won and headed home to rest for our 3:30 championship game.

Joshua started getting a cold Friday night and after the game Saturday morning, he was pretty exhausted. He rested on the couch and took a nap during the few hours of down time. I was able to e-mail Jon and ask him to call Joshua to find out the news. Jon was still up at 11:00 pm his time and called Joshua, which was a thrill for him to share the great news of their win with his dad.

Up until this year every child who plays AYSO soccer has gotten a small trophy, but this year the only children to get trophies are those who place 1st - 3rd during the season or 1st - 3rd in the playoffs, so the boys were "playing for trophies" and by winning that morning, they knew they'd get a trophy.

It was back to the field at 2:45 to warm up for the game. Of course it was in the high 80s or low 90s so the boys were warm soon enough. We were facing the Tsunamis who had beaten us in a practice game and then we had beaten in one of the season games. The Tsunamis started off strong and scored two goals in the first quarter. We came back and tied the game in the second quarter. The final half our boys were in great form and scored two more goals to win 4-2.

Our season started the last week in August when these 12 boys came together for the first time. Very few of them even knew each other, but coaches Ajay and Chris, did a great job of training them and bringing them together as a team. By our final games every boy was playing as part of the team. It was fun to watch them work together and winning was icing on the cake.

The surprising news, that we got just before the championship game, is that the winning team will probably go on to play other AYSO Region champs, so maybe we'll have another game. We enjoyed a fun pizza party last night to celebrate the season but it would be fun to get together again with these great new friends.

Sheryl