Braden's first soccer game

Saturday was Braden's first soccer game and it was dramatic to say the least! He has only had one practice because of the weather so I didn't know what to expect. He started as goalie, which I was worried about because we had been telling him-you can't use your hands in soccer. Well that didn't turn out to be the problem. Right off the bat the other team comes down and scores and Braden starts crying! Didn't see that coming. I got him to go back into the game but the other team comes down and scores again, which brought another set of tears! His coach then took him out of goalie. His team had the kickoff and in a few minutes, Braden goes down and scores! You would think he would be happy now. Nope. More tears! He came running off the field crying! The other coach was behind his goalie yelling like crazy (yeah they're 5) and I think he scared Braden. Well the rest of the game was about the same. He would go out and play for 5 minutes and then run off the field. I think he got really tired. We are lucky to have a good coach who just laughed and sent another kid out to play.
There were a couple times he would break away, dribble the ball down right in front of the goalie and stop. The goalie would walk out and pick it up! He said he didn't hear the sideline yelling to shoot it. I love this age of soccer players. One little girl went the wrong way until half time and they changed sides on the field! It's pretty cute to watch.




This is his friend Davis. They scored the two goals for our team. When Braden played he did really good and we are proud of him for going back on the field. I think he now knows what to expect and hopefully next game will go smoother. He had a surprisingly good time and is excited to go play next week.