Claudia has been having a good year of soccer, she has played defence most of the year, last week she played the second half at forward.
Claudia taking a goal kick.
They lost 2-0, they got close towards the end of the game, but just couldn’t put one away.
Mixing it up on the field.
Water break.
Going up against some of the taller opponents.
It doesn’t look like they have playoffs this year, just a one day elimination play down. It happens on the Sunday after we get back from holidays.
Angela and Claudia’s soccer season is well under way. They have been playing well. I took some photos this week at Angela’s game.
Angela getting into the action.
An action shot.
Angela’s team lost 1-0 late in the game. They are currently tied for 4th out of 10 teams.
Last week they were playing the amarant0 team, so it was essentially red against red.
Claudia has her make-up game at 9:00 am Saturday morning. We arrived at 8:30 for practice ahead of time. Unfortunately the other team only had six girls show up, they need seven to play the game, so Claudia’s team won by default. They still played a fun game with some of the coaches playing goal.
A couple Claudia’s coaches getting in on the fun. Her team has a bye to the semi-finals and if they win that it’s onto the finals. Unfortunately we will still be on holidays and won’t be back in time.
In the afternoon, Angela had her make-up game, it was a little hotter and the sun was beating down on the spectator side. They ended up tied 4-4 against the first place team. Her team plays in the quarter-finals this week. Some of the subs trying to get some shade.
This is the last week for soccer for both Claudia and Angela. As it is they both have two games this week, they are playing on Saturday to make up the early season rainouts. Check out the guy down the line with the chair and footrest, he sat there the whole game with his feet sticking into the field of play.
Chloe decided that if he can be in the field of play than so can she. Actually I think she was laying there during half time. Claudia thinks the final score was 2-2.
This weeks photo is from Claudia’s game on Monday night. She is in the air kicking the ball. Their team won the game with no problems. The girls will miss their playoff games as we will be on our road trip.
Another photo showing the determination in Claudia’s eyes as she throws the ball in. Angela’s game was on the worse field for watching the game, let alone taking pictures, it is looking directly in the sun. They played a good game and even with shoddy refereeing they won 3-0. She didn’t call a water break during the first half. Most refs will call usually two water breaks during the half. In the second half she called Angela’s team offside, even though there were still two players from the other team way downfield. We think it was a conspiracy, the refs father coaches her sister on one of the other teams in Angela’s age group.
This weeks Soccer Photo of the Week is from Angela’s game on Thursday night. They only had 10 girls, so there were no subs and they ran all game. It was a great game against the first place team. They played them to a 2-2 draw. Here is Angela throwing the ball in.
You can see some of the five subs the grey team had for the game.
This is my soccer photo of the week, I like it because of the look of determination in Claudia’s eyes, she isn’t looking at the ball just to kick it, she is looking downfield. The girl in yellow gives the sense of action by her foot and arm actions.
Claudia’s team played to a 2-2 draw, they had a lot of chances, just couldn’t finish them off. Angela’s game was scheduled for Thursday night, the league cancelled all games due to the extreme heat alert.
Angela’s team won their soccer game 6-3, this was either the 5th or 6th goal, the goalie didn’t have a chance, but made it look good. I like the photo because you can see the ball bulging the twine at the back of the net.
Angela doing her Thriller dance/soccer moves out on the field.
Congratulations after a well played game.
Sitting at Claudia’s soccer practice. She is at the Panther development practice, it is run by the Mississauga North Soccer Association. Each night they do a different age group. It is run by the club coaches.
This is where the practice is located.
Here is my soccer photo of the week from Claudia’s game on Monday. I didn’t make it back in time for Angela’s game on Thursday, but she had a great game. Claudia played goal again for about half of the first half.
