Nov. 15, 2006
Indoor Soccer Thrills
After taking four months off because I was too busy with my kids' outdoor soccer schedules, I returned to my beloved indoor soccer team this week. It felt absolutely fantastic to be back on the field. Last night we were playing a really good team with an excellent goalkeeper. Whenever her team was on the attack, she would walk up almost to the midline, confident that she could help on the attack and run back quickly if we got the ball. All through the game we noticed that she was doing this, and we told each other we should knock a ball over her head, but she was pretty good at reading the game and getting back whenever we threatened. Then, with a few minutes to play, a slow ball rolled out to her and she yelled, "keeper." I sprinted to it as fast as I could, kicked it away just as she was reaching for it, and turned and dribbled as fast as I could to the goal. A few more touches and I was able to casually knock it home for the 4 to 1 victory. What a blast!