Soccer Game

We had a soccer game this morning (I coach my daughter's team).  There are 9 girls on the team, and the team plays at the U-9 level.  After the first few minutes of the game I thought we were in trouble, as the other team had some pretty speedy girls.  We have a couple of speedy girls, also.. so that helps.  As I was substituting during the game, I told them that this team was really fast and we needed to hustle extra hard.  And they did!  They were all breathing hard each time they would come out for substitutions.  Our keepers did a great job letting only 3 goals in, with at least 10 more shots being taken that were stopped.  Our girls managed to score 4 against a team that, had we played them last year, would have mopped the floor with us.  They are coming along very well.  After the game, they were all excited that we won and then juice and snacks were handed out and I think the game was largely forgotten.  Ya gotta love youth soccer.  It makes me smile.