first tournament

little sister participated in her very first soccer tournament this weekend with the STARS.  this is her first time playing with an academy-level team, and it was intense!!  they had 3 games plus they made it to the championship game.

during the first game saturday morning at 8am, she played about 2 minutes before the half and again at the very end of the game.  we were not really surprised since she is new to the team and not yet at the level of her teammates.  many of these girls have been playing together since they were 4 years old!  our girls won 4-2.  the next game was at 2pm and she played goalie for a good part of the first half.  she played left midfield for some of the second half.  our girls won 5-1.

on sunday, they played again at 8am.  little sister only played a small amount on offense, and the team lost 0-2.  but, they had already earned enough points to play in the championship game at noon.  they faced off against the same team they had just lost to, and the game ended in a tie 1-1.  being the championship, they went into overtime, and after two overtimes, they ended up losing 1-2.  so, a second place trophy and medals for all the girls was what they earned.  a few of her teammates were crying because they did not win, which little sister did not really understand.  she is just in it to play and have fun.  now that she is playing with a much more competitive team, i hope she maintains her happy attitude, whether they win or lose - but that is not likely.  as long as she wants to play and is having fun, that is what matters to me.