My kiddos give me so much joy but nothing can beat our Soccer Saturdays. A few weeks ago we have both Bambeano and Boo Boo in soccer tournaments. Scheduling was a tad tight but unfortunately or fortunately which ever way you luck at it Bambeano was knocked out in the quarter finals on penalties :(.
He played his heart out winning the 1st round in the best fashion with a hat trick for a 3-0 win. Onto the 2nd night and boy was it a cold one. A goal from Bambeano, affectionately known on the soccer field as Lil Bambeano, before the other team went up 2-1. Nail biting stuff with only minutes to spare we had a free kick in which one of our players, Miles, scored an unbelievable free kick curling it at the last minute to hit the far side netting, OMG I lost my voice!!!!!! Bombshell shattered his clipboard and here we are off into over time. 5 Minutes to win or lose it.......Not sure how much I could take of this....on a school night no less..........
The minutes ticked by with several heart stopping moments.....Bambeano hits the post not once but TWICE and the ball just would not go in the net.........On to penalties......Bambeano did great in goal with 2 saves scoring a penalty for us but we went out loosing 2-1 :(
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| He dives and he SAVES |
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| Bottom right corner he SCORES |
Bambeano I am so proud of you and Coach Bombshell. 36 goals for (with 6 of the 10 kids scoring this season), 5 against, 11 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
So that was Thursday night now onto the week end for Boo Boo's games. She also had a tournament with 2 games on Saturday, followed by an 8am game on Sunday and possibly the finals a few hours later.
First game was against FCCA Huntersville, remember the game where we had a trip to the ER with a suspected dislocated jaw. Well Boo Boo was on a mission she was pysched for this game, determined they would not beat her this time. Well it didn't take long before we had a hand ball in the box and Lauren had to face a penalty, OMG I could not bear to watch, but wait a minute she was determined they would not beat her, camera ready let's see how this turns out.......
Well whatever Bombshell can do 2 nights earlier, Boo Boo can match, penalty taken and she SAVES
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| Great stance BOO BOO |
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| GREAT SAVE Boo Boo was right she was determined. We returned the favor of the score earlier in the season and beat FCCA 4-2. Way to go CSA Cabarrus Elite. Now onto game 2. Who would have thought I would witness 2 heart stopping games in one week. The girls from Palmetto were tough and did NOT give up. We were scoring comfortably with a 7-1 lead for it to get to 7-5....when will the whistle blow????? Not happy with the other team getting back in the game CSA finished it off with a 8-5 win. With winners of the group they were now off to the semi finals. A 7.15am arrival at the soccer fields on a Sunday morning was not a happy prospect for Boo Boo. She is not a morning person at the best of times so this will be interesting. Despite this she seemed pumped up to get to the finals, a place her brother was not able to reach. Well the girls came through with a 6-2 win, now onto the finals against what appeared to be a tough team from Alabama. With just over an hour to her next game we made a pit stop at home before making our way over to the park for the finals. The field grass was cut a lot shorter making the pace of the game much faster. Boo Boo excelled in this game like she has never done before......jumps to try and save the balls and dives but this team was just too darn good. She got many hands to the balls. All in all a good game but in the end we could not prevail. The girls did great 2nd place and received their medals with pride. Congratulations girls   |
