Thanksgiving Tournament

[thisnewday]

Jason played soccer with his own team, the SSA (Syracuse Soccer Academy) Pythons, for the first time yesterday. It was a non-league Thanksgiving tournament at the Syracuse Indoor Sports Center and he played very well, especially considering that due to his own illness, bad weather, and illness in the family of one of his coaches, he hadn't touched a soccer ball in almost two weeks.

The great thing for him was that, like the first time I saw him practice with this team, he fit right in and had at least two assists and several credible shots on goal. And, while there are still things that he needs to work on, that's true of everyone on the team and he's now working with a coaching staff that will help him to do that.

Overall, the kids won 4 out of the 5 games they played, only coming up short in the championship where they were beaten in a rematch with a team that they'd previously won against. While not quite the ending they'd hoped for, he was happy with the team and the way he'd played individually.

Needless to say, we're really looking forward to him regaining his eligibility at the end of this indoor session in January so that he can play full time, as well as practice, with this group of kids.

LPK
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12.01.2013

Comments

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

it sounds as though Jason had a wonderful holiday weekend! I know it meant a lot to him that he had family there.

[olbuksings.livejournal.com]

Thanks Lynn, it was fun to be there! And even though I've been neglecting to mention it, we're working hard on the at-home reading (challenging ourselves with the DK biography series), daily homework, etc. And, of course, fighting the daily battles over the *@#! video games, LOL. Hope you and your family had a great Thanksgiving!