The Cheetahs: Soccer 2012

So Lincoln played soccer again this season. Although he is still four they had him playing on a U6 team, we still aren't sure why they did that, or even if it was done on purpose. But it ended up being a really good thing for him. This placement gave him the chance to be on a real team, with the same players every week. In the U4/U5 group or caterpillars as they were known- that he played with in the fall- all the kids came at the same time, practiced all together and then were randomly split into teams. So you were never with the same kids twice, it was hard to feel any connection to the group because there was so many of them. On this team it was the same 6 boys every week. And since the boys were older and more experienced, he was able to learn a lot from them.

Here is a small video where I just happened to be recording when he decided to take the shot and make a goal! He kind of took it from his team mate, but I was still able to catch the action! :o)

Here are the Cheetah's celebrating their final victory! (We won't post the score, but Lincoln did score 4 goals in this game, so the victory was a little one sided!) Way to go- Landon, Micheal, Noah, Evan, Phillip and Lincoln!

He wants to play again next year. But it looks like we might move form AYSO to RYSL. AYSO doesn't have a co-ed league and RYSL does, which means he and Mabry will be able to play together. And when given that as an option he didn't hesitate to say yes. (He would hang out with Mabs everyday if he could!) In order to make sure that everyone is together, we have to sign up as a team with a Coach. Can who guess who got suckered into accepting that job! That's right, yours truly is going to be the coach! Hopefully I can handle that- I am a little bit too competitive for my own good.