Tonight marked the beginning of Will's Spring soccer season.  The day started off nicely weather wise, but as it got closer to practice time...of course - it turned.  I am used to the soccer fields being usually about 10 degrees colder than anywhere else in Newark- but tonight it was rainy and cold.  A perfect start to the season.  Somehow when I volunteered to coach in the fall, they just assumed I would do it again!  Will was somewhat disappointed that I was his coach, because he felt that G would have been a better choice.  He explained that G was already a coach and I was just his mom.  I explained that G was a track and field coach, not to mention G HATES soccer.  (in all fairness he thinks it would be fun to play- but he hates to watch it.)

4 of the boys are all from the team in the fall, and we had one additional player who Will played with his first season at NASA.   The boys are adorable, I suppose that is not what the coach should say about their team, but these boys are.  They are a lot of fun- not sure that any of them will be in the MLS anytime soon- but they sure do try hard.  They try anything I ask them to do.  Well, except one.  And I bet you can guess which child that is- WILL.  Because he is a "soccer expert" he kept trying to coach.  I finally explained that this team had one coach, and he would sit down if he kept it up.  We ended practice with a scrimmage against the Chicago Fire, (they are all named after MLS teams- we are Houston Dynamo) and the boys did pretty well.  Will managed to score- and they actually picked up almost where they left off last season together.  It took forever in the fall for them to start working together- and tonight they were playing together pretty well.  

Now if I could only get Will to stop coaching from the side lines...he cracked me up- he was yelling "WHAT ARE YOU DOING GABE???? GET IN FRONT OF THE GUY- GET THE BALL!"  Again I reminded him he was not in charge and needed not to question the other players.  He was more encouraging after that.  All and all I was happy with the boys and their effort in the cold and rain.  I was most impressed with all the other moms- cause they had to sit there watching the practice- at least I was up and running around with the boys to keep warm. 

First game is Saturday!