Cade had been counting down the days to our trip to Seattle for his soccer tournament. It was the first time he'd traveled out of the state for a tournament and he loves to travel plus he got out of school a couple hours early on Friday AND he got to play with the team an age group older than him! Finally, he got to play with his best friend and cousin, Pascal. I was excited to hang out with my brother, David, and Cade and Genevieve, maybe relax a little and enjoy watching Cade play with the bigger boys.
The highlight of the weekend was watching an MLS (Major League Soccer) game along with 40,000 other fans in a sold out stadium. We had to buy (expensive) tickets from scalpers on the street but we couldn't turn back after getting to downtown Seattle, parking and then walking the 20+ minutes to the stadium. The boys were just too excited! The Seattle Sounders beat the San Jose Earthquake 2-0 in a great game. After the game, the boys (Pascal, Dan & Cade) were on such a high singing o-lay-o-lay-o-lay-o-lay (a common soccer fan jingle) at the top of their lungs the whole way back to the car. Cade said he wants to play professional soccer even more after watching the game!
The tournament was a success despite the team losing 5-1, 4-1 and 2-1 in their three games. The team definitely improved as the tournament progressed and Cade showed that he can play with the older boys scoring all three of the teams goals. He did get frustrated in the last game...wanting to win SOOO bad. His coach said that will be his biggest challenge, learning to use that passion to win in a positive way and realizing that it is more about development as a player and team than winning games.
Genevieve was amazing on this trip. She was so good in the car the whole time and great at the games and a really good sleeper (must be a fourth child thing :). She was just fun to have with us!
On Sunday, we rushed home in time to watch and help coach Gabrielle's 5:00 game which was worth the rush! She and her 3rd grade team played great winning 8-2 against a good team; Gabrielle got four of the goals.
The highlight of the weekend was watching an MLS (Major League Soccer) game along with 40,000 other fans in a sold out stadium. We had to buy (expensive) tickets from scalpers on the street but we couldn't turn back after getting to downtown Seattle, parking and then walking the 20+ minutes to the stadium. The boys were just too excited! The Seattle Sounders beat the San Jose Earthquake 2-0 in a great game. After the game, the boys (Pascal, Dan & Cade) were on such a high singing o-lay-o-lay-o-lay-o-lay (a common soccer fan jingle) at the top of their lungs the whole way back to the car. Cade said he wants to play professional soccer even more after watching the game!
The tournament was a success despite the team losing 5-1, 4-1 and 2-1 in their three games. The team definitely improved as the tournament progressed and Cade showed that he can play with the older boys scoring all three of the teams goals. He did get frustrated in the last game...wanting to win SOOO bad. His coach said that will be his biggest challenge, learning to use that passion to win in a positive way and realizing that it is more about development as a player and team than winning games.
Genevieve was amazing on this trip. She was so good in the car the whole time and great at the games and a really good sleeper (must be a fourth child thing :). She was just fun to have with us!
On Sunday, we rushed home in time to watch and help coach Gabrielle's 5:00 game which was worth the rush! She and her 3rd grade team played great winning 8-2 against a good team; Gabrielle got four of the goals.
Cade #28
Cade & Pascal playing together
Waiting for the ball playing forward; Cade also played center midfield and attaching right defender
At the game waiting for it to start
Me and my brother with Genevieve
The crowd goes wild after a gooooal
The boys go wild, too!
Genevieve and me
The boys after the game
Singing 'o-lay-o-lay'...walking arm in arm after the game!
The tournament team
Genevieve trying out the new seat we brought with us
Gabrielle's game
3 comments:
Sounds like SO much fun Leticia! How awesome for Cade to score to well, although the losses probably overshadowed that success for him. I love the pic of you and Genevieve, with that adorable hat on her. Could my niece be any cuter!?!?
I second that comment about that pic! Trip sounds like it was a lot of fun... memories for the boys will last forever!
SUCH great pics. Such great memories. Good job, Cade and Elle!!!
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