I was in charge of getting a new updated picture of Cade's soccer team for the club's website. The coached lined them up and told them how to stand and, as you can see, some of them were a bit awkward trying to lean forward while looking at the camera but they are mostly 12 and 13 year olds so that's to be expected :) Cade sure loves this group of boys and especially loves being on the field with them.
Coach Joe, Jose, Sawyer, Jay, Malachi, Ben, Edgar, Juan, Dana
Alex, Gio, Cade, Aiden, Josiah, Hunter, Ethan, Ryan
The past two weekends have been a bit of a breakthrough for his team. They compete in the top 7th grade (U13) division in the state (the Oregon Premier League or OPL) and are finally seeing some real success in this league as well as in the Northwest Champions League (NWCL) in which the top six teams in Oregon compete against the top six teams in Washington. Cade's team has always played tight games against the Oregon teams but so often have ended up losing a lead at the end and ended up with a loss or a tie (I think they were 1-5-6 last fall in the top OPL league). Against the top Washington teams, they have only lost, usually by several goals. But the past two weekends, the Boca Juniors got a convincing victory against a top Washington team 3-0 (last time we played them we lost 4-1) and they played right with probably the second best U13 team in Washington losing in the end 2-4 (last result was 5-1). Against three top Oregon teams in OPL games, they got a win, a tie and a very close loss (2-3). It has been a lot of fun seeing Cade and his team improve and play some very good soccer. It'll be fun to see how the fall season progresses for them and if they can continue to get more wins!
2 comments:
Nice, cript picture Leticia! Cade looks menacing (and not standing akwardly, like some others :). That is a serious faux hawk by the boy on the right. As for the team's actual play, that's so awesome to hear that they are improving! It will be an exciting fall!
can't wait to see them play again!
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