Spring Soccer

Finally, a summary of our kids' spring soccer season and state cup:

Cade was injured most of the season with his fractured back. He was out from late-January through mid-April. He was able to play in the final weekend of state cup games however, the team was mostly eliminated at that point. The Boca Blue's (coach Joe Beeler) finished the winter league (in premier) in 4th place with a record of 4-4-2 behind OSSA I, Eastside and OSSA II. The Bocas got a little unfortunate in their state cup draw in that they were one of the top 4 seeds based upon their prior year state cup standing but still got OSSA II in their group because OSSA II was a new team this year. The Boca's were 2-2 in group play at state cup which was not enough to advance to the quarterfinals (they lost 0-3 to both OSSA II and Eastside II and then beat WT Samba and Copa both 2-0); it was a very disappointing state cup for the team. We just couldn't wait to watch Cade play and enjoy himself on the field again!

Gabrielle's Sol Blue team (coach Robin) played in the 1st division for the spring with the teams ranked 9th-16th in the state. They finished in 3rd place with a 4-2-2 record. Elle played center back in all the games and usually played all but a few minutes of each game. In state cup, Sol was disappointed to lose 0-2 to WT Samba (a team they normally beat) and then lost in a heart breaker to a top premier team, Eastside 2-3 (who came back in the 2nd half to beat Sol).It's been fun watching Elle take more of a leadership role on her team this year.

Valencia Blue (coach Porter) played in the top non-state cup division (division 2/3) and finished 5-3 for a 3rd place finish. Willem played half of most games in goal and the other half usually at forward though he did great playing some center back and mid-field as well. It's fun to watch his team and Willem improve.

 
Here are some soccer pictures from December through April...