Exciting Soccer Game and After Game for Robert

It is the first HOME game of the season and the first warm day of the season so all the boys are very excited to get on the pitch to play.

The games started at 5:30 pm at NOHS upper fields.  I was asked to run the scoreboard so I was able to have a bird's eye view of the game for photographs.  It was awesome!!!

We are playing against Shelby West.  They were the best team last year, but last year it was all of their 8th graders playing against us as a mostly 7th grade team (we only had 4 8th graders and 2 were injured).  So this year the teams should be more fair - we are a very strong 8th grade team, and so are they.

We controlled the ball from the very start with few exceptions and several attempts on goal, however to no avail.  As the coach said, it was very frustrating to work the ball down the field so successfully only to not score.  Robert played the entire first half and did a phenomenal job distributing the ball to the open player and helping to work it down the field.  He had great touches and was able to win most 1v1 situations.  He played offensive mid in the first half.

At the start of the second half the score is 0-0 but within minutes it changes to our lead 1-0 with a score by Will Stone.  Robert didn't start the first half but was soon sub in to play forward.  The score quickly went from 1-0 to 2-0 to 3-0 to 4-0 and then Robert scored making the final score of the game 5-0.

I got so many photos - 302 to be exact.

After the game the NOHS soccer coaches came over and talked to Robert. They called him by name and wanted to know if he'd be playing soccer for them in the fall.  They said they had watched the entire game and were very impressed with his level of play!  I'm so happy for him.  He loves soccer!  This is his sport.

The next day the coach told me that the high school coaches came over to talk to him after the game and the first person they asked about was Robert, "Who is #10?"