Second Soccer Game

Leo's second soccer game went a lot better. He actually got to play a bunch this time which was good. He was pretty hot and melty before even getting on the field, however, which made my cheerleading job pretty hard. The coach has all the kids rotating positions so they learn how to play everything. If you can't see the video above, go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSfcGp8sd2s

He got to play goalie, which he has been wanting to do forever. He even got the sticky goalie gloves. No goals on him and no saves either, but he got to do a lot of kicks to teammates when the ball went out of bounds. It's a good role for him because he's a very slow kicker and very deliberate and has good aim. I kept yelling at him that he could use his hands. I think he kept forgetting that. He stuck really close to the goal the whole time.

The second clip is Leo playing defense. He might have even kicked the ball once, I think, although he spent a lot of time just watching and sort of jumping up and down in excitement. At the end of the clip he gets tired and it's just so funny to watch. I don't have it here, but at one point, the goalie is going to kick the ball and every kid is watching this except Leo who is turned the other way!

I don't have any clips of him playing offense but he ran the whole length of the field like a banshee playing offense. He seemed to think he was playing both offense and defense. He tried really hard.

We came home and he immediately wanted to practice in the backyard, so I think that's a good sign.