Soccer to them

Rylie played soccer this spring through the YMCA. She loves soccer. Our friend gave her a goal of her very own for our backyard. She played last fall and was really good at running the whole time but didn't quite get all of the kicking in.

This spring, however, everything clicked. First of all, she was very excited because her team was called the cougars, her jersey was blue also. She and daddy love the cougars of BYU. She has already told us that her school is BYU. I guess we should be saving up for tuition.

Rylie has grown so much that she looked like a giant out there with the rest of the 3 year olds. Her team was very cute. One day, the coach's son got frustrated because he couldn' t kick the ball into the goal, so he just picked up the ball and chucked it into the net. Another game, most of the other team was lying on the ground while Rylie's team was running with the ball to their goal.

There was three kid pile-up as well, but no casualties. I'll have to see if I can post some of the video. Out of bounds didn't really exist in these games. On one occasion, Rylie managed to dribble the ball behind the goal, back around the fans on the other side of the field, and finally back into the middle of the field.

Rylie with Snowball

Rylie turned into a scoring machine in the last few games as well. One of the other parents brought a big stuffed husky dog named Snowball to practice and put him behind the goal. The kids now had something to aim for and it worked. It also worked quite well to distract the other team who would spend time trying to ride it, pet it, etc. In one game alone, Rylie scored 8 goals and she only played half of the game! So funny!