Dallas Soccer

A wanted to play soccer again so we signed him up at the YMCA and he was on a team of 8 kindergartners.  A's team had 6 boys and 2 girls and he knew one little boy from his school.  Coach Aaron knew a lot about soccer and said he's played at the next level (not sure if that means college or what....) but his son, Brody, is one of A's buds from school.  A has played 2 seasons of soccer so he already knew the basics.  This outdoor season was 5 v 5 with 1 goalie and 4 field players.

A scored in most of his games, but his natural tendency is to play more defense.  We had to find something to motivate him to want to score and finally settled on money (we should have known).  I think in the small games they play we want to see him run up and down the field and play both offense and defense but if he continues to play to the point of actual positions, I can see him playing a defender and then not going up to score as much.  He also enjoys goalie, and he was good at it too, but I don't think that's where he will end up.  But what do I know?  He's only 6 and seems to be athletic up to this point.

His coach, Aaron, asked us at the end of the season if we would consider joining the Lamar Soccer Club and playing under him.  He's trying to put together a team of kids that have talent and potential and coach them and keep them together season after season.  A doesn't even realize that this is really a nice thing that his coach wants to develop him, so it's something that B and I will have to discuss.  We like the Y because both soccer and t-ball games were played at the same place, but the thought of A having a coach that actually knows stuff about soccer is nice as well.  Lamar Soccer Club is offering a soccer camp in June, so that's our first decision, is if we are going to sign A up for soccer camp.

A's first game April 2016