Liam's First Soccer Game

Liam's first game was today at 11 AM. He's in a U8 team, so everyone on the team is 6 or 7. His team had only 6 players (6 play at a time) at the first practice, but the coach said two more had been added since then. Unfortunately, only 5 showed up for the game today. So, they played 5 on 5 and Liam and his teammates all played the whole game with no break. In the beating down sun. It was hot.

Liam played defender for a while and even got a turn at goalie. (Liam: "It was fun, but I only stopped one ball!") He seemed to really like playing. He did his best to pay attention to the game. The other team had several previous seasons of playing together, so they were pretty unstoppable. And one kid had to be at least 9, from the looks of him!

He is eager to play again next week, especially because the grandparents are coming up the next two weekends.

Play below to see Liam kick off and then wait for the perfect moment to set up the perfect kick.