Jedi Masters

My six year old had his first soccer game of the spring season this morning. In the fall, his team was all about socializing and the kids weren't really that excited about actually playing the games. It was way more fun to goof off on the sidelines with your classmates. So I wasn't expecting much today. I was pleasantly surprised.

First, let's flashback to practice on Thursday where they had to choose a team name. Last year they were the Red Birds. Red Birds? No wonder they hardly ever won. So the kids start shouting out ideas for team names and I hear one kid yell out, "Blue Jackets", which was quickly modified to Dummy Jackets by a teammate. Somehow, they agreed on a team name. They are the Jedi Masters. Kick ass! (Cartman voice).

And that's what they did today. It was 4-0 after 1 quarter. 8-0 at the half. 10-1 final score. Those kids were celebrating on the sidelines. The biggest difference this year was that they were actually discussing the game on the sidelines instead of wrestling and farting on each other. Well, mostly discussing the game. They are six years old after all and let's face it, farts are funny.

My son played well. He had several good defensive stops and came close to scoring a couple of times. Not bad for a kid who wasn't even sure if he wanted to play this season.