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This lax season was one for the books. Michael coached Andrew's 3-4 team for the third year and I'm not sure which one of them was more pleased with that. While commuting from Arlington was never easy, he made it happen a remarkable number of times.
Michael and Hunter gave these kids everything they had and coached them through an 8-0 regular season---extra impressive considering they have a rotating goalie! Ready for the play-offs, then the rains came...and came, and came, and came. No play-offs could be held. No practices could be held. For nearly 2 weeks, end the season or squeeze them in was the pendulum constantly swinging. The question posed----would you rather end the season with no play-offs, or have some sort of tournament and potentially lose? Without batting an eye lash, Andrew exclaimed, "I'd rather play and lose than end the season now undefeated. I just want to play one more game!".
Couldn't be more proud of this kid's attitude---and the fact that he was the only kid not crying when they ultimately did lose. Nothing to take away from the winning team, but it's difficult in that heat and humidity not to have any subs b/c the game was played Memorial Day and players were out of town. Andrew's chin was quivering, but he admitted it was the combination of disappointment, heat exhaustion, and the sheer energy he had put forth. He fought every face-off for us until he asked Dad for a break in the 4th quarter. Face-offs take an extraordinary amount of energy - it's described as hard fought 10-second wrestling match...which you do again, and again, and again, while only running in between goals and the next face-off. He won 10 of them, and twice sprinted down for an immediate goal. 6 goals in a game ain't too shabby.
Face Offs are so hard to capture from a distance...
The younger sister club (plus Matthew).
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