Caden's 1st Soccer Game

I wasn't sure if Caden was going to love playing soccer. He hasn't done much in the way of sports and what he has done has been non-competitive at the YMCA. He's had 2 soccer practices so far and he's L-O-V-E-D it! He runs around the field with this goofy grin on his face. At practice last week, his friend, Nathan, scored a goal and I heard Caden say "Way to go Nathan" and they high fived as Nathan ran passed. So cute!

Today was his first game and he started off as goalie. Check out his grin as he makes a stop during their warm-up.

He made a couple of saves, but missed this goal (still smiling). Dan was standing right there and he said the ball was kicked hard at his head height. Caden had been practicing stopping low kicks. No one told him they might kick the ball over his head.

Caden likes to hang back and watch, but he's surprised me with his determination to stay with the ball.

He got right in there with the rest of the kids. He did get kicked once in the ankle and he didn't like that at all. It didn't stop him from going back out there and trying again.

When Caden saw this picture, he said he was gearing up for his "power kick!" :)

Caden's first question when the game was over..."Did we win?' Unfortunately, no. They lost 3-2, but he loved every second of it. Even though it's a little bit of a drive, I'm so glad we signed him up. He's going to have a ball playing this season.