We had a blast.
We arrived at the hotel 8:ish Friday evening. Full of excitement, many of the girls migrated to the hotel restaurant excited for a dinner together. The waitresses, tired at the days end, were extremely disappointed to see our larger-than-large group come in. The girls loved it though. It took a while to get all those dinners together. The girls...whom an hour ago were so ready for the fun night of bonding...dropped like flies one by one. Us parents stayed late awaiting the tabs.
Saturday...5:30 AM brought wake up for the first game, 7:30...where the girls won 1-0. Emma played amazing and took a hard tackle from behind that lost her the goal she was about to make. Then back to the hotel for some elevator tag...soccer ball crafts to hang on hotel doors (which were all propped open as girls came and went)...Subway lunch...and bonding. On to the next game...tied 1-1. Then back to the hotel for more elevator tag...quick showers... more bonding and then a fun fajita buffet at a local Mexican Restaurant.
Sunday...up at 5:30 AM again...brought game #3. Hard loss...5-1. Many of the girls stuck around to watch the team playing after us. That game would determine our fate : 4:30 game or home? All our cheering (the Space City team SURELY wondered what in the heck our Dynamo team was doing cheering them on) succeed in keeping us in Austin for yet one more game. Back to the hotel. More elevator tag. More bonding. Lots of girlies hanging out in our room....which was great! Then Aunt Chaille met us and treated us to lunch at Cracker Barrel...it was really nice...and really great to see her! Then back to the fields for the afternoon game.
The Challenge team we played was amazing. They really had their stuff together. Our forwards barely touched the ball. Our defense played an extremely tiring game...holding them off as best they could. 1 opposing kick made it into our goal despite all that hard work. Challenge also made 2 penalty kicks. So all in all, officially, we lost 3-0. But I say we lost 1-0; penatly kicks don't count in my book ;). Our amazing goalie, Kaylee, and our diligent defense fought a really tough fight...and did a fantabulous job of it!
But here's the way I see it...the weekend was a huge success. All that elevator tag...and all that bonding...that's what's gonna spill out on the field in this upcoming fall season. That will shine brighter than any trophy! I'm glad to have been part of it and can't wait to do it all again next year!
Here are some of my favorite pics:
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