We are half way into Fall soccer!

Well, I know I promised you a soccer rant. That promise was coming off the heels of a frustrating game with a pretty dirty team we have faced before and beat. Unfortunately this time there was no referee, and at this age level that means the home team (them) assigns a ref. So they won, and our team left with bruised backs from their elbows, bruised behinds from the other team kicking at our ankles instead of the ball, and our goalie had to be pulled out of the game before half time because he was charged, resulting in hurting his wrist.

Exhibit A- Jake seconds before elbow to back, whistle you say? Nope.

Now, don't get be wrong, I know soccer is a violent sport. BUT, there are rules for a reason, so blow the dang whistle when those rules are broken!!! Nicole, this is why we need to start this "C" level women's team. I need to let out some of this frustration.

Now on to some action shots of Jake, with some help of my photo editor since my lens is far from adequate for this size field.

So, we have 4 more games left. Hopefully the weather will cooperate and I can bring my camera and get some more pictures. By the way, that dirty team. We still only lost by 1 goal. So playing dirty doesn't really pay. Just playing dirty with no ref pays :). Oh, and Bets, no I am not the coach. I am the team mom. We were lucky enough to have a friend of one of the parents step up and Coach, another parent is Asst. Coaching. They are both doing really good too. So everything worked out in the end.