The gymnast turned soccer player????

A new adventure for me has taken place!! The high school girls at the school that I work at began practicing for their soccer season in Januaray. Well, as the coach contacted every other school in Port au Prince, he discovered that no other schol had a girls soccer team this year. Bummer. But, the girls decided that they wanted to play and practice anyway. So, for about 4 months they have had practice 2x a week, but were not able to play any games. So, a friend of mine and I were talking and we decided that we should put together a team and play against the girls. OH MY!!! I was a gymnast and a runner and have never played soccer ever! Oh well, we tried it anyway and it's been a blast!!!!

Some of the other teachers, mothers and other women from the area have gotten together and have played the girls four times now! The first game we lost really bad, we didn't even score. The second game, we still lost, but at least we scored a point. The third game we took them into overtime and the fourth game we won by 2 goals!!!!!!! We have another game on Tuesday so wish us luck!!!!!

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Anonymous said…
OH CK!!!!!! if only i could be there to watch.....OR play!!! hahah, that might be a joke....but i'm proud of YOU for participating!!! i luv you guys......!!!

danielle
May 20, 2008 at 11:20 AM
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