We did it! (They did it!)

I have not become tired of the sensation. Lining up for the city champions medal presentation with a large group of teenage females. It happened yet again, yesterday. What a feeling! I am so proud of the girls and the way they dominated the game with enough savvy and skill to pot two first half goals that carried them to a two-nil victory in under-18 bronze level football (AKA soccer) in our fair city.

I went crazy cheering, as usual. Especially for the first goal that came only a few moments after it appeared that we had been robbed by a missed call. The opposing team's keeper had had to make a stabbing save of the ball bouncing behind her, and wound up on the ground with her head over the goal line and her arms holding the ball over her head. However, it mattered not, as the keeper immediately took a drop kick into the wind with the ball arcing slowly and dying only a few yards away at the feet of our pesky wide midfielder who trapped the ball nicely and shot accurately, with a beautiful soft touch, into the goal just beyond the reach of the keeper. Hooray!

The second goal came closer to half time, as my daughter fed a nice pass to our striker who then put some beautiful moves on the last defender to break in alone on the keeper and fired a superb winner. It was beautiful to watch our girls keep the other team at bay the entire second half. As the wind blew hard, our team worked harder and capped off a brilliant season with the city championship. I really enjoyed coaching them this season and I hope I get the opportunity to coach them again. It is a rare privilege.