Soccer Season!

I may have already mentioned this a few posts back, but in case I skipped over it: volleyball season is over. My team (CTPA-Ancon) ended up 4th overall (basically right in the middle) with one of our players getting the tournament MVP, so it definitely could have gone worse. Although I've been enjoying playing more than I ever would have thought, I consider the end of the season to be good news because it means that soccer season is here! In fact, games started last Friday, so I'm a bit late in delivering the news. Up until now, I've only been able to play a small handful of times after work and I've mostly just been practicing on my own at the park at the end of the street, so I'm stoked that I now have a place to play regularly. We play on the same blacktop parking lot as the volleyball games (which is frightening) with five to a side, including goalies (why anyone would want to play goalie on cement is beyond me). My team only has seven players, which means that I get a lot of play time -- something I know I should be thankful for when I look at the teams with at least a dozen people. There are A LOT of really good players throughout all the teams, so I totally feel in over my head, but I've always felt playing with people better than you is a great way to practice. Plus, I held my own in our first game so I know I can keep pace when it comes down to it. I don't know how good our prospects are for the tournament (we lost our first match 0-1), but I'm just excited to be playing at all. It's been too long!