This weekend Savannah had her last tournament with the ElDorado Shock travel soccer team. The team has been playing together for 5 years so it was a bittersweet weekend for her. I think she's been ready to move on to a new sport (she wants to try volleyball), but she's grown to be friends with her teammates and now that we are living in Magnolia, the only time she sees them is for soccer.
They started the weekend with a Saturday morning 2-1 victory over the NWA Strikers and a Saturday afternoon 3-2 victory over the Fort Smith Express. We were on a soccer high! Savannah's team is a travel team and these teams were classic teams, which means they tried out and were hand picked for their specific teams/positions. It was predicted to be tough competition and they advised us to be prepared to lose.
Onto tournament day 2....didn't start out great. The weather was really nasty when we arrived at the field. Savannah's team went out there like troopers to play anyway. They played against the Ft. Smith Express again and after Express got the first goal the game was called for a tornado warning. It was 2 minutes until half-time and the ref called the game in favor of Ft. Smith Express (even though that's technically illegal because it wasn't half-time yet). Game #2 was against the NWA Strikers again. Our girls put up a good fight, but the game unfortunately ended 1-0 Strikers.
The last game (to determine who won first, second, & third place) was the NWA Strikers & the Fort Smith Express. The teams mutually agreed to call the game before half-time (due to lightning) 1-0 Fort Smith. This ensured that our team could not take first place.
Long story short, we left with second place. The girls had a good last weekend together....and I guess that's all that really matters!
Way to go Shock!! Thanks for teaching our daughter about the world of competitive sports and teamwork. I will actually miss these tournament weekends, even if they are grueling!
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