Today I drove Nolan up to Cedar Falls, where his Ames Soccer Club team went 2-0 to start their 11U soccer tournament this weekend.
Their first game was against "CF Attacking Aliens", and Ames won by a score of 6-1. I'm pretty sure the CF stands for Cedar Falls.
The second game was a close one, with Ames defeating Hudson 2-1.
Nolan got to play quite a bit in each game. He doesn't start, but he comes off the bench and plays as a back line defender. In the second half of the second game, Nolan did a really good job of stopping about 3 or 4 advances that the other team made. A couple of times he was able to collect the ball from the opposing team and kick it back down to the other end. Another time he was battling for the ball and was fouled by the other team, stopping their attack. Then another time they were getting close to the goal and he was able to kick the ball out of bounds. Anyways, it was all helpful to preserve their one score lead.
This is the first season that Nolan has played club soccer, and he is doing a good job of keeping up with kids that have been playing quite a bit longer than he has.
Between games we enjoyed Pizza Ranch for lunch.
Tomorrow his team has two more games in Cedar Falls. Hopefully they can keep up the good work and possibly win the tournament!
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