Well, here we are again. Soccer season! Maxwell is playing Sunday soccer for the second year in a row and, man oh man, what a difference a year makes. Last year was rough at the beginning of the season to say the least…lots of tears, not a lot of playing soccer!  This year though? Maxwell is all about going after the ball and getting it in that goal!  Robert is the coach again this year and we had a great – and HOT – game 1!

Getting warmed up with little brother there to help!

Maxwell got his soccer shirt (blue team again!) when we got out there so had to change shirts.  Spencer kept trying to take his shirt off too because he wanted a special soccer one like brother!

Maxwell sitting on the line ready to get started!

After a little practice, the game got started and Maxwell was ready to go from the first whistle!

There were casualties right and left the whole game.

But, the good thing about 3 and 4 year olds is that they don’t have very far to fall!

Pretty soon, Maxwell got the ball and started heading down the field!

and GOAL!!!!

After a good smile and a thumbs up to me he was back at it again!

I love how he’s trying to block that other player out and get the ball…

He got control and started heading for the goal again!

GOAL!!  No picture but he was pretty happy and took a water and Teddy Graham break.  🙂

Then he hopped back on the field to score one more goal!

GOAL!!

Maxwell was super happy he got “3 balls” which I explained was actually “3 goals!” ha!

And while the 3 goals he scored were great, I was most proud of him for playing so hard and for getting back up after he got knocked down several times!  That’s what we’re hoping to learn in soccer, for sure!  I will say, 3/4 year old soccer is a hoot to watch – it’s barely controlled chaos – but they’re all so cute and trying so hard. I could not be prouder of my soccer player out there trying his hardest!

Go Blue Team!