And until I move on to the next featured player....

Some parent and random "assistant" shots! :) That first pic was taken by our dear Lilly! Yes...give your child a camera...and a soccer ball!

So long in coming...a new post

I appoligize for not posting as I promised. But I plan to make up for it tonight (even though I ache and really wish that tent were lighter and blah blah)...REALLY. Make sure you scroll through and come back, I will be adding as much as I can.

Before I post pictures, I would like to thank all of our parents for volunteering and bringing in water, sport drinks, breakfast items, candy, field marshalling, and just darn being there for our girls. Thank you!

And COACH STEVE...we love ya...we really do appreciate you working with our gals!

Ok, I'm done blathering, my first feature gal (In no particular order...they are all important to the team) is....

#12 - Guess who this little defender is...

Whole lot of heart...our little Liv!

Give me a a breather...and I take a vacation

I'm sorry folks, I have been neglecting the Blast GU11 Blog. I have been trying to catch up on my reading...and cooking. LOL! As much as I find going away and hangin' with other soccer moms liberating and enjoyable, when I come back, the laundry screams, the house screams, and I want to ignore it all! I'm so much better when I attack RIGHT AWAY. (Who do you know that needs to work on that???!!!)

So, we all know how the last tournament panned out. I will not offer words of wisdom, I will not offer criticisms, I only offer support and honest enthusiasm for the efforts these gals put out there. This is a new team that has had no experience together, and a coach (awesome as he is) that they may or may not be used to. Aside from all that...I see desire in these gals to succeed, and learn. They need our support and I for one, will give it when I can. Ok, ok...enough with my blathering...

I will try to post pix as I filter. Blogger is slow to upload so it takes forever to get pix up. I will try to (since we are in a break in games) go through and feature one player an entry. Now, that said, I have a few players I have fewer pictures of, and that's not because they weren't working, it's because they were on the opposite side of the field and I can't seem to get good shots. Tonight, I post the meetings. Tomorrow, I will work on the first player that pops up, no order, no favoritism so no hard feelings, ok?!!

The Spirit Van

Yes...the few, the dedicated...the SOCCER MOM! :) Tara was a little busy last night...can't wait to see the girls faces in the morning.

Wow! What an afternoon! (So many pictures.)

Ok, Get your HEAD IN THE GAME! Best header this season...you know who you are V!

I'm a picture taking fiend! I took 1033 pictures between the two games in the first day of the Flora-Bama Showcase. I obviously cannot post them all, so I will post my favorites from the second game, then go back and post random stuff. The two goal shots may not be the sharpest but I have to make sure they are there.

Over the next week, since we don't have games, I will try to go in and post a new batch every day so be patient with me. I also need to back-track to the first tournament so we can revisit. If you have shots that you would like to submit to the blog email them to me at tanya@temperedlight.com and I will post and credit photographer. (It's the law! LOL!) Full res is not necessary for the blog but will look better.

Ok, now...not every one is pictured here or in previous posts. Do not be discouraged. I haven't even posted pix of my own daughter...and of course I think when she throws it on she is the best (but that may just be a mama talkin'.) Everyone will be on here and I'm thinking feature posts...suggestions welcome.

Flora Bama Showcase - Day 1

Run-in of the day! And our little "Powerhouse" got up and kept going. Man this team has heart. I will post more pix hopefully tonight, but I had to get these up right away.

Our Gals

See them...they are standing/sitting still, not so tomorrow! Thanks to Ms. Tara for this great group shot. They will be blurs tomorrow and burning up the field with scores, passes, chops, fakes...oooooh I hope they surprise us with some goodies we haven't seen yet. Hey COACH, try to stay in your seat this time...we don't want YOU kicked out. Your doing a great job, we love ya even if you are a yank...GO GET EM STEVE!


Ok, I really will post more pix, I'm not at home we're camping out at the beach and frankly, I'm not thinking of blogging...really! Rest up gals, it's gonna be a long weekend. First Game - wear red bring white...and WATER/Gatorade and your game! Bring it on! (I mean that in the most POLITE way, really.)


See you in OB!