Game 4: post-game report

Four games in a row was a bit much.

The Soccer Wahoos have survived their four-game stretch without any opportunities for practice in-between.

This fourth game started off great. Then, the opposing team brought out a couple dozen cheerleaders to do a half-time show on the field. Yes, they really did. Cheerleaders for a youth soccer team. Only in America.  I should've known that was a bad sign.  The second half was pretty rough for our kids. But, now we finally get a chance to practice once more!

Unfortunately, it's literally only once more... one practice (Tuesday) and then...
   another game (Thursday)...
      and another (Saturday)...
         and another (Monday).

And then, we finally get two practices in a row (Tuesday and Thursday), then...
   a long Spring Break (March 22 - April 3), and then...
      our final game on Saturday, April 4.

That's right. Only THREE practices -- with two of them in a single week -- during the eight-game season (plus three practices we had before the season started).

Normally, if you told me my youth soccer team would have eight games, I'd assume we're having about 16 practices -- two each week, before each game, with games on Saturdays. So, we'll have 37.5% of the expected practice time. But, what matters most is we're determined to have 200% of the fun!

[Editor's Note: The Y didn't have much choice about the schedule this season. There were complications with city field schedules and special requests from coaches, etc.]