futbol and futsal photos (April 15-16th)

 my boys checking out the competition

 futsal stadium, where our elementary girls team played

 girls team! 1 win, 1 tie, 1 loss. 

 another picture of the girls futsal stadium

 boys team playing futbol, in the yellow

 back to the girls game.. look at the dog. It is a legitimate job at sports events for someone to stand at the gate and make sure that animals don't come in, or else this happens.

 boys futsal stadium

 this guy with the ball is in grade 4, and his ball handling skills are either first or second best on the team of grade 2-6 boys. Not to mention they're way better than mine. This kid is amazing.

Our team! Record: 1 win, 2 losses. My assistant coach is a teacher at the school here, he helped me GREATLY with registering the players and dealing with refs, because it was all in Spanish! Mind you, he only speaks Spanish, so it was hard for us too. By the 3rd game, when he wasn't there, I was able to do it all on my own, woohoo!

Overall, the boys were disappointed and frustrated with the first two games, but we went out with a win, and they were very happy at the end. As a coach, (and a new coach at that), I was frustrated I hadn't trained them better, but then I remembered they're age 7 to 12! And I don't speak their language. So I think we did alright! I'm very proud of them, and it was a very cool opportunity to get to know them outside of school and in a fun setting