Rylan played on Tuesday nights in the U10 league. His team went 5-1 and finished 2nd during the regular season. They had lost their last regular season game against the team that placed first in the league.
When we drafted, we were able to protect our assistant coach's son (Cooper) and one other kid from our outdoor team (Fletcher). We ended up drafting quite well and got lucky with the two boys that were randomly added to our team (there are always several kids that don't make it to the draft). We ended up with nine kids on the team and this age group plays six on the field plus a goalie. There are only two practices before games, and we were super impressed how this group of kids that didn't know one another trusted each other enough to pass instead of trying to score alone.
There were 8 teams in the U10 league. Rylan's team won their first game of the tournament against the 7th place team a week earlier. On the final tournament night they played the 3rd place team. The other team scored first but Rylan's team eventually tied the game. Then with a few minutes left, the other team committed their 5th foul which led to Rylan's team getting to take a penalty shot. Luckily, they scored! The went on to score one more goal before the game ended to make the final score 5-3.
After a three minute break, Rylan's team had to take on the 1st place team. The games are two halves of 18 minutes with a 2 minute halftime so it was a lot to ask the team to play another game immediately. There wasn't even time to refill waters or use the restroom.
The second game was another tough one. The 1st place team went up 3-1. Rylan's team caught up and then led 4-3 (Rylan scored the 4th goal). The game then was tied, the 1st place team went up 5-4, and then rockstar Rylan scored two more goals to finish the game with a win! It was pretty awesome!
For the winning the tournament, the boys got these medals:
We got a group picture of the boys after the game:
Back Row (L to R): Connor, Fletcher, Graham, Sacha , Rylan S.
Front Row (L to R): Rene, Cooper, Siif, Rylan G.
Carter also had a really successful season with a great team. Carter played in the U12 league on Thursday nights. They ended up in 1st place with a record of 5-0-1. We were able to get some of Carter's friends in the draft - Whit, Charlie, & Connor. We felt we drafted well and also got a travel player added to our team whose little brother we coached last year. This age group plays 5 plus a goalie and we only ended up with 7 kids on our roster after 2 dropped out before the first practice. Only having one sub was difficult at times but meant lots of playing time.
Like Rylan's league, there were 8 teams in the league and Carter's team won their first tournament game against the 8th place team. On the final night of the tournament, their first game was against the 5th place team. They were a really tough team that the boys had only beaten in the regular season by one when there was a foul committed with 3 seconds left and Carter's team got a penalty shot. Carter's team pulled out the win with a low scoring 1-0 game. Rylan ended up playing in the game because one of the kids thought the games were cancelled and didn't show up until right before the second game. Brian ended up letting Rylan play in the final game as well.
Since they were the higher rank, Carter's team got to rest for a game before taking on the second place team. The referees were nicer and allowed an almost ten minute break between games allowing the other team a lot more rest than Rylan's team had. Unfortunately, I don't think the rest was great for Carter's team and they seemed tired. They ended up losing in the final game 3-0. However, Carter's team was much younger and smaller than the other teams in the U12 league. The league consists of kids born in 2007 and 2008. Charlie and Whit were born in August 2008 and Carter and Connor in November 2008. I think we may have only had one 2007 player.
Here is the medal the boys got for getting 2nd in the tournament:
And here is the group picture we got after the game:
Back Row (L to R): Will, AJ, Charlie, Cole
Front Row (L to R): Whit, Connor, Rylan, Carter
This was the most successful season both Carter and Rylan have had at the Crockett Indoor Arena. We are super proud of our boys and so happy all their hard work paid off!
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