Cameron's game tonight will not be one long to remember. In fact it was quickly forgotten within a couple minutes of its end. They had played Concord earlier in the season and the outcome was pretty much the same. Instead of losing 8-0, the score tonight was 7-0. In saying that the boys played well and tried their best, they just couldn't keep up with Concord's offense. Cameron sat out the last ten minutes or so. He had taken a hard shot at point blank to his stomach. He went down immediately with the air knocked out of him. It was still sore when we got home, but thankfully it was not his head as we originally thought.
The game almost felt secondary to the festivities that occurred later in the evening. As soon as the game was over the boys, parents, coaches and fans met in the pavilion to celebrate a fantastic season - one in which they finished a lot better than we would have ever dreamed considering who graduated from last year's team. The food was quickly devoured, followed by the coaches awards. Cam was pleased that Joey won MVP.
After the party everyone headed back out to the field to watch Bethany's girls play Concord. It was 0-0 late in the second half when we arrived. With less than seven minutes left Bethany scored and soon thereafter Concord followed suit. It looked as it would go to PK's, but Bethany got a shot off with less than a minute left ending the night with a victory and the right to play on Saturday morning in the semi-finals of the conference tournament. Once the buzzer blew Cam and his friends were first on the field, screaming, jumping up and down and chest bumping. We weren't surprised as we had heard them earlier in the evening cheering loudly from the bleachers.
The highlight of the evening for me was what occurred next - the parent/player game. Cameron and Doug were both excited to be a part of it and I had so much fun watching them. Doug hadn't played since he quit coach the Wawasee girls two years ago. He said that he was rusty, but he didn't look like it to me. I definitely was impressed when he put a left-footed shot in the back of the net. The "old people" did end up winning 3-0, but the boys didn't seem to mind too much. For our family it was the perfect way to end a decade of soccer for Cameron. He has grown in skill, met a lot of friends, found success on the field and had fun along the way. Couldn't ask for anything more than that.
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