Go, Firebirds!

Waiting to go into the game! (They were comparing how many times they had rolled their socks.)
Right in the middle of the action! Amazingly, no one was trampled during this play!
She had just kicked the ball and was going after it! How does she run leaning over like that? The girl on the other team (#9 in the green) is a friend of hers from school. They managed to quit talking long enough to play the game!
Princess ended up being the designated kicker for our team! #15 on our team is also from our school but princess declares that she has no "boy" friends.
Coach giving the end of the game pep talk.

Princess started playing in soccer games on Saturday morning. Her team name is the Firebirds and they have lovely maroon and yellow shirts with maroon socks. She is the only girl on the team! There are 5 boys and her. She says that the good thing about that is that no one will fight her for her ball. You all probably guessed that it was pink and purple! The pictures ended up above this text, but I will work on getting things where I want them in the future. The good news is that I figured out how to put the text at least near the pictures. Anyway, it was so refreshing to watch these children have a great time playing soccer with each other! They weren't worried about who was winning, and they cheered everytime anybody made a good play or a goal. We don't even know who won---but nobody cared!!! I wonder how long it will be before they realize what a "game" is really about?