Here we are at the Fall Friendship Tournament this weekend. The Soccer Chicks had a roller coaster of a tournament. They got a hard-earned win on Saturday morning, then looked with disdain at the much-younger and much-shorter coed team later that afternoon and got their donkeys kicked as a result. So much talk, so many tears.
But one loss doesn't lose a tournament, so they put in a serious effort resulting in a win on Sunday morning and an advance to the championship game.
We tied the Championship game, went to overtime, and eventually a shootout. We had our most relaxed goalkeeper in the net and she saved penalty kicks time after time. Our best kickers shot hard and accurately. We could hardly believe we had won the division. So we all screamed and jumped up and down and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
We have a large trophy that is making the rounds of players' homes and each girl is wearing her medal with pride.
These girls have kept their spirits up and had fun even though they have lose our league games. They've kept working and had a great attitude. This tournament win was a surprise and an ego boost. They earned it and they deserved it. They earned their moment in the sun.
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