Mason's First Game

After one "amazing" practice, Mason had his first soccer game. He loved the warm-up. Mostly because he was kicking around his own ball and no one was fighting him for it, I think. But, he was all smiles until the end. Seems that an hour of game is stretching it a bit for 4-year-olds.


The coaches got quite a workout, that's for sure. It's very informal for these kids and they basically just ran up and down the field. I think Mason scored one goal, but there is another kid on his team who is kind of a ball hog, and actually a decent player for a 4-year-old He got it in several times. But, the weren't keeping score of course, and we had to explain to Mason that the whole team got the points. Not just the kid who kicked in the goal.

He loved it, though. He especially loved when it was his turn to throw it in or kick off. His coaches were really great about giving everyone a turn.


He was even pretty good about letting the other kids have a turn playing. They only played 4 on 4 and I think there were 7 kids on the team. It worked out well, I thought. Although, Jon was a little disappointed that Mason didn't quite get the concept of kick the ball toward the goal. And Mason wasn't quite as aggressive this week as he was last. But, he's only 4 and this is just the beginning. He definitely looks forward to Mondays!