It was a great game and a great day for a soccer. Sarah and her team remain undefeated. In contrast to last Saturday and the cold, windy, wet weather we have had this week, today was beautiful with temperatures in the 60’s and an abundance of sunshine.
The Girls played great and finished the game 4-2.
I was excited about the opportunity to practice, and hopefully improve, my sports photography. Plenty of light meant I could shoot at considerably faster shutter speeds and I was hoping for better results.
Still, as I walked up and down the sidelines shooting, I somehow began to feel, I was having an off day. Either the shot wasn’t there or I missed it. Rather than the usual 700 pictures I shoot for an event like this, I shot a mere 120.
Ironically, later in the day, I overheard Sarah talking to Marcia, “It wasn’t my best game. I think I was having an off day.â€
Scary, isn’t it? I hadn’t even thought about it until that moment, but she didn’t score a goal this game, which is quite unusual for my little warrior. She almost did, but not quite. It didn’t matter. I was the proudest Father in the park today as I watched my 9 year old take control of that ball and move it half the field to within a yard of the goal.
As always, you can view the complete sequence on my flickr page, or simply by clicking on the photo above.
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