Charles had his first soccer game of season today. It went tolerably, even though they lost 1-4. The other team was playing better but not totaly dominant. Charles’ team had several bad breaks early on with shots that just barely missed the goal (just wide of the post, one time literally just a couple of inches short of crossing the goal line). Charles seemed a little off to me, not seemingly as energetic. It might be that the field was twice the size as last season’s so he wasn’t able to move around on it as much (relatively).
Charles did have some good moments. One long drive that didn’t quite score and quite a lot of small drives. He was kicking well with a lot of good clears. He slowed down a bit after he was hit in the groin by a fast ball. He sat out the 3rd quarter to rest up and went back in the 4th. However, about half way through that he tripped over a ball and landed on it with his chest. He was unable to continue after that and didn’t recover until it was being healthy or sitting and watching Corwin’s game.
One thing I noticed though was that Charles was tripping a lot more. Quite a number of times Charles would get the ball and break away only to fall down from the ball or another player. This is what eventually took him out of the game. Perhaps he’s having a growth spurt.
Charles’ game did feature a double header, a header followed by another header. Josie and Mason were on the opposing team but I didn’t get a good shot of the three of them.
