I finally got my long-anticipated trip to visit the Colorado Websters. Although it was a hectic week for everyone, we managed to get there in time to see Sydney’s Saturday afternoon game and her Sunday morning game. It’s been over two years since I last saw Sydney play soccer, and I was a little surprised by how improved she was. When I last saw her, she was a defender, not a wing player. More importantly, she plays a lot more aggressively now than she used to.
I would have loved to have seen her get a goal, but sometimes the ball was just a little too far away to chase down
and this shot was about an inch too high, hitting the upper crossbar and bouncing away.
While a goal would have provided a nice highlight to the game, I was impressed by Sydney’s aggressive play.
In most of Sunday’s game, she was paired up against number 9 on the other team, and it was clear neither of them was going to let the other get the advantage.
The referees called the game rather loosely, and I suspect that there might have been a foul somewhere in this play, but nobody appeared to get hurt and it was exciting to watch how competitive the two teams were.
Sydney’s team ended up winning the game, and the tournament, in a shootout, providing a nice end to our first weekend there.
