Fittingly, we ended our trip to Colorado by binge-watching three of Zoe’s soccer games on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Of course, that’s because that’s how we planned our trip. After Jen emailed me about the girls’ games, I adjusted our visit so that we could see as many games as possible. Unfortunately, we weren’t able to get there early enough to see the last of Logan’s games.
Zoe plays on an elite team, and she’s a year younger than most of the players, but she managed to hold her own in all three games. She scored two goals in the three games. I think the team lost two out of three games, but, truthfully, I find it nearly impossible to follow scoring when I’m focused on taking pictures of a particular player, especially when I’m really focused on how my granddaughter plays, not how the team as a whole plays.
These games seemed to be called a little tighter than Sydney’s games were, but it’s clear that soccer is not a non-contact sport.
At this level all of the girls are fast and aggressive.
My camera takes shots pretty quickly, but I didn’t manage to get a great sequence of any of Zoe’s goals; these three shots come close. I’ll have to admit that I had never seen Zoe kicking a goal with her left foot before.
Apparently, the goalie didn’t see it any better than I did until it was in the back of the goal.
Zoe has always been naturally fast, but she has complemented that with toughness.
We headed out for home after seeing her final game on Sunday which ended around 10 AM. Luckily, the game was played 60 miles north of Broomfield, and we were only driving to Brigham City on Sunday where we hoped to visit our favorite sushi restaurant and visit Bear River Wildlife Refuge the next morning before the last leg of our trip.