Just got back from my daughter's first soccer game. They lost 3-2 on a goal in the final minute. Oops, I mean everyone won, yay!We were supposed to play 7v7, but only had 6 girls show up. The other team had ~14 kids and kept doing substitutions. They had one girl who was so old, I'm pretty sure I saw her buying cigarettes at the gas station down the street before the game. Whenever their team had a free kick, that girl took it. Whenever they had a throw in, that girl took it. Whenever, ... Well, you get the point. Plus the coaches of the other team were kind of mean. That said, I couldn't be prouder of my team. Considering maybe 2 of the girls have any real talent and the fact that every girl played all 40 minutes, they did awesome. Heck, the other team was even substituting towards the end because their girls were tired, out of breath and cramping up, but my girls kept fighting to the final whistle. We get our best player back tomorrow - she was out of town today, so things are looking up. Oh, and GM - thanks for the tips. I was yelling in encouragement at the girls all game long and made sure to call them all by name. Heck, some of the time I was even just shouting at them to run around and have fun.