Scrimmage

Courtney's soccer team had a scrimmage the day after her birthday.  It was against a team called Rage.  They are everyone's biggest rivals because they are a good team but, it is alleged, they don't play fair.  So if you can beat Rage, it means you are a good team.

There was a bit of drama surrounding Courtney's team at the end of last season.  The coach asked the team to let him know if they were going to be trying out for another team so he could make sure he would have a team in the fall.  The league changed the age requirements for the teams so it was going to shake things up.  Instead of the cut off date being August 1st the league changed it so teams would be formed with girls born in the same year.  So Courtney went from a U11 team (because she was under 11 years of age) to a 2005 team (because she was born in 2005).

Even with the age requirement change the coach thought he would still have 2 girls teams.  Well, the day before the final registration closed, he was informed that half of his former U11 team would be moving to other teams.  He sent out an email letting us know that Courtney didn't have a team to play on anymore.  It was so frustrating.

But, with the new change in age requirement also came a benefit.  Our soccer team had enough girls that could double roster.  That meant that, if Courtney wanted to play up to a 2004 team, she would be able to stay on the team.  We readily agreed and she was set!

I was nervous about her playing with girls born a year before she was, especially since she was born in August of 2005, but her coach assured me that she would be fine.  She had played well in the tournament and he was impressed with her.  He said she would be fine.

So now she is on a 2004 team with girls that are between 11-13.

Back to the scrimmage with Rage.  Their team played really well together and they ended up blowing Rage out of the water!  It was a great game!