{proud soccer mom}

Ok, here it is.. I show up to Max’s soccer during the first half and they are losing… the score is 2-3.  I am on the sidelines cheering and trying to take pics but the picture thing really isn’t happening because I am too busy moving around and yelling.  They tie it up… and soon after that the half ends.  Ok.. so 3-3…and it’s half time… I can handle that..  The whistle blows and they are off and running, kicking and chasing the ball… the red team scores meaning we are now down 1…  shoot, it’s 3-4 not in our favor.  The half goes on and we are down to the last 5 mins…we have been dominating the ball just not scoring.. so now I am screaming like crazy… go team, you can do it, etc.   Max gets the ball, he’s right by the goal but he freezes… OMG…. KICK IT MAX… what are you doing… KICK IT… the red team takes possesion and we lost that opportunity to tie the game… OMG…!

We gain possesion back… and Max gets the ball again…now I am really screaming..(no pics cause I am too crazy…lol) instead of freezing, he passes it to his buddy who gives it a swift kick…. WE SCORE!!!  Tied again… only this time this only about 2 minutes or so left.  At least I was  feeling better about Max’s freeze from before.. at least he got an assist.

At this age they don’t play over time, so I was thinking, ok, so a tie isn’t bad.  It’s really about the game and fun, and not about winning but of course, everyone hopes their team wins.  We are back in play with 2 mins or so left… once again, we get possesion…we really did dominate the ball the whole game… and one more time Max gets the ball…  theres about 1 minute left now.. fortunately, he probably didn’t know how much time was left and how much pressure he was under…   this time…

he shoots……..

I was jumping and shooting pics and hoping something would come out… but not caring at the moment…

and HE SCORES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and the Black Bears win the game 5-4!!!!!!!  WTG Team…..  You played a great game and really deserved to win!

~ by photographybycheryl on October 5, 2008.