Justin's Soccer

Justin played soccer this Fall for the local expat team. Soccer is called football over here which can be a bit confusing when talking with others. In your mind you have to process who you are talking to & determine if the football they are talking about is what we call football or what the Europeans call football - especially since an American football program was started here 2 years ago. Keeps you on your 'mental' toes!! Justin's team consisted of 8-10 year olds. He was on the younger side but definitely held his own. Leagues here are very lax - practices run for 1 1/2 hours, which is optional & the games are held on Saturday's. Ron was the coach for the Saturday games but with a lax system, he never knew who was going to show up & usually had only 5 players at any given game - which meant he had to 'steal' other players from the opponents team. Even with the craziness, Justin's team (Racing) came in 2nd place!!!