Emi's playing on the Ada High seven-on-seven soccer team on Thursday afternoons this summer, with games on July 8, 15, 22, and August 5. Each game features two 25-minute halves and they have two games on each game day.
Olivia and Charles met Nina, Mari and me in McAlester for this first one, and you can hear Olivia shouting encouragement and giving suggestions from the stands in the videos below.
Our starting lineup included Caden Balthrop in goal and Saul, Emilio, Augie, Sam, Minh, and Jonah in the field.
It was VERY hot on the field (if they'd asked me, I would have recommended evening games). Sam was coming off a vacation flu and was a shadow of his usual active self. Emilio was also battling a cold.
We lost the first game to McAlester 2-1. Emilio scored our goal near the end of the second half, when he got fouled in the box. The fouling player hurt Emilio's foot, but Coach Jones sent Emilio in for the penalty kick, and he nailed it.
The other highlight of the game for this dad was Emilio's ankle breaking move which is captured on video and in a photo below.
All the photos were taken by Caden Mitchell's mom, Kristi. I am very grateful to her for sharing them.
The second string started the second game against Atoka, and when we went down 1-0 in the first half, Coach Jones sent the starters in, and they scored 2 goals in 2 minutes. We eventually won the game, 5-3, and Emilio had two or three assists; Sam had 2. Jonah scored three goals, and Minh scored two.
The Ankle Breaker!
Fouled in the Box
PK: First Goal of the Summer
Assist #1
Assist #2
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I love watching a game with Cousin Olivia!
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