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May Madness and Panda Power

College basketball has March Madness. u11 soccer has May Madness. And Panda Power! Goofy Girls: Isabel, Remi, Nisi, and Aspen U-11 Silver Division Champions: TNFC’s May Madness Tournament, May 5-6, Franklin, TN Aubry (not a Panda but a new pal) and Aspen: Soccer and Volleyball Teammates She shoots, she scores! (Ok, so …

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Playing in Memphis

Last weekend we had to divide and conquer. Aspen had a volleyball tournament in Atlanta. Oakley had a soccer tournament in Memphis. And I had Marc Cohn’s “Walking in Memphis” in my head. No blue suede shoes….but Oakley did put on her purple cleats No plane to the land of …

Bologna, one frame at a time

I decided to experiment with an iPhone app called “Timelapse” to see how it would do capturing a soccer game.  So, I stuck the thing on the cross bar and compressed 45 minutes of soccer into 5.

Back in Bologna

After 2 weeks of cancelled games (hello spring soccer!), Lou’s team was finally back in action yesterday. It’s good to be back. And it’s good to be Bologna.

And Then She Was Nine

Oakley’s 9th birthday party plan: Decorate houses. Eat cookies. Play soccer. Oakley’s 10th birthday party plan: Repeat. Isabella, Evy, Oakley, Olivia, Josie, and Parker – soccer pals you may have seen before

8 Soccer Games in 29 Hours

Here’s how we ended the fall soccer season in Atlanta the first weekend of December: 8 games in 29 hours! 2 medalists (both Aspen and Oakley) 1 semifinal of the NCAA Women’s College World Cup (Stanford v. Florida State) Was it worth it? Just look at their faces below: BWSC …

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Mystery Meats, Mascots, and Moves

Lou got placed on the red team this fall in U-7 soccer. Tim was the coach. “Bologna” got chosen as the team name. Yes, really. We had a mystery meat as our mascot. Tim got to sing “My Bologna” to the tune of “My Sharona“. And I got these pictures …

The Near Miss

Another weekend, another pile of soccer. Oakley’s BWSC 03 Elite team qualified for the finals of their local tournament, and gave it a go against a superior TNFC Black squad.  I think this near-goal sequence was telling of the match (although I missed it to be at Aspen’s games). Check …

Coach Brandon’s Coaching Resume

We had another great weekend of travel soccer this past weekend… (Our second of the year, incidentally.  We had a great time in Asheville, too.)  The highlight was that we had a couple occasions where the team listened to the coach.  And even better, the lovely Jenn caught them in …