During her Spring season, she was the leading scorer. In fact, her coach told her she was only allowed to score 2-3 goals per game. Ellie never quite understood the purpose of this request, but she certainly developed as a complete player, and her confidence soared. Enjoy this highlight video (you will need to click & watch in Youtube)
The Spring/Summer season lasted until July. At that time, she needed to 'tryout' for the next season. We went around and around about whether or not we should have her play up again. The tryout process became an adventure! The club we thought she was going to play for ended up not having enough people for a team, so during the very last minute, we raced across the city to attend another tryout -- all the while, Dave and I were wondering why this was such a big deal when she's only eight! When that tryout didn't go well, she decided to try for her same club that she had already been playing with. The drawback with this club is that the first day of tryouts was on Sunday. Ellie has chosen to not play soccer on Sundays, so we got permission to attend only the second day of tryouts. We realized that her chances of being allowed to play up and make a top team were basically impossible with her missing the first day of tryouts. But, Ellie was so resolute that she didn't want to play on Sunday and that she was just going to go give it her all and hope for the best.
She definitely did just that and had an amazing tryout. With all odds stacked against her, she not only was allowed to play up, but she also made the top-level competition team with those girls! This girl sure is good at soccer and she definitely loves it!
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