Another Saturday Another Soccer Tournament

Today Whitley had a soccer tournament in Ephrata (aka May berry) all day! They had their first game at 8am so we were up and out the door by 7am. She had two more games, one at noon and one at 2pm. They played really well, and it all came down to the last game. They played a team whose reputation proceeded them. Our girls were very nervous to play against them. They are known for being rough. Within the first 3 minutes of the game, the ref had already called 3 penalties-all on the same girl. They had obviously been coached to play dirty. Their parents got mad and started yelling at the ref, and they had to stop the game, and go get the league officials-it was a nightmare. Our girls were completely psyched out! Every time Whitley came out of the game, she'd come over to me and say they were gonna loose, and that they were hurting her! Needless to say, we lost. I was kinda glad though, because had we beat them, we would've had to play them again in the finals. It was a great opportunity to teach Whitley about sportsmanship and how NOT to play the game of soccer! Pre-game pep talk
Did I mention it snowed in between games!
Whitley playing defense The coaches meeting with the league officials