Lucas playing soccer

Lucas is in his second season playing soccer with the Jets, and he is loving it this season. The same kids are playing together again, and that has made it much easier. He loves seeing all his old friends, and Coach Kyle, and we haven't had to battle any of the shyness or unwillingness to play that we saw at the beginning of last season.

Another development is that Lucas has gotten FAST. He can breakaway from the pack and zoom around with the ball. When he does, he has amazing foot skills and is great at keeping the ball right on his feet, and he is also great at heading to the goal (a lot of the kids still just run down the field and out of bounds, without moving to the goal).

So, he has turned into a scoring machine. Some games, when he plays with the bigger kids (several of whom are a full head taller than him), he gets crowded out. But other times, he will just score and score and score. One game, we had to take him out for a bit because he scored on every play and no one else could get the ball.

Here's the photographic proof. Lucas breaks away:



And scores!



Close-up of same image:



And celebrates on the way back:



High fives with the (temporary) coach, Sydney's mom (because Coach Kyle coaches three or four teams and had a conflict this day):



Water break with best pal Sydney: