This was Jocelyn's fourth year playing soccer and had a great season. She played a combination of offense, defense and keeper. It's obvious that offense is her favorite position. As her coach for the first time, it was a joy to watch her develop throughout the season: in her confidence, her aggessivness, her skills, her teamwork and her leadership. I am very proud of her. At the end of the season I gave each girl a special award, to make it fair, the other coach decided on Jocelyn's award. She was given the "most heart/best spirit" award. I think it was a perfect for Jocelyn. Although there were other girls on the field who may have developed better skills already as a soccer player, she never backed down, never quit and always gave her best.
The team went undefeated in the round robin tournament. In three games, they only allowed two goals! But since we only scored 2 goals in one of those games, we fell one point shy of qualifying for the semi finals. This is the same team who lost the first three games of the season! It was amazing to see how much the girls improved throughout the season. On top of that, our Golden Eagles were awarded the league's top award, the "Sportsmanship Award". This award was voted on by all the officials who ranked the players, the coaches and the fans for each team after each game. As you can see below, every girl received a big trophy for this accomplishment (this trophy was twice the size of the first place trophy).
Brian
