NS Girls U7 Dolphins : 2010 NSYSA Indoor Soccer Tournament Champs

This past weekend I was honoured to have coached my daughter’s U7 North Shore Girls Soccer team to their first Soccer Tournament Championship. A weekend full of great moments, it was a joy to watch these girls come together and play as a team, cheer each other on and show a genuine excitement for the game of soccer.

In their first soccer tournament and in their first year playing organized soccer, the girls went undefeated in 4 round-robin games (5-1, 4-1, 6-1 and 3-1) and finished seeded first with a bye into the finals. In the finals they played a spirited game coming back from a 5-6 deficit to win the title 9-6.

I’m a big fan of the game of soccer and all the physical, mental, individual and team benefits this sport delivers—I still play competitively and have for the past 32 years. And win or lose, it was the moments watching these young girls nervous with anticipation before the games and exhausted from running their hearts out after the games; feeling their excitement as they were cheered on by family and friends; and simply seeing them smiling ear to ear all weekend long from having FUN playing soccer that makes this game so great and the weekend with my daughter and her team so special.

It’s exciting to see these girls grow through the game of soccer and I’m looking forward to being there on the sidelines in the many years to come. Great effort Dolphins!