Shelby's First Soccer Game

Shelby decided to play soccer this year. Her first game was Saturday, August 25th. There are three positions to play: goalie, defender, attacker (or at least that is what I call the positions). Of course, I am sure everyone knows the goalie position (person protects the goal & tries to stop the ball from going in). The defender is the position before the goalie. These players try to prevent the ball from even getting to the point of where the goalie would have to protect the goal. And then the attackers are in front of the defenders & they try to stop the ball from going on their side & instead they try to steal the ball & move it down the field to score a goal. All girls get to play each position & they rotate out. Shelby seemed to be best as an attacker. She was good at passing the ball to the other attacker. She had two assists. She was able to pass the ball to the girl and on two of those occasions, the girl was able to score. Shelby also scored her own goal. She got the last goal of the game & there was only two seconds remaining! She was so proud of herself. It is the first time she has played a sport and scored a point. Her team won 8 - 3.