Back in the Soccer Saddle again...

Peyton started-up indoor soccer this past weekend(Sat.)at Gaspars Academy. Her team won 11-10.

She was also in attendance of the indoor session with the Morton Blaze U11 and U10 girls game on Sunday (Aunt Linda, she wore the Mia Hamm jersey). She sat on the sidelines. As it turns out, she played the previous night with a girl named KJ who is also on this indoor team, and her dad coaches this Morton Blaze U10 team. He asked Peyton to play and even offered her a team shirt and waived any fee (they must want her bad)...said he'd love to have her play outdoor in the Spring with the Morton Blaze U10 and is offering her a choice of positions, Midfield or Forward (they must want her real bad.)

Additionally, the U11 coach asked if she would be willing to "guest play" or "play-up" on their U11 team for tournaments. This coach has never seen her play...is strictly going on the word of others.

Scott and I are thinking about switching her to Morton Blaze. We knew the Fall would be a time for her to try-out for other clubs/teams because her FC Metro team will be making too big of a leap (U12/U-13)but it seems Spring might bring a change sooner.

Take into consideration that Morton has try-outs once a year...and they don't seem to expect her to try-out for any team, they're just offering her a position cold.

Scott and I are scratching our heads a bit over this. We always thought she was a good, solid soccer player...but they are going "all out" to get her in their program. They are almost "giddy" over the aspect of having her on their team(s). All of this and they have not, to our knowledge even seen her play her best. One coach saw her Saturday night and we thought her timing was off...probably due to her time away from soccer between Oct and now...she'll regain it all within a few weeks of play. Wonder how they'll feel when they see her really churn-it-up?

Who knows...maybe a college scholarship is not completely out of the picture.