dobber family soccer updates (and your kids sports, too!)

[slobber]

dobberjr played on the really shitty field again. I don't think coach is going to let them play there again. Image trying to play in a corn field.

They won 5-1. dobberjr had a pretty sweet score starting at the 18 and moving forward about 2 yards and getting one person to miss, then used his right to step over and pull the ball to the right and made a second guy miss then faked left and played it out to his right to beat the GIRL on the other team and the goalie was pretty crossed up, so the shot from there was pretty easy. This was the first time we played against a girl, but if she was my daughter, she'd have her own thread on gE for soccer stuff, because she was pretty fast, tough, and skilled. I may have to get her name just so my friends on gE can monitor her progress as she readies for Women's WC in '24 (is that the right year?)

jr. did get beat on d near the mid field which ended up resulting in the loan goal scored against, so I really coached him up on getting better every day and stuff after the game.

toddlerdobber is much more interested in any dogs that are at the games and wants me to go pet every dog with him.

mrsdobber: "Was that a good play?" "Was that a good play?" "Was that a good play?" "Who made that shot?"

[Asteriskhead]

I would be interested in hearing more about toddlerdobber's dog petting adventures. Does he have a favorite kind of puppy, or just all dogs?

[slobber]

I would be interested in hearing more about toddlerdobber's dog petting adventures. Does he have a favorite kind of puppy, or just all dogs?

I'm so glad you asked!
He really loves all dogs, and unless they are really big, like bigger than 80 lbs, then he calls them little babies! The dog that had his attention yesterday was some sort of retriever pup that is about 4 months old. toddlerdobber didn't even want to watch his big brother play. Once he finished his snack, it was all about the baby puppy!

Now that I know what you are looking for, I'll be sure to give this the attention it deserves!

[Asteriskhead]

I would be interested in hearing more about toddlerdobber's dog petting adventures. Does he have a favorite kind of puppy, or just all dogs?

I'm so glad you asked!
He really loves all dogs, and unless they are really big, like bigger than 80 lbs, then he calls them little babies! The dog that had his attention yesterday was some sort of retriever pup that is about 4 months old. toddlerdobber didn't even want to watch his big brother play. Once he finished his snack, it was all about the baby puppy!

Now that I know what you are looking for, I'll be sure to give this the attention it deserves!

 

I'm interested in whatever you would like to share with us!

[slobber]

The Angels have a game and I am not there!
I will try to get Mrsdobber to explain the plays to me, but I can already tell you what she is going to say.
"dobberjr didn't score any. He just stood on the defensive side of the field."

Mrsdobber was a pretty big studette Mom today. She took 3 other Angels, along with dobberjr, dobberette, and toddlerdobber to the game. She already told me that dobberjr had his ipod sync in with the minivan stereo and the boys were jamming out on the way to the match.

[IPA4Me]

Maybe you could get Mrsdobber a gopro to record the action and upload to YouTube.

[slobber]

Maybe you could get Mrsdobber a gopro to record the action and upload to YouTube.

I may have to look into this. Here is all I got from Mrsdobber:

"It was a 0-0 tie. dobberjr played the whole game. He defended really well."

We'll see if dobberjr gives me more information when he gets out of the shower.

[slobber]

from dobberjr:

Dad, my best stop was on a through ball that just cleared my head. I turned and just sprinted as fast as I could and I caught the guy within like 15 yards and cleared it out. I also cleared out a free kick that was deflected and was heading right towards the corner. I just smashed it all the way to midfield.

[IPA4Me]

 

[slobber]

Mrsdobber: I missed most of the game. Toddlerdobber fell over or into something 3 different times and he was crying.

me: 

[wetwillie]

Dobber is in the prime of his life man, so great to have a front row seat for all the action.

[slobber]

Dobberjr is in the prime of his life man, so great to have a front row seat for all the action.

FYP 

[slobber]

Wow, am I really this late with the update? Lots of dobber family soccer news and two more games yet this week!

This past weekend saw dobberjr's Ninjas easily handle another over-matched opponent. dobberjr had two nice assists, and the inside passing is really improving for the entire team. Final score was 7-2. I know tougher competition is on the way.

dobberette's weekend game wasn't as successful. They gave up two early goals and never could mount a solid attack to try to make them up. Squawk coach was really bummed out about taking the Squawk family to the Duke game on Saturday and then having the girls soccer team lose 0-2 on Sunday. At practice last night, he pulled the assistants aside and scheduled an "emergency coaches meeting" for tonight because he doesn't "want to panic, but we have to figure out how to generate some offense. Maybe we can juggle the line-up or something, but I want to address this now." These are real words spoken by a real U10 Girls Soccer coach, not some MLB Manager.

I'll report back tonight if the meeting doesn't run too late.

dobberjr's Angel team played again last night with a goal in the 55th being the winner in a 1-0 snoozefest. The field was horrible and it was near impossible to link more than one or two passes. dobberjr was happy with his play at center back and the second consecutive clean sheet by the Angels.

Toddler dobber has a buddy in town for a few days and he is now more concerned about trucks and cars. After the soccer game last night, somebody said, "Nice to see you toddler dobber!" Toddler dobber responded, "Nice to see me, too!" We all had a good

[IPA4Me]

Thanks for the update! Sounds like a fun weekend of soccer.

[steve dave]

yesterday lil sd was going up our staircase (has, like, two landings before you get to the top) and bombing his ball down to me from the first landing and then I'd lob it up to him and then he'd crawl up to the next highest landing and bomb it down to me and we were having shitloads of fun. then mrs. dave caught wind of it and shut it down because we apparently don't want him throwing everything from the second floor down to the first floor 

[slobber]

mrsdobber scolds me for throwing the kids' dirty clothes over the railing to be taken to the laundry room when I go back downstairs. Same reason.
But now the kids know that the little parachute men work best when you drop them rather than have to first launch them up in the air.

Does lil sd kick, shoot, or throw the ball?


Gonna win 'em all!

[steve dave]

mrsdobber scolds me for throwing the kids' dirty clothes over the railing to be taken to the laundry room when I go back downstairs. Same reason.
But now the kids know that the little parachute men work best when you drop them rather than have to first launch them up in the air.

Does lil sd kick, shoot, or throw the ball?


Gonna win 'em all!

throw mostly. sometimes kick. hasn't got the hang of catching yet.

[slobber]

If nobody has told you this yet, then let me be the first. As much fun as you are having now, it only gets better. Good times in sd's future. Good times.


Gonna win 'em all!

[The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep]

i still love reading these but i cant get the image of toddlerdobber with a toddlers body and dobbers picture as his head out of my mind.

its both funny and very creepy at the same time.

[slobber]

i still love reading these but i cant get the image of toddlerdobber with a toddlers body and dobbers picture as his head out of my mind.

its both funny and very creepy at the same time.

Toddler dobber is in his early 50's


Gonna win 'em all!

[dmartin]

i still love reading these but i cant get the image of toddlerdobber with a toddlers body and dobbers picture as his head out of my mind.

its both funny and very creepy at the same time.

probably have equal numbers of teeth.

[slobber]

i still love reading these but i cant get the image of toddlerdobber with a toddlers body and dobbers picture as his head out of my mind.

its both funny and very creepy at the same time.

probably have equal numbers of teeth.

This is a friendly thread. That sounded mean. Were your intentions mean when you typed that?

[slobber]

Guys, on Wednesday night, I spent 2 hours at the squawk coach's house discussing how we could generate more offense with a bunch of 10 year old soccer players. It was pretty great. Overall, the meeting could have taken about 15 minutes, but then beer and such, so two hours. Probably not as WTF as I thought it was going to be. dobberette gets the nod at starting this week, so that is something!

[slobber]

The Angels had a tough match last night. dobberjr was moved up to holding mid and presented several nice through balls. I think he will play more of this position going forward.

His calf cramped up on him in the 2nd half and he came out for the last 8 minutes. Then the interesting thing happened...the game was tied, so they went to OVERTIME.....IN SOCCER!!!! They played two 5 minute overtime periods and nobody scored, so then they called it a draw, 2-2. dobberjr started the 1st OT and with 40 seconds left in the period, this big, mean, cheating kid from the other team ran over dobberjr and took him out. dobberjr was laying on the ground face down for 5 seconds, so I knew he was done. The coaches helped him off and he watched the 2nd OT from the sideline.

The head coach sent us an email last night to check up on dobberjr. He said that dobberjr was a joy to have on the team and has established himself as an integral part of the team. Gotta admit, I was pretty proud! 

Also, one of the Angel player's dads was ejected for yelling something at the official. I will be more prepared to report on exactly what this guy is saying from here on out.

They have another game tonight! Busy week in the dobber family soccer thread!

[Tobias]

safe to say dobber's got the lingo down pat