Day 274...Fall and Futbol

FALL AND FUTBOL

They are just made for each other.  In Minnesota, the fall soccer season is manic.  You start off the first few weeks fight 80 degree weather, and then Wham!  It's time for the Under Armour and parents are sporting mittens and scarves and Thermoses full of hot coffee.  

But seeing the leaves sprinkles about and sitting on the sidelines curled up under a blanket is just as fun as the beginning of the summer season when you are just getting used to the smell of fresh grass.  

My biggest wish for the fall '04 season it to avoid playing in snow.  It's been known to happen.

Day 23...Longing for Summer

LONGING FOR SUMMER

It's not just the cold.  It's not just the snow and ice.  And it's not the lack of sunlight in Minnesota.  But to miss so many months of our favorite sport is difficult to cope with.  I know there's indoor soccer, but as any player or fan would know, it's not the same.  

I live about a quarter of a mile north of the National Sports Center and the Blaine Soccer Complex, so I drive by the empty, cold, lonely fields every day.  The way the sun is shining through the net and casting shawdows, it's like a beckoning to the field for us to come out and get the game going.  The shining sun and the drifting sparkly snow causes a feeling of peace and serenity out there.  I know it's months away, but my heart is aching for summer, and I can't wait to shoot some action on the fields instead of the empty lonely net.

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