I wanna be the next “Mia Hamm”. Ashlea has been saying this to us since she was 4 years old. This is what she wants to be when she grows up. If that doesn’t happen, then she’ll settle for what mom does. She started in AYSO soccer at age 4, prompted by seeing her brother play for his coach/dad. Not a very successful pairing OR team due in large part to the coach. She was hooked though and took to the game very well. Very well indeed. She was the player on her team that the coach always told all the other girls to get the ball to. And dad didn’t even coach.
But “GET THE BALL TO ASHLEA!” coach and dad would scream from the sidelines.
She was worth a goal or two or on one occasion ELEVEN. That was the game that changed Mom and Dad’s outlook on where she was playing and how she was playing. We began looking into “premier” teams and found a great organization called Rio. We all soon learned that this was the way to go because she would be now amongst other “go to” girls and the competition was a lot greater than in AYSO.
After 6 years of play she is doing great in Rio. She is under a new coach (who dad thinks she just might have a crush on). We’ll deal with that later. Her affection for the game continues to grow with each passing practice and game. This year her team has moved into the traveling aspect of the game. The Muller’s packed up the SUV and headed to [of all beautiful places on planet earth where soccer is played] Las Cruces, New Mexico. Need to talk to the coach on that one. The competition was CRAZY. Being very close to El Paso and Mexico [where soccer is life] the girls her team faced down South were great. We didn’t have a good home town welcome from the referees though. There were a lot of poor calls [parental opinion] that didn’t seem to get called for the other team. She ended up having the only goal of the weekend for our team. They won only one game during the weekend. It wasn’t as successful as we all would have liked it to be, but it was a great learning experience and a great family trip. With that tournament being the last of her season, she is now moved her soccer game indoors for the first time. We are very excited to see what and where this pushes her game to. Just another avenue towards being Mia.
Tags: Ashlea
Inviite Aunt Sheila Next Time and she will take care of the ref’s
Ok, we will. I am sure that we can both get kicked out of the game for messing with the ref. But, not real sure we cared at that very moment.
[...] of Ashlea’s Soccer Team. As most of you know, she has been playing for 7 years now and has high aspirations for her soccer future. We are very proud of her diligence, perseverance and skills. She is always [...]