Welp! Here we are! We had planned to stay rec with Drew's soccer but after playing him 'up' an age and wasting a season with a terrible team he needed more. We started exploring all of the local clubs and he found one that he was super stuck on. He loved the family atmosphere and the boys and it seemed like the perfect fit. Fast forward until THREE DAYS before signing day and the team imploded. Too many boys were leaving, there was words between the coaches and the club owner, etc, etc. I guess this stuff happens all of the time but we feel truly lucky and blessed by what happened next. I reached out to a mom friend on his second choice club to maybe ask their coach if there was still a keeper spot and she immediately called him. Right away he said yes fully knowing he'd be relieving one of the keepers they had already verbally offered a slot too. It made me sick to my stomach but that's the world of club soccer. This team has two keepers unlike the other one he was going to sign with meaning he'll have to fight for playing time but he's up to the challenge and super excited. A few of the boys from the other team are also on the same time as well as one of his best friends from school. It's also a level up to ECNL - RL and will be some challenging games for him only helping him to develope even more. And lastly his private keeper coach is the club keeper coach so it's almost as if it was meant to be. Either way we are so proud of him for this leap and it's going to be a great year. Send money though as WHEW this club is expensive!! HA!
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