Lacy Boyd (11) goes in for a goal during the passing drill at the beginning of practice. Photo by Ashley Pajor.

I must say that after one practice with the varsity girls’ soccer team, I understand the importance of cleats.
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I must say that after one practice with the varsity girls’ soccer team, I understand the importance of cleats. These champions of the feet are the most indispensable tool of athletes today, but I suppose you are not here to read about my new-found admiration of sports footwear, but rather to entertain yourselves with my adventures 0n the soccer field. So, click on the jump and read on (and while you’re there, don’t forget to check out the photos)
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It’s time for my second go at a girls’ soccer practice. First, see my previous post here.

The only changes are I will now be practicing with varsity. The day before their first 5A playoff showing. Suffice it to say that I am extremely nervous.

However, as always, I will have Ashley by my side to, if nothing else, laugh very hard at the videos she takes, which, by the way, will be available here in a few hours.

In response to my previous post, I regret to inform you that soccer practice was cancelled for today. So, you will have to wait until next week to read about my adventures making a fool of myself. Ah, darn.

In a last-minute decision made only a few short hours ago, I will be doing my final On the Field with Ashley and Michael segment today. In a little under an hour-and-a-half, I will head out to the soccer fields, in this rainy, depressing weather to practice with JV Girls’ Soccer.
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