Soccer Nights

Session Two Assignments

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Dani, Assistant Coach, Red Division- “I was part of the Red Rockin’ Hawks and we won which was awesome, but it was really great to see their sportsmanship with each other. They didn’t boast about winning. They were cool about doing the high five thing and they actually earned a lot of crowns for that. I think my best memory was Nathaneal who joined our team late in the week. He didn’t know the other kids, but he came in with the best team spirit ever. Every time we played a match, he was cheering for our team like crazy. And it was really cool to see.”

Sarah, Curriculum Volunteer, Red Divison-  “The kids really seem to like the curriculum. They’re very creative. When we were trying to get our bubbles done, we made it a competition because they were engaging in a lot of conversation, which was good, so we kind of said the first team to finish their field of dreams gets 15 crowns and the next team gets like 10, so everyone was helping each other by adding pictures, helping with spelling, etc. So it was definitely a team effort adding a little a competition to it. And the division boards look really great and they were really proud of it.”
 
Dagmawi, Assistant Coach, Blue Division – “So it was water break time and this kid was pressing on the water button. Then after 5 minutes he was still doing it without a cup underneath. Then Nolan said, ‘What are you doing?’ And the kid said, ‘The grass needs water.’ He thought the terfe was the grass.” 
 
Galen, Team Coach, Blue Division- “There’s 2 things I want to say. The first thing- the king of the night was Jack and there was another boy who was having a hard today. Every time he got bumped or the other team scored, anything, he was in tears and he needed constant consoling. During one of games, this happened for the umpteenth time and I’m getting tired. Then I look around and notice Jack had his arm around this boy and said, ‘It’s ok, we have so much more time. We’re going to keep going!’ and Jack was doing this constantly. Not just with this boy but with everyone on our team. And it was really encouraging to see and definitely made my night. I also want to give a shout out to someone who has gone unsung this week. She’s like the hardest working person no this field. And that’s Chihiro. So Chiriho has been one-on- one with Matt who has been running around like a crazy man all week. And she’s been nonstop with him, constantly running, and constantly working and keeping him engaged. And so she deserves a lot of rounds of applause.”

Chris, Division Leader, Green Division- “So actually mine is the story for what I saw this week. At the beginning of the week we didn’t have the best sportsmanship in the older division. But during the game today there was a hand ball that led to a goal. And the coaches were like what should we do? Is it a penalty? We’re not quite sure. A kid on the same team as the guy who used his hand said, ‘That’s a hand ball, we can’t use it. That’s not a goal.’ And the kids solved it themselves, decided it wasn’t a goal, and just started playing again. So I was like yes, that’s exactly how the game should be played!”

 Jubril, Assistant Coach, Orange Division- “Well, I just have a story about some guy on my team, Matt. So, I asked him what he wanted to do for his dream. He said he wanted to be a wrestler, not a wrestler but a WWF student. So I said how are you going to accomplish that? And he said, he doesn’t know. So I gave him some ideas like you have to be strong. And in order to be strong you need to participate in more open field stuff, play more soccer, do some athletic stuff, and he said ok. I would also like to say my team has been losing a lot all week, but tonight was their best night if I could say that. They did 3 matches, all ended 0-0, so they have good defense. And finally they won a game 2-1 or 1-0, so that was really great to see their team spirit come out.”

 Katie & Stephanie, Lead Volunteers, Parent Pals- “So tonight we had the mom’s game which was incredible. I wish you all could have snuck over to watch. The moms were so engaged. They had so much fun. I couldn’t stop smiling watching them. And yeah, it was just really sweet for them to be able to participate. Yeah there were so many that they had to start saying, ‘There are too many people on this field. Some people have to sit out.’ It was cool because the parent pals last year started it and so it was like this tradition that was already set in stone, so it’s really a testament to Susanna and IDA. There were probably like 2 dozen moms? It was really intense and I’m def going to be sore tomorrow. WE had a few other cool stories. So I talked to one group of moms and they all spoke very little English, but it was all their first time at the program. They were just so grateful and said their friend told them about it, and they were so glad they were there. But maybe the one that stood out the most to me was a mom who came up. Her daughter was in the red division, so it was her first time doing it. She said,’ Yeah, it’s so great. We just love that it’s our program and it’s in our neighborhood. And I asked her. She said her daughter was doing summer camp, but it was clear that she felt ownership of Soccer Nights and was so proud of it. Like this is ours in our neighborhood. We are so lucky to live here and have this be in our neighborhood. ”

 Kaiti, Site Coordinator, North Cambridge- “I would like all of us to have a moment of silence for the logistics team. They’re not here right now because all night they’ve been taking trips to and from the church to take all the equipment back so we don’t’ have to. 5 years ago we went home at midnight. So let’s thank them when they get back.”

Susanna, Volunteer, 3-5 Year Olds- “I wanted to share that the 3-5 Year Olds is a very admirable group because of Nia, Kai, & Debbie. Every part of Soccer Nights is amazing because you’re engaging with kids all the time, but with 3-5 year olds, they’re too small to have a real schedule of things to do, so these wonderful people are responding to every moment and every impulsive kid thing with patience and kindness, and it’s really cool. And one thing that I noticed that the little kids do is if you look away, and they’re talking to you, they’ll take your face and bring it back to look at them. So it’s that kind of thing that you’re having to coach all the time. So, good job to them. If they weren’t there, you’d have like 30 toddlers running through your scrimmages, so thank you guys.”