SOCCER GAME

My kids did a super job, they made it to the championship round to be crowned best junior high soccer team in hyogo ken (state). Coach Kusaka is really cool, so headed out early to support the kids. It was nice and cold as when i got to himeji it was snowing. The game had a nice snow shower, but they fought on. It was the country kids, my kids versus the city boys of Kobe. It was back and forth for a long time, we had super offense kids, but they had nice mid fielders, so the ball was going crazy in the middle. It was close til the end, it was 1-1 until a miscue in the box had my kids down 2-1 in the final minute. Then another utter collapse in the last seconds to finish 3-1. It was a loss, but the coach wasnt screaming or yelling like many other japanese coaches, but he was cool and calm and just chatted with the team. So it was really cool to see that. In the end the kids were a bit down, but nothing like some tangerines and bananas to make em happy again. Better luck in the spring kids! がんばて!