Kenna's new Forza team is still trying to mesh. The girls are all darling and they are all bonding and having so much fun together and on the field, the girls are really improving at each game. After one of the Park City games, Ray even told the girls he was 'giddy' about the way they had played. Now that's huge coming from Ray because he's not one to give lots of compliments or to ever be giddy and the girls knew that meant so much. In Park City's tournament the girls lost their first game (without Kenna because she was at girls camp) 5-0, then the second 4-0 and then tied 1-1...so no medals, which is something these girls aren't used to. Usually they sweep the competition all tournaments. But this is a new team and a new level of play in the premier level. This past weekend was the Sparta Cup in West Jordan. Kenna played two games on Thursday and beat Celtic Storm 2-0 and then played Soulie's team and only lost 1-0 (they played Soulie's team in Park City and lost 5-0, so there's improvement after one week) and then played Sparta and lost 2-0...bummer, but still Ray was ecstatic because Sparta is one of the top premier teams in the state and to only lose by two was awesome.
After the game, Ray sat the girls down and went over the game. He then addressed Kenna in front of the whole team and said "Kenna, I came on as your coach about 2 years ago and knew then that you were a phenomenal keeper for your age group, but seeing you now and how you've grown, you sucked back then :) not really, but watching you play now, you could easily be one of the top premier keepers in the state of Utah!" Wow!! All her team mates cheered and clapped for her. She was on cloud nine the rest of the night!! Weekly she trains with Emalee Tate, the new Clearfield girls soccer coach and world ranked keeper, and Emalee is changing the way McKenna plays her position...she works Kenna so hard and Kenna loves it and loves her! This is a great time in Kenna's life...but just last night she questioned whether she should try out for volleyball at Legacy because she's loving soccer so much. I asked her to pray about it, but Garrett and I both hope she will still try out for volleyball because it's such a fun part of Jr High and keeps her connected with so many cute girls...we'll see what these next few weeks bring.
