A year ago today, my son played his final soccer game. It was the culmination of years of taking him to practices and games, and it was hard to see it all end. Quite frankly, it had been such a big part of my life that I wasn’t sure how I was going to handle it all ending. It was […]
Tag: Soccer
A World Cup Surprise – Circa 1950
I’m not even sure how to tell this story, but I’m going to give it a shot. A week ago today started out as normal as any other day. I had scheduled the day off to travel to St. Louis to see my friend Norb Thurmer, a fastpitch softball legend as a sponsor and coach who I think knows everything […]
Precious Free Time – A Guest Blog
Note: The following was submitted by friend Roger Walker as he reflects on the end of his son Chance’s soccer career. Chance was both a college All-Conference and Honorable Mention All-American Goalie (in addition to numerous high school awards) at the University of Illinois at Springfield. As an student, he also made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll and graduated in […]