Vegas Soccer with Gage (Part 1 of 2)

 

We just arrived for a Vegas soccer trip for Gage's team (2010 B ECRL) with Edge and I was able to come along as a chaperone again.  This is a pretty fun group of guys and generally not too rowdy, so hoping for a good weekend.

We stayed at the SpringHill Suites by Marriot in Las Vegas which is about two blocks off of the Strip towards the North end.  Vegas is one of these destination places for youth soccer tournaments but always pretty difficult to keep teenage boys focused and under control this close to City That Never Sleeps.  We did get them to bed and here we are heading out the next morning for the first game.  We played OV Toros FC 2010B and ended up coming through with a clean sheet win 2-0 to start the day.

The hard thing with these tournaments is that you never quite know where the fields are in the city when you book hotels and you never know the times you will play.  These games were actually over in Henderson which is about a 25–30-minute drive away from the hotel.  We were treated to a nice sunset as the boys were arriving for their second game under the lights.  

Here is Gage, obviously overly excited for me to be taking a picture of him again.  He's got a few fingers lightly banged up but is playing some great soccer with his team.  The second game was against Future FC (CAS) B10 NPL.  They ended up losing their second game 1-0 in a tight match but are playing some good soccer.  There is one more scheduled match tomorrow and then we will see where we stand in the group play to move on to the final games.