Random thoughts and observations
This picture shows son Michael in action for Hannans Sharks. Michael’s team has gone undefeated through the past two seasons. Michael scored nine goals this year, mostly playing in the midfield. His team won the league championship and the knockout cup. Michael has been selected in the Goldfields Country Week side to play in Perth [...]
Michael scored a great goal at soccer today. He made a break from inside his own half, beat three opponents in a solo run and nailed it high into the net. Michael is a defensive midfielder who doesn’t score many goals, so I was very pleased for him. He’s an unselfish player who sets up [...]
I had intended to try the new camera at junior soccer this afternoon but I was asked to be linesman at the games for both Michael (under 12) and Kathleen (under 14). I wasn’t brought up following soccer, I take only a passing interest in high-level matches and unsurprisingly I know very little about the [...]
The junior soccer season opened in Kalgoorlie today. Michael (pictured) is playing in the under 12 division for Hannans Sharks. Kathleen is playing for Hannans College in under 14s, which meant I spent more than four hours this afternoon at the playing fields. Michael is a very skilful player. He shows a lot of natural [...]
A total of 55,436 people attended the A-League soccer final won 6-0 by Melbourne Victory. Soccer is now a mainstream spectator sport in Australia. Archie Thompson scored five goals, just the sixth ever A-League hat-trick and the most goal by an individual in any A-League match.
