Sunny Florida Here We Come

As if to make up for the brutal game in February, Reese's team headed south to Tampa to play in the ECNL Showcase. Since John had gotten to go to the snow game, Sarah made the sacrifice of heading to Florida with Reese. Their first stop was beach in Siesta Key. Let the fun begin!
 

The ECNL folks flood their social media accounts with pictures during each showcase, and Reese was excited to learn that this one appeared on Instagram one morning. There were Sophie and Reese headed to the field for an 8am kickoff. The sun was just rising as these two made their way to the field but probably were talking more about the beach plans for later in the day than soccer tactics. 

 

Not only were they able to spend the day at the beach but they also cleaned up to have a nice dinner on the water as well. Since Sophie's sister was also playing, Sarah got to take Reese and Sophie for the day. They are a fun duo and could have gone well into the evening but because of another early morning game the night had to end relatively early.

 

 

The second to last night of the trip Sarah and Reese met up with the girls from the 2011 team who were also at the Showcase. It was a fun evening where the girls played volleyball and Mary and Reese took a sunset swim before heading to dinner. 

 

The night was beautiful, the water was warm, and the company was very enjoyable. If the sun hadn't set we might never have gotten Reese and Mary out of the water. 

This team was super welcoming to Reese, which is great for many reasons, but especially because this is the team she will be playing on when the age groups change for the 26-27 club soccer season. And some of these girls will also be playing high school soccer with Reese in the fall. It was a great trip overall and the soccer games were good too.