First Game

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Eddie had his first soccer game, and he was like a kid in the candy store. His first game just happened to coincide w/ Emmett's preschool graduation...which he tried unsuccessfully to get out of going to by saying that Emmett is not technically graduating from preschool this year...he has one year left. Very true. But he still went at halftime. They won their first game by some crazy score...15 to 1 or something like that. They (meaning Eddie's co-partner in crime, the assistant brew master, Charlie) have strategically asked some soccer pros to play on their team, and shockingly four of them have said yes. Two of them were there tonight....the African-American man, Freddie, and the guy across form him, Jon. Eddie and Charlie know these two men (well...they're really still boys! In their young 20's...remember those days?) , because they coach Owen's select soccer team. Anyway, I think the soccer pros have agreed to play on their team simply because of the promise of free beer. Since a lot of the guys on the team are AB folk, there is always a cooler full at both practices and games. It's amusing to watch. These soccer pros are so exceptionally good that they look like they're half playing....toying around w/ everyone else. Although, Jon got his foot on the ball for a long kick at one point, and I tell you, he came real close to taking Eddie's head off. WOW! can they kick! The big test is this Wednesday when they play what has been historically the number one team in the league...Soccer Central. Stay tuned.