My first soccer practice today was disastrous. First, my cleats were all bent out of shape from sitting at the bottom of my luggage. I couldn´t take a good touch for the first 30 minutes. Second, the team was totally out of it that day. No one wanted to be there, and they showed it by lazily letting everything by them. There was one kid who played pickup soccer at the park with me who played hard and well, but everyone else did terrible. Third, there was only one coach and 16 kids and whoever the coach wasn´t yelling at started messing around. The coach got totally fed up and ended practice half and hour early.

On a better note, the players play well together and all have good skill, so I look forward to better days than today.