Life has a fun way of surprising you.  Last weekend, I got a call from the commissioner of the White House Youth Soccer League and he asked if I would be willing to coach Zander's team this year.  Apparently, coaches are a little hard to come by in White House (probably due, at least in part, to the city's obsession with baseball) so because I had volunteered to be an Assistant Coach, he asked if I could just take on the Head Coach role.  I accepted, and yesterday was the "draft".  I have to explain, the draft consisted of the 5 coaches picking applications out of a stack in turn, though it probably wouldn't have mattered, as I didn't know these kids from Cain and Abel (get it?  Adam's kids?  Yeah, it's early).

Anyway, I got what appear to be a great collection of boys to play in the U(nder)8 Class.  I never thought I'd say it, but I'm very much looking forward to coaching.  I remember both the good and the bad coaches I had growing up, and this will give me an opportunity to practice some managerial skills away from work.  We'll have some exhausted kids I'm sure, as in U8, they play 5 on 5 with a goalie, and a larger field.  They'll be running to death.

Funny note, Zander is the smallest kid on the team, from what I can tell, and is certainly the second youngest.  I hope he's not too overwhelmed, and I hope he's grown up enough to not just want to fall down on the field all the time like he did in U5.  Either way, this should be a very fun fall.