Sleep in? Nope, awake before the sun....

And dive into 44 minutes full of adrenaline, excitement, pride and determination. 

Caleb had a game this morning, 6:30am, be there at 6:15am!  It was against a very tough team, Razzia.  What a ride!  Caleb was keeper first half.  He did incredible!  Even the parents on the other team were commenting on his great performance.  At half the score was 1-2.  We were down by one but because of Caleb they had only scored 2.  As I heard the other team's parent put it, "we should be ahead 10-1!"  They had taken 38 shots on Caleb in that first half.  Caleb's defense was terrific!  I mean, those boys know how to back each other up!!!  So, first half is done.  I was shaking so bad!  All that adrenaline.  All that cheering, stat keeping, and motherly/team pride. Caleb was supposed to be on field second half.........

But beginning of second half, he still had the keeper jersey on.........

He was walking out on the field with his gloves still on.......

He Was Still Keeper!

Oh the anxiety in my heart.  Oh the pride in my heart.  Oh the pressure on those shoulders.  He walked out there confident, determined and they all played like champions!  Caleb made terrific saves.  I have now coined several phrases for Caleb.  Sticky hands. Keeper stance. And today, Glory Jump!  He did it all.  He got the high balls, he charged when he needed to, he played with zero fear.  I could hear the other team's parents saying what a great keeper he was, how he knew when to time things.  He made me so proud today.  In the end though, they lost by 1.  1 freaking goal!  Glory ended  with 3 goals and Razzia had 4.  Caleb ended up taking 60 shots on goal, with 39 saves and 4 misses.  Did you read those stats?  Caleb was holding back the tears because his team did not bring home the win.  But those boys, not one of them played with anything less than their whole heart.  They did not stop until that final buzzer, they did not even stop then.  They scored a goal, after the time had run out!  Caleb's defense was awesome!  Caleb played with everything he had.  And at the team huddle, Coach commented that "Caleb is the reason we kept it so close and why we almost won."  I actually heard the team cheer when Coach said that.  Thank you, Coach.  Thank you team for supporting each other.  Thank you, Caleb.  For pushing yourself to be better than you thought and for making it so Razzia walks away, remembering who Utah Glory is, and that you are a great goal keeper.