Last Two Months - Futbol and Football

During our last two years in Spain, Cole enjoyed playing soccer with the school team at the American School of Barcelona and Rylan enjoyed playing flag football.  I wish that all my kids would have embraced soccer, since it is such an important part of Spanish culture.  Cole really became obsessed with the sport.  His love for soccer really defined his time in Spain.  Our last year, he played soccer almost every day and as a result he became quite good at it and it helped him to make friends in the neighbourhood.  Rylan also excelled in flag football, but it is not a very well known sport in Spain, so there were limited opportunities for him to play.

It was nice for Cole to win the MVP trophy at the end of the season for being the top scorer on his team.

Cole receiving the MVP award

Cole's team

Rylan's flag football team

 

Our first Fútbol game in Spain

We still have not managed to go to a Barça game (FC Barcelona).  It can be very difficult to buy tickets as well as expensive.  But this morning Cole had his first soccer game with ASB.  It was kind of fun to attend a kids' soccer game again after so many years.  Nathan played soccer in Brampton for 3 years, but never really got into it, by the time he turned 6 years old he was done.  Rylan and Ciara played recreational soccer for a few months, but were never part of a team.

Now that Cole is playing soccer for the school team, I feel like we are a little more Spanish :)  We get to stand on the sidelines cheering for our team like thousands of other soccer parents all over Spain.