In honor of the Football Soccer World Cup, I relive my own athletic glory days and present to you the terror of the 1978 Springfield, Virginia Spring Soccer League…
The Sabers. We were undefeated. We were the champeens.
I played soccer (spring, summer, fall, indoor, jv, you name it) every year from kindergarten up through my junior year of high school, but the Sabers was hands-down the best team I was ever on. In the fall, the team reformed with a few more players and became the Sabers II, but as with many other sequels did not fare as well.
So let’s hear it then: Two, four, six, eight, who do we appreciate? THE SABERS! THE SABERS! YEAHHHHHHH!
By the way, that’s me to the left of the sign.
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Man I played soccer every season too through all of elementary school…I hated it though.
My very 1st year my parents accidentally dropped me off where a girl’s team of 5 year olds were playing…I hung out for awhile before the coaches realized that I was in the wrong place.
How horrible.
–RC of strangeculture.blogspot.com
Ah, fond memories of elementary soccer leagues. It may not be the quintessential American sport, but soccer is probably the most commonly played organized sport among kids in the U.S.
I love your mom for putting you in socks that match your uniform!