Soccer - Simpson Style (videos)

The FIFA World Cup soccer tournament is going on right now.

In honor of that, here are some relevant video clips from The Simpsons episode, "The Cartridge Family".

How the rest of the world sees soccer:



How we usually perceive soccer:

Soccer Tournament August 2009

Bennett, entering 12th grade, participated in a soccer tournament hosted by Heritage Christian Academy in Kalamazoo.

We won the tournament!

Four teams each played 3 games.  Our school's team played in the first game, beating the host team 2-1.  Both our goals were from penalty kicks.

Our next game was at around 1:00 PM.  Unfortunately, we lost that game 0-1.

Our third game, the final game of the tournament, started around 3:30 PM.  The game ended tied at 0-0, so we had a penalty kick shootout.  We won that 4-3.  Very exciting, as it came down to the final shot of the shootout  That game's win earned our team 1st place for the tournament.

Bennett played pretty well, getting some play time in each game.

The weather was very un-summerlike.  Throughout the morning and part of the afternoon, it was mostly overcast, chilly, and damp, with occasional breezes.  Midafternoon the sun came out and the clouds cleared.

Below is a slideshow of pictures I took.  A large majority of the pictures feature Bennett.  He is player #4.  For those pictures of the penalty shootout, our goalie is the one wearing green shorts.