After years of training, Gracie finally realized her dream of playing soccer as she was drafted in an undisclosed round of the Parks and Recreation 5-7 year old league by the Green Team.
"We wanted to call and let her know she made a squad," Coach Pardue said. "We look forward to having one or two practices before we start playing games."
The tryouts were an grueling 45 minutes of running the length of the field and back without getting distracted, dribbling in-between cones and shooting toward the net and a long lap around the entire field. While Gracie did not dominate the tryouts, her pink soccer socks, pink sneakers, and pink ribbons on her pigtails were clearly what the talent scouts were looking for.
One of the youngest players in the league (she made the age deadline by three days), Gracie looks forward to the season.
"Daddy! That was fun! But why does the field have two goals?"
