May. 21, 2008 - Saturday Soccer
This spring my family is participated on the Saturday Soccer League which is made up entirely of homeschool families! We initially became involved with this group for Sam as there were no opportunities in our area for homeschooled, high school players. Sam made a lot of friends, had a lot of fun and still got to play soccer. The rest of my kids were involved with the local city soccer league, which we had participated in for over ten years. But this year, when I sat down to figure out how much it was going to cost to put three children on the league, I just didn't see how we could do it! For three kids WITH new mandatory uniforms, the cost came to around $300! To put four kids on the Saturday Soccer League was around $100! But this past Saturday as I watched the kids play, I started to think of some of the other benefits my family was getting out of being on this different league. Most importantly to me as a soccer mom, I am not driving to different counties for different games all weekend long! The gas money alone is a significant savings! Soccer goes from about 9:45 to 12:00 on Saturday and then its DONE! There are no practices, no Sunday games, nothing late Saturday afternoon. My family can now take off for Lake Erie, or the park, work in our garden, or anything else we want to do as a family without having our time managed around the soccer schedule. We are also meeting other homeschooled families which is always a good opportunity. The league also tries to keep families together. Izzy, Noah and Gabe are on the same team with another family of farm children! Oh the stories they are hearing about life on the farm! And the stories those farm kids will hear about life in the hood! Talk about multiculturalism. The founders of this league started it because they too were concerned about costs and the breakup of their family during soccer season. They started with just a few players and now they have four high school teams, three JV, some elemetary teams and even a small DD. Plus there is a waiting list to get in! This is just the best example in my experience of homeschoolers finding a need and filling it. And I'm so glad we found them! Scenes from Saturday Soccer in the park!
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