This friday was the final week of soccer for Toby and his team of Coyotes. Friday morning had been lovely – a crisp autumnal morning with some lovely sunshine. Come the afternoon however all had changed, it was raining. In fact it wasn’t just raining, the heavens had well and truly opened. And what’s more they stayed open! It was hideous!
At just after 4pm we left home (I was working from home) and drove up to Issaquah Highlands, parked the car and walked over to the pitches. By the time we found the Coyotes pitch we were all completely soaked, including Harry and Tracy who had come to watch the superstar that is Toby.
This week, the Coyotes final match was against the Eagles. The Eagles only had two players which meant we could either, go home, thrash them, or give them a player. I asked the Coyotes if anyone wanted to join the Eagles and Toby volunteered. So not only was it pouring with rain, Coyotes had 2 players who clearly didn’t want to be there (Ian and Alex), one who had so many layers on he could barely move (Mark), one who hadn’t turned up (Kadan), the talented french boy who wouldn’t take his red mac off (Enguerrand) and the best player who had joined the Eagles for this game (Toby). It didn’t bode well.
As expected the Coyotes took a bit of a beating! I think the final score may have been a 7-1. So in their final week the Coyotes lost their first game. The good news is that Toby played for the Eagles and scored a hat-trick for his new team. And without wishing to highlight that Toby is a superstar, the only time the Coyotes scored was when he was off the pitch having his shoe lace tied!
At the end of the game Toby rejoined his Coyote team mates and collected his first football trophy as reward for his efforts over the previous eight weeks. So despite the cold, wind and rain the afternoon had a happy ending with a hat-trick and a trophy:
