thanksgiving soccer

As some of you may know, every year on Thanksgiving I (pretend to know how to...) play soccer. This year was the 36th year of carrying out the tradition which started with my parents and their friends their first year out of college when they didn't have enough money to travel home or to cook a delicious meal. So, they said, let's just get together and play football! They continued this tradition every year until everyone started having kids and they decided football was a bit rough, at which point they changed the game to soccer. It's been funny watching the game change over the years, from a bunch of little kids running around to a bunch of super fit, strong adolescents, to a bunch of out-of-shape college kids hungover from the night before. Our parents, the founders of the game, have gotten slightly less limber and speedy over the years, but we all still come together to play every year, 10 am, Greely High School.

Captain #1, Harry

Captain #2, Mike

Pure intensity

Joey the amazing goalkeeper