The school district organizes an indoor soccer tournament for all the 4th, 5th and 6th graders in the area. Usually the teams are divided into boy and girl teams, but if a class doesn’t have enough participants of one gender or the other, they are allowed to have a mixed group. But they have to choose to compete in either the boy or girl category, usually determined by the majority of what makes up their team. Sophie decided to join her team and had a great time practicing with everyone during p.e. instead of having to do the normal games/exercises.
On a Wednesday afternoon, the kids and I all went down to the school in Affoltern to cheer her on. 
The volunteer coach, who is one of the girls’ dad, is really good about making sure everyone gets to rotate through and has time to play. I also appreciated that he didn’t get all crazy and yell and scream, even though it was a close game.
All teams are guaranteed 3 games, each lasting 10 minutes. At the end of the round robin, the top teams compete for the championships. Unfortunately, the (insert name of the team here) didn’t make it to any of the extra games. But Sophie still had a good time and was glad that she had participated.
Such sad, sweet little faces. 🙁 Better luck next time, girls!