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We’re just gearing up for the start of the 2016 Australian Winter football season.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n
Move over cricket, here come the soccer players!<\/b><\/div>\n
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After what seems to have been the shortest pre-season ever, <\/div>\n
 it didn’t help being away for all the warm -up matches,<\/div>\n
 yesterday was Round One of the Victorian Women’s National Premier League.<\/div>\n
So it’s football boots on and off we go!<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Ha! Well, that’s, of course, the right royal “we”, I’m just the crazy soccer Mum.<\/div>\n
This season looks to be calmer than last year when our family were either <\/div>\n
playing, coaching or assisting with seven matches over the course of a weekend.<\/div>\n
No wonder I’m crazy, just keeping everyone fuelled for optimum performance
was a challenge and my workout!<\/div>\n
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The photo I’m sharing this weekend is from Myanmar
when we stumbled upon a village soccer tournament.
What do you see?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Village football Yangon, Myanmar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I love seeing the Beautiful Game<\/i> being played around the world.
They might have no soccer boots, shin guards or socks but just look at the uniforms.
It might be a dust bowl of a pitch,
where no-one blinks an eyelid if a stray dog runs onto the pitch,
but just look at those smiles.<\/p>\n

One of the teams I have worked with for the past four seasons is a team of people seeking asylum.
What they tell us is that when they play soccer,
they are not Asylum Seekers, they are football players.<\/p>\n

There is a soccer quote that I love which says:
‘Every time I step onto the pitch, all my troubles go away.<\/i>
The only thing that matters on the pitch is the beautiful game.’ <\/i>(Anon)<\/i>

<\/i> And that, dear Bloggers, is why I am very happy to be a crazy soccer Mum!
I hope you have a lovely week.<\/p>\n

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Linking with My Sunday Photo<\/a><\/div>\n

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\"OneDad3Girls\"<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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