In the soccer league Zeke played in, they didn’t have goalies. If a kid could dribble the ball close enough to attempt a shot, it was considered a success. For some kids, if they could just kick the ball it was a success. But one team he played, every time the ball went on their side of the field, one of the players would immediately run straight to the goal and guard it. It wasn’t always the same player, so you could tell they had been coached to do this. Sometimes the players didn’t get the memo and three of them would run back to the goal (which would in turn cover the entire goal). They were going to guard the goal and not let the ball get in (but even with a goalie, they weren’t super successful at it).
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