Unfortunately they lost, and I was kind of bummed. They had traded Freddy Moojen to Chicago last week and it came back to bite them today. He scored twice! One of the things that they do at the arena is sell little soccer balls for $1. Then during halftime everyone throws them onto the field and trys to get closest to the flag. The winner gets a $100 gift certificate to a soccer store. Sam and his friends always participate, but instead of trying to get it close to the flag they throw it to the other side of the stadium and try to hit someone. Aren't they sweet?? So today I buy a ball and Sam buys one (with my money LOL) He tells me that he is going to try to hit someone on the other side and I tell him that he is wasting $1. He tells me that since the money goes to charity, Grassroots Soccer, that it shouldn't matter, so I agree and tell him to go for it. I throw my ball and get it no where near the flag. When they announce the winner, ball #816, I couldn't remember if Sam's was 819 or 816. Then I remember that it was 816, because when he showed the ball to me I first thought it said big (the numbers looked like letters when I first saw it). I couldn't believe that he won until they announced his name. He was in the bathroom and I couldn't wait for him to come back. I was so excited! When he got back and I told him that he won, he couldn't believe it either. He had thrown it to the other side. We figure that he threw it, someone either caught it or picked it up and threw it back onto the field. We were cracking up. A few minutes after he got his gift certificate, the Ironmen dancers came on the field and threw mini soccer balls and shirts into the stands. Sam caught one of the mini balls. The woman sitting behind us said "Wow...it sure is his lucky day" It sure was!
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Congrats to Sam on his lucky day! That's awesome!!
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