Saturday, February 14, 2004:
Sarah has her first indoor soccer game of the season, with this new team. They’re all thirteen. She’s ten, and tiny in comparison. She’s tentative at first, and then! A bicycle kick, for heaven’s sake. That pass, that positioning, that sniper’s goal. She goes to the slot, backs out a bit, and lets the ball come. Sharon continues the account later on. “She blasted it right in with her right foot.” “My left foot, actually,” says Sarah.