making history

Yesterday, ASIJ girls soccer made it to the championship game and ended up beating Kubasaki 1-0. That was the FIRST time in history that an Okinawan team didn't win. Here is a small excerpt from the stars and stripes news paper. I'm sure there will be a longer article later on today.

"Away goes the bitter taste from the mouths of the American School In Japan Mustangs girls, who suffered an 8-1 defeat against Kadena in the 2006 Girls Class AA final. They rebounded smartly for a 1-0 shutout of defending champion Kubasaki in Friday's title tilt. Junior Ivie Myntti's 10th goal of the season was also the Mustangs' most important in their school-best 15-2-1 campaign."

ASIJ now finally has a far east banner.

Coach Carlos and I

a toast to the future

I just got my cap and gown pictures back. I can't believe I have a month left until I graduate. . .

Now I'll be off to bigger and better things as I say goodbye to my fellow mustangs and say hello to my future cougars. =]

the team to beat. . .

These are the current stats for the Kanto League and below is an article that was in the stars and stripes newspaper.

KANTO LEAGUE - V GIRLS SOCCER STATS - SY 07-08
		Games				Goals
#	School	PLD	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	ASIJ	7	7	0	0	42	0	42	21
2	ZAMA	6	4	0	2	22	7	15	12
3	YOKOTA	6	4	0	2	17	8	9	12
4	KINNICK	4	2	0	2	10	4	6	6
5	ISSH	7	1	0	6	2	28	-26	3
6	SEISEN	6	0	0	6	1	47	-46	0
	NO LEAGUE GAMES
7	CAJ	4	2	1	1	16	6	10	7
8	YIS	6	2	0	4	9	20	-11	6
9	ST. MAUR	5	1	1	3	11	22	-11	4

ASIJ girls improve to 5-0, loom as Class AA title threat

What might be the best girls soccer team in American School In Japan’s history continued its torrid run Saturday, beating Yokota 1-0 on Laura Inglesrud’s ninth goal of the season.

The Mustangs (5-0) have outscored their foes 27-0. Coach Matt Whipple of Yokota (10-2) sees ASIJ, which finished seventh last year, as a legitimate threat to win the Far East Class AA title.

“They play really good defense and their transition game is strong,” Whipple said. “They’re one of the best in the Kanto Plain.”

ASIJ coach Carlos Aranda credits the play of junior Melissa Walker, a transfer from Connecticut who plays a variety of defensive positions. “We’re definitely better than we were last year,” Aranda said.

Katelyn

Just a side note - ASIJ Varsity Soccer won our 5th game today against the toughest in the league and beat them 1-0. We're now 5 and 0 with NO goals against us =]


Anyway, my brother and sister-in-law went to take pictures of my niece. I just needed to say, it's official, I have the cutest niece EVERRRR! I can't wait to be just down the road from them next year =]. Not to mention there will be a new little girl to welcome to the family!

keeper

I missed out last year playing soccer so I was really excited for this season. My coach is from Paraguay and played professionally there so he knows what he's doing. Here's a picture from one of my games

Springroove

Last weekend I got to go to Springroove. Unfortunately they had three different stages so I wasn't able to see EVERYONE that was there. I missed out on Rihanna cause I was in the very front for Kanye West and my friends and I didn't want to loose our spot. All my videos are up on facebook but here are a few pictures from my awesome night =]
Sean Kingston!


Kanye West

I also have pictures from N*E*R*D* and Ne-Yo but it takes too long for my computer to upload them so maybe later. OR just check out my facebook =]

sweet serenity

Unfortunately spring break is over and we're back in Tokyo. We got to go to Bali, Indonesia and it was absolutely beautiful. My favorite vacation -- AFTER Fiji :] Here are a couple pictures. . .








Then heres a video of Kurtis playing with these cute kids from Bali. I wanted to take the girl home with me!