First Soccer Game

It was a beautiful day to play soccer.  It was just the right temperature not too hot and not too cold.  Xuelian woke up and told Tim that she needed a good breakfast because she had to be ready for her game.  I think she had sausage, eggs, fruit and orange juice.  Xuelian had a great time playing in her first soccer game.  It was great to see her having fun but was painful to watch as well.  There are a bunch of new (to soccer) kids on the team including her.  They are playing against kids who have been playing soccer for a couple of years.  Well it was a blow out.  I know it was at least 10 to nothing.  She and the other new players didn't know what they were supposed to do and none of the coaches said anything.  I think I need to talk to the coaches at practice.  I've never played soccer.   I would like to know what she should be doing so that I can help her learn.  What I noticed was that they would say you are defending now.  Well the kids didn't know what you need to do when you are defending.  I think the coaches don't realize that when you have never played before you need to be spoon fed what you are suppose to do.  When we started yelling from the side lines what to do they jumped in.  I hope this week goes better.  It would be great for team moral if they could at least score and not be shut out.  I also think that some of the nervousness will be gone.  She wants to learn and play well so hopefully we'll see improvements every week.  I know this was hard for her she came home upset because she didn't know what to do.  I told her there is no where to go but up from here and that we'll help her learn the game.