{"id":2790,"date":"2015-11-02T06:50:26","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T14:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.rsed.org\/?p=2790"},"modified":"2017-12-13T00:32:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-13T00:32:33","slug":"photos-new-stars-star-in-avaya-stadiums-best-game-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocketshipschools.org\/en\/latest-news\/blog\/photos-new-stars-star-in-avaya-stadiums-best-game-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Rocketeers star in Avaya Stadium’s ‘Best Game Ever’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Education can take you anywhere. In this case, excellent writing skills led a few lucky Rocketeers to the soccer game of their dreams – where they were the stars! Many Rocketeers play in San Jose’s New Stars soccer league<\/a>, an external league created for Rocketship students by Rocketship Enrichment Center Coordinators. While checking out the San Jose Earthquakes<\/a>‘s locker room, on what they thought was just a tour of the brand new Avaya Stadium, Rocketeers found out they had won the essay contest on why they deserved to play in the ‘Best Game Ever’.<\/p>\n

As they changed into new kits, courtesy of the stadium, the New Stars got ready to face the Richmond Sol – another U-10 youth team that had also won the essay contest. Both teams enjoyed all the excitement of a Major League Soccer game, including full team introductions, media coverage, halftime entertainment and a crowd of cheering fans. Earthquakes players Jordan Stewart and Tomas Gomez even served as honorary assistant coaches for each team! While the New Stars played hard and persisted through a tough game, they eventually fell to the Sol zero-to-one. As the team huddled with their coaches after the game though, the New Stars shared how grateful they were to live the opportunity of a lifetime.<\/p>\n

Catch our snaps from the game and relive all the excitement:<\/p>\n

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