Some seasons begin with schedules and uniforms. This one begins with awareness. Carson has made the Varsity Soccer team at Colonial Forge High School for his senior year and with that simple announcement a chapter quietly starts to close. This is the last high school season. The last booster year. The final stretch of a journey that has shaped our family for more than a decade.
Carson has lettered in varsity soccer at five high schools over four years. That fact still feels unreal when I sit with it. Five different campuses. Five sets of teammates. Five communities that welcomed him mid story. From Kahaleo to the American International School of Israel to the American Overseas School of Rome to Bahrain School and now Colonial Forge High School, soccer has been the constant when everything else kept changing.
In 2025 Carson was named DODEA Europe Division Two Goalie of the Year and served as captain at Bahrain School. Awards are wonderful but what matters more is what earned them. Adaptability. Grit. Leadership built quickly and quietly. Standing in goal while learning new systems and new cultures and new expectations. Soccer gave him stability before he even realized he needed it.
For fourteen years club soccer dictated our calendar. Early mornings. Long drives. Flights packed with cleats and gloves. Fields in places we never imagined calling familiar. Soccer did more than build an athlete. It built resilience. It built confidence. It built a sense of belonging no matter where we landed next.
Now Carson is a Colonial Forge Eagle and as this final high school season kicks off we find ourselves both proud and grateful. Grateful for the coaches who believed in him quickly. Grateful for teammates who made room for him again. Grateful for a sport that gave our kid something steady when life was anything but.
As this chapter comes to a close we have one final ask. Please support Carson and the Colonial Forge Eagles one more season. Come to the games. Stand with the Green Wall. Cheer loudly for every senior stepping onto that field for the last time. Your presence has mattered for fourteen years and it matters now more than ever.
This season is not just about wins or saves or scoreboards. It is about finishing well. Together.