Sunday March 20th was the Clifton Park Soccer Club Cobras first out door game of the year. It was also Game 1 of Round 1 of the 2016 US Youth Soccer Eastern NY State Championship U12SS played at Colonie, NY. The weather was chilly, but thankfully there was no wind making it very tolerable with a light coat and gloves.

The game kicked-off at 1 pm and it was moderately overcast making for very favorable shooting conditions with minimal shadows. It was a very exciting game resulting in a 2-2 tie at half time and the Cobras ultimately pulling away in the second half to win 5-2. Interestingly, the Cobras had lost to the Colonie team twice in a row during indoor play including a game the day before...go figure. 

I shot with the Canon 7D Mark II and the Canon EF 100-400 F/4.5-5.6L IS USM lens from the parents sideline. Unfortunately in these games, parents are only allowed on one side of the field making for limited camera angles. In all, I took some 900+ photos ultimately culling those down to approximately 200 images. Of those 200 images, I've pulled my favorites into this post. I must say, of those 900 images I found less than 10 photos out of focus or back-focussed; the Canon 7D Mark II does a really great job in this environment.

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