They're not bad. We had a scrimmage with them on our home fields and beat them 2-1.

[Yes! Talking about the game is good. It's helping him get his mind off of being sick, anyway.]

I'm hoping I can score a goal tonight.

[He can picture it now - straight into the net, he does a sweet victory move, the crowd goes wild! He's pretty sure that if he can get an opening, he can do it. Their goalie isn't all that great.]