Playing up, and waiting for minutes.
An independent Bangalore grassroots league at Aura Sports Arena, played 7-a-side. Avyaan is with Sporthood Elite here and playing up at U-11. The opening day brought two comfortable wins — 10–0 and 4–0 — but very little pitch time: barely eight to ten minutes across the second game. What he did get, he used, with a goal and two assists in that first half. The league runs over five weeks.
Goals and assists are family-recorded from match reports, video and observation — grassroots tournaments don’t keep official stats. How we keep the record.
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The competitionPart of Mini Dribblers League (MDL)
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On the listThis is the sides his team actually played, from the match record — the full tournament field fills in as it’s shared.
The lead-up — the travel, the setting, the small moments before kick-off.Coming soon
The opening day went the team’s way twice over — 10–0 against BYSS, then 4–0 against JBS RM, all four of those in the first half. Neither opponent was especially competitive, and the wins were comfortable enough that the result was never the story of the day.
The story was game time. He barely featured in the first match and got eight to ten minutes in the second — around a quarter of it. In that spell he scored one and set up two, which is the part worth holding on to: he is playing up an age group here, and the minutes will have to be earned rather than given.
What it taught him — on the pitch and off it.Coming soon
The candid read: what stood out, and what still needs work.Coming soon
In the coach’s own words.Coming soon
What other parents noticed, and shared.Coming soon
Photos and moments from the tournament.Coming soon
The off-pitch record — dashes mark what’s still to be recorded.
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