Soccer moment ~ First image post to test this out

[LokiZ]

Just an image from my son's soccer game today. Should have been using a tripod but my video camera was using since wife was out of town. My son is the blond, second from the left. Enjoy and comments welcome.

Image details: Image is cropped
Camera Model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT
Shooting Date/Time 8/11/2007 9:38:07 AM
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/640
Av( Aperture Value ) 8.0
Metering Mode Evaluative Metering
ISO Speed 400
Lens 75.0 - 300.0 mm
Focal Length 155.0 mm

 

[LaFoto]

Are they all boys or is this a mixed team?
Nice one, I like it. You must have decided WHY you wanted to crop it to this size - what was in the way, compositionally? Care to tell us? Did you also blur out the background later, in post processing?