It is gameday. I arrive at the school at the usual time of a quarter till five. I grab my bag of things I need for the night and I make my walk from the parking lot into the locker room. I get inside of the locker room and I see all of the familiar faces that I have grown accustomed to seeing nearly every day for a couple of hours. I am so close to all of these guys on the football team. We are all so similar. Coach Carpenter comes out and conducts are usual ritual of our pregame walk through. When that was over I was able to see how different we actually are when getting ready for the games. I look to my right and see guys on their phones, texting their girlfriends about plans for the weekend and not even thinking about the playing time that they don’t have. I look to my left and I see the outcasts of the team. Some keeping to themselves in their own little world, others trying their best to fit into the groups of people around the place. You can hear the sounds of the laughter coming from straight ahead. The ornery group of friends on the team are usually up to no good, messing around to pass time before we take the field. Behind me I know are the underclassman, all dreaming of their days of making it under the lights and living the dreams they have had since they were young. Outside the doors of our locker room is a small area that guys enjoy tossing the football around or wait for our team trainer to tape them up. You have players and coaches. Waterboys and trainers.
Most people believe soccer is nothing but just a game , but for me, it's more than a game it's a passion. Soccer involves hard work , dedication , and long hours out in the field. It takes hard work to be out in the field playing with a ball aggressively and with skills. Soccer is a sport where there is no giving up , in order to be successful, you need to practice intensely to get stronger and better every day. There's times where you want to give up, but you just can't you need to find some type of motivation to keep you going. My coach is the person who has made an impact in my life . By that it changed me in many different ways. He has been able to motivate me , support me , and not letting me fail.
I know this may sound cliche or super basic and that is fine, but the topic of this essay is soccer. Soccer is a game played all over the country by all different kinds of people. It is the world’s game. This game includes a ball, two goals, and eleven players. Those are the facts but there is so much more to it than that. You need passion, drive, competitiveness, and most of all, love. This game triggers all of these things in me and that is the reason why I play it.
The Baltimore Ravens WR-Jeremy Maclin sits on the sideline, after his bout with the Cleveland Browns defense. Maclin took a massive hit to the midsection, in order to meet his first game-catch for a 22-yards, according to the ‘Baltimore Ravens’ website. Unfortunately, he experienced severe knee pains and the Baltimore Ravens’ medical staff sat Maclin for the remainder of the game. The actual hit came from CLE-Safety Jabrill Peppers (see video), which occured at the end of the third snap of the game. Frankly, WR-Jeremy Maclin has experienced more than one injury, during this 2017 NFL season (hand injury/shoulder injury/back problems). Breshad Perriman and Chris Moores will see more opportunities, as a result of
“ Run Agatha, Run,” my mom and dad would yell to me as I ran the soccer ball down the field past other players. Soccer was my sport, it was what I was destined to do, if I wasn’t doing that I would not know where I would be in life. My mom had put me into this sport when I was only 4 years old and ever since then I couldn’t stop playing.I was the best on my team and getting a scholarship for my dedication and hard work. My siblings, Jennifer and Jonathan couldn’t be less interested in sports, let alone soccer. My family and I lived in a small apartment that consisted of 1 bedroom, 1 bathroom, a kitchen, and a little dining area. My siblings and I barely had anywhere to sleep and food was a problem. I wanted a better future for my family and so soccer was the answer to all my prayers.
This game was not like any-other game. We just we were going to win, there was no doubt about it. Me and the my team and I went to the locker room getting dressed and getting amped for the game. We hear them playing our song when we come out, an run out on the court so we start vibing to it. When we ran in the court every one in the crowd is cheering and yelling for us we started our warm ups.
One season,PRINCE,FAT DADDY,VONTAYE,AND CLETWON was on the same football team called the TIGERS. We were the best players on the team because, FAT DADDY could throw very WELL,PRINCE can catch VERY well,VONTAYE CAN CATCH well,CLETWON CAN RUN Very Good.Now PRINCE IS IN 7th grade with VONTAYE,AND CLETWON.FAT DADDY IS IN THE 6th grade.When fat daddy threw PRINCE the football PRINCE CAUGHT it, he got hurt because they hit him hard.vontaye did not get to run the ball. CLETWON was a great runner back.When I got hurt VONTAYE,CLEWONN, AND FAT DADDY WAS READY TO HIT SOMETHING. My coach was mad when I had to sit out for a little while.
My hands were sweating, my feet were tapping , and my heart was throbbing all because of this one game. It was a Tuesday afternoon in route to my baseball game. The team and I were all in the bus talking about their predictions for our upcoming game. Not one person predicted us to win, all of us knew Newark Catholic was really good and we figured we didn’t have shot. We were a mediocre team preparing to play an excellent team, the odds were definitely against us. On the way to every away game, our team does each other’s eye black. Once we got done with each other’s eye black I sat back in my seat and kept to myself the rest of the way. All I could think about was about how good I was going to do and if I would prove myself to everyone. I finally
Jeremy, my coach, was giving us our half time speech. We all huddled in a circle after and some of my teammates make a speech about what we need to do better and how we are playing. Once the referee blows the whistle we jog onto the field. I was playing center back with sadie. The score was 3-0 when the second half started.
After A.I., the bell to end school rang. I proceeded to walk to my regular school locker, and then straight to the locker room. When I arrived there, my heart was beating like a drum. I arrived at the locker room. As more and more of my teammates walked in, we started to talk about the game we were about to play. We were trying to become mentally ready for it. At the same time as we were talking, we were starting to become physically ready, by putting on our shoulder pads, cleats, and other forms of football and safety equipment.
I stood in front of the crowd of Newton High football fans with my arm raised saluting the waving American flag. The beginning of a sunset behind the flag only made the band’s ceremonious playing seem slightly more personal in attendants hearts. As they charged through the last notes, the hip to hip crowd went crazy. This marked the official beginning of my last football season.
“What are we?” Head Coach Shaver asked. Every time he would ask we would reply yelling “3D!” 3D would represent our motto for the year. Dependable, Determined, and Disciplined is what this stood for. It relates back to our team verse of the year which was Hebrews 11:12.
Clint Dempsey scored and the United States held on with 10-men team to beat Paraguay 1-0 and book a spot in the Copa America quarterfinals. Minutes into the second half, DeAndre Yedlin lost the game in a pair of yellow cards, forcing the United States to play a man short against the Paraguays.
I stood in front of the crowd of Newton High football fans with my arm raised saluting the waving American flag. West was a beginning of a sunset behind the flag that only made the band’s ceremonious playing seem slightly more personal in attendants hearts. As they charged through the last notes, the hip-to-hip crowd was ecstatic. That marked the official beginning of my last football season.
Uh, it was a warm day, but... I live in san diego what was I to expect? Today we were going to start our new soccer unit in PE, and I was thrilled to do soccer at school. I already played club soccer and we were on break. I never would've thought something could go wrong, but their are always firsts.
Living in the south you may frequently hear the saying “everything's bigger in Texas.” The food, teased hair, Whataburger sweet tea, but most importantly, football is one of the most intrinsic parts of the state. The dominating sport that makes America differ from the rest of the world is especially larger in Texas, but I had no idea how much I loved football until I went to an A&M game.