As a young girl, I was introduced to soccer by my father. I think I was about eight at the time when I first played on a recreational team, and I remember that I had always wanted to play goalkeeper. In soccer, the goalkeeper is the last defensive player, but is also the first offensive player once the play turns. The idea of playing such an important position thrilled me, and it didn’t hurt that the goalkeeper gets the opportunity to use their hands as well as punt the ball across the field. From the age of nine until the age of eleven, I played competitive and recreational soccer as a goalkeeper, and stopped in the sixth grade. I picked the sport back up as a freshman in high school, after my younger sister had urged me to join the school
The Sport of Soccer Not much is known about the origin of soccer. However, the Greeks and Romans played football and ball kicking games. The London Football Association developed the first sets of rules in 1863. British sailors and settlers brought the game to India, South America and Europe.
Soccer is a popular sport played all over the world. Even though it has only been popular in the United States for the past 30 years, soccer has been a long time favorite most everywhere else. The sport dates back to the Egyptians, who played games involving the kicking of a ball. Now, the sport has grown to a global pastime, including men’s and women’s teams, and the World Cup (which is played every four years).
Dzenet Heljo 917058121 Short Story Goals The grey fog comes in, there is mist in the air, the cold wind increases my alertness and the uneasiness of everyone causes silence for a brief moment until the high pitched blow of a whistle starts it all. This sounds like a setting to a suspenseful corny movie but really it’s just a typical gameday here at San Francisco State University.
Soccer is the third most famous and played the game in the United States of America it is beaten in the list by basketball and baseballs which are the most played games. It is mainly governed by a body known as the United States soccer association which were generally controls
Wrist Wrist Wrist One lovely afternoon I was at my indoor soccer game. I was in an indoor league with some of my friends and we were tearing every team we played. That day we were going to play against an academy team, which have very good players.I had arrived about two minutes before the game. I was pretty late because I had gone to go eat before with my brother. So because of that I didn’t start and I wasn’t warmed up either. Nathan, my coach was like “Hey man did you go sew your clothes?,” in a jokingly was because I was late. The game had begun now and it was already intense. It was back to back If I do say so. The first half was an exciting one as it was all tied up two to two. I had played about half of the half. Now came the second half, and later on I went on the pitch. Some kid and I jumped up into the air to win the ball. We both did, and when I fell down, I guess I landed on my hand the wrong way. I felt a sudden pain on my hand. My wrist was all jacked up. It was horrendous as I looked down at my hair in shock as It looked like the top of mountains.I couldn’t feel my hand, It hurt quite a lot when i attempted to move it. My teammates, the opponents, my coach, the referee, and my brother all gathered around me to see what had happened. I wasn’t crying or anything but I sure wanted to. Actually I really did haha. My brother questioned “ oh dang man, you good?,” and well I just looked at him in pain, I didn’t know what to say. When the ambulance arrived at the
n a sunday morning Elysa and I woke up at 4:30 to go to Traverse City to go to a softball tournament. We finally got there and we were very tired already. We practised then played our first two games and lost sadly, then played three more games and won those. Then we went on to our Championship game. We were all excited to play, but we were so tired f
I am the a paperdoll I went to the boys' and the girls basketball game on Saturday. Bef The girls played against Pierce City and the lost to them, we traveled to Marinville then we got back to the high school and got the car and drove to Miami, Oklahoma we got there with an hour to rest before the boys game started. The boys played really well they won their tournament and got to take home the trophy. After the game we went to get something to eat we stopped at Chick Fil A because the boys were going to go there but they changed their minds and went somewhere else. Next we went and got Andy’s ice cream. It was a good time to bond with the girls that came to the game. It was a long ride home, we listened to a lot of music some that were old
“Okay,I guess I will go to sleep,after all it is getting late,” I state.After this I decided maybe I should go to sleep,after all I am pretty tired!! So I then went to sleep and the night went on like normal.School was also the same,nothing special happened at school either until I got off the bus.Which that Monday I heard that one of favorite travel basketball teams,Lady Jags,which they were located and they practiced in Louisiana,would be holding tryouts in 5 weeks!! I was ready to tryout,but I wasn’t 100% I was going to make the team.
The Beginning: Struggles A few days later, our team had started practicing for our first tournament. It was on the following weekend and D.P Todd was hosting. Our couches Jenni Stern, and Jen Brunn were preparing us to play our first game, this game was against the host team. Soon the day of the tournament approached. On the day of the game our whole team was suited up in our uniforms. The game had started and myself, and Gurveet were sitting on the bench, waiting for our turn to go play. Finally we were called up to go play. When we went on our team was leading by about twenty points. I had gone out and felt a relief, and felt this is my home. The basketball court is my home. We had won our first game, beating the host team roughly by thirty points. After this
The freshman A soccer team at Neuqua, a team full of passion for soccer. We came up strong in the beginning of the season with a record of seven wins and zero losses. That was until we played Benet, the bus ride there was lively, we were all excited for the big game. When we got there we saw the team, they made us nervous because many of them play for academy teams outside of school and they also looked bigger than us, we could tell they weren't going to be an easy opponent. We all played sloppy, sloppy passing, sloppy control, everything was sloppy. We ended up losing that game four to one, we barely made it out alive. The bus ride home was quiet no one said a word. In two days we would have to go up against Waubonsie, and no one was excited.
Here again, At the baseball field with my three friends Allison, Emily, Miya. We always go there after school. So me and my three friends met up at the field at 1:00 on Friday the 13, a2012. We wanted to see who can hit the ball the farthest. So we got in are gear and that’s when Allison pitched the ball at me. I hit the ball so hard and I could hear the medal bat hit the ball. The ball went flying in the air. And that’s when I notest that it went straight threw Mr.Toms window. We almost got away with it but then we herd “Little girls come here right know.”
We walk down the street till we get to a broken fence. On the other side of the broken fence there were worn down, abandoned buildings, just shells of where homes used to be. Before we hop the aged fence we all take a hit from a joint. Once we're on the other the other side we look for the shell with the number 7,001. This was my old home before those stupid cops kicked us all out. My friends & I pass three other shells before we reach the one we are looking for. Once we get there I take my soccer ball out. I stop thinking about school and about the future I am just focused on this game we are about to play. I open the door & see that we forgot to fix one of the "goals" which was actually a shopping cart. So I walk over & bend the end of the shopping cart back. It got bent by one of my shots from the last game we played. I was angry that day because my
I am from the tight grip of Lucy holding me in her arms as stress rolls off my shoulders. I am from the rush of the game as my cleats dig deeper into the earth as I prepare to attack the confident team that dares to challenge me. Kick - my
My favorite sport is association football, best known as soccer, is the most popular sport in the world that requires few elements to be played and is highly acclaimed. It is played around the world in a lot of countries and has big amounts of fans. It consists of eleven players on each side of the field, trying to get the ball to the opposing goal by crossing through the counter team by maneuvering the ball or performing a series of passes to get to the goal and score. Famous teams and players are widely recognized all over the world and most of them face in tournaments, which the best are the FIFA world cup for national teams and the UEFA champions league for club leagues. Soccer in United States is not very popular, and recently was