Personal Narrative: Mt. Bridges Delko Team

Alex Morgan has overcome many obstacles in her life. “Hampered by a knee injury during the spring of 2015, Morgan was not at full strength by the start of the FIFA World Cup in June”(Alex). She started forward and help U.S women claim their title since 1999. This is only one time Alex Morgan has overcome

Everything starts as a young kid that's when you make friends and most of the time those friends are the ones you experience and try new things with in my case that thing was soccer. I grew up with a lot of my older family members playing soccer i would go to my uncles and older cousin soccer games and in my head i would think to myself i want to be as good as them and maybe even one day have a chance to play with them. When i started elementary school that's when it all started for me i made friends with kids that had the same interest as me and that was soccer it would be all i would talk and think about everyday during recess me and my group of friends would rush out to the field to play some soccer and show off our skills.

Although I never saw myself being one of those girls that are head over heels for a sport, I fell in love with soccer my sophomore year. Since I started soccer so late into my school career it gave me a reason to try my hardest at practices and during games. I wanted to become as good as the girls that have played their whole life. Soccer soon became a big part of my high school career, and because of this I spent hours after school either out on the field or running the

At the age of ten I was the most energetic, go-lucky, confident girl. I excelled at my beloved sport, soccer. I had been playing since I was just a mere five years old, far longer than the other girls. Playing so long had helped me be at a higher level of skill than most of the other players on my team.

about. She has now made me want to play soccer and she has inspired me to try to do good at it. If

Along with having an amazing personal life, and many titles, Alex also had many accomplishments and some injuries. Since Alex has joined the team, they have lost very few games; even when they lose, they come back and make it right. For example, they lost a game to Japan; but in a revengeful game, Alex scored the winning goal(2-1). Alex also lead The Golden Bears, her college team, to the NCAA all americans every year(4). Also, she won a gold medal at the 2015 Olympics, which shows she is an outstanding player. With accomplishments come injuries. Alex has had many bruised bones and sprains, but she always comes back from them. For instance, Alex was out with a sprained ankle for 7 weeks; but came back. Alex currently has a bad knee injury,

Wood started playing soccer at age 5, and has kept that drive and love of the game for 12 long years. “I was better at it than any other sports, so I stuck with it,” Jaden laughed when asked what kept him playing soccer all of those years. “I like competition. I like how it makes me feel: accomplished. It’s a place where I can let go of my frustrations.”

Her competitive nature makes her an outstanding performer under pressure which translates off the soccer field. In her mathematics classes, she handles the extreme pressure of challenging problems and situations with ease often encouraging her classmates to continue to put forth effort to develop a

Reece Lutzer--a twelve year old standout forward on the Rangers FC 04 team. She started her soccer journey at the age of four. She has been playing soccer for eight years at three different clubs. The first club she played at is Timbits Soccer because that is where you play when you are four or five years old. At the age of six she started to play in CMSA for Westhills soccer club. Westhills was her favourite club because they wanted her team to get better and that was when she got her first non-parent coach. Then her coach got less and less committed to her team. Her parents worked hard to get the team to move to “club” status, due to lack of commitment. Her whole team moved to Rangers soccer club for the indoor season. That is where she is currently playing soccer. She hopes to continue to play at Rangers as her team loves it there.

Happy to hear, her father started to teach her how to play. And from the first practice, she fell in love with the sport.

Born and raised in Rigby, Idaho Melissa Clark was the best woman soccer player to ever live. Living in such a small town where soccer wasn’t ideal was quite difficult for her because it is something she loved to do but had to travel to do it. She started playing at age 3 with the five year old boys, her father trained her hard because he knew she had lots of potential. Running up and down the field like a cheetah because she had some speed. Growing up she had a pretty normal life. She went to school like a normal kid but besides school; all she did was play soccer and train with her dad. He pushed her very hard because he wanted her to be successful. Although Melissa seemed like a normal girl she definitely wasn’t, she had a very strange secret she had kept from everybody including her

well-known name in soccer, and she has accomplished a lot. I have been playing soccer ever

and kicks the ball her motors skills are good and she was smart to her observed the other kids. Teacher

I would like to give you some feedback, I have received from coaches this year about Kara and they have been very positive. They have been impressed with her ball placement on punts, punt distance, communication with backline and the way she attacks and charges the ball. Although, they noted that she needs to work on is reaction to the attack “not being hesitant when to charging the ball to block or

Kari played on the girls volleyball team her freshman and sophomore years. Although she had never played volleyball prior to high school she spent a lot of time learning the game and practicing. She worked hard and made the Freshman and then JV teams. I think the she learned that when she put her mind to something that she could accomplish her goals. I also believe that being on the team she learned to deal with different personalities and still maintain who she