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Soccer Descriptive Speech

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“If we don’t stand up for others, who would be left to stand up for us?” This is a quote by Karen Traviss, an author. This quote connects to a situation that happened to me, around 4 years ago at my soccer game. “Hi Amanda!” I excitedly said as I walked to the field.
“Hi Talia,” said Amanda, “Want to practice for the game?”
“Sure,” I responded. I had been excited for this game specifically because I would be able to be one of the defenders. I usually would play as goalie but I was getting tired of playing as one. As Amanda and I had been passing the ball around and practice making goals, the other girls on our team started to walk in. We were all doing our own thing, some girls were passing, some were talking, and even some were running laps on the green, wet grass. Once all the girls arrived, the coach told us to run three laps. I felt like I could fall on my face any minute since the grass had been watered. “Okay guys,” the Coach stated, “we have been on a losing streak so I’m going to switch thing up a bit. Talia you are going to be a defender, Amanda you are going to be goalie, Sophia is going to be our second defender, Georgie and Darla are going to be midfielders, and finally Camille is going to be our attacking midfielder.” We all went to our assigned positions. “Good luck Amanda,” I told her. “You too,” she replied to me, “Oh god we’re starting.” Since it had been my first time being a defender, I was scared I would have messed up. Around five minutes into

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