Success In America

Solo was born on July 30, 1981 in Richland, Washington. Her childhood was far from simple; her father was in and out of her life, as well as in and out of prison, and had stolen money from her mother on multiple occasions. In Solo’s own words “he was unreliable at best and a criminal at worst” (p. 44). Despite his erratic behavior, Jeffrey Solo was an important person in Hope’s life, particularly in her soccer career, right up until his sudden death in 2007. While Solo is widely recognized as the face of women’s goalkeeping in the US, many people don’t know she was a forward for most of her life growing up, and a prolific a goal scorer on top of it. She began playing goalie for her Olympic Development Program (ODP) team an older team selected her as their backup keeper. Throughout her teenage

“At the end of her Berkeley career, in the fall of 2010, she was tied for third on the school’s list of all-time scorers, with 45 goals, and she was third in points, with 107”(Alex). This shows how fast she is. She has little time to think what she is going to do. So she has to react fast. This is just one of many achievements that Alex Morgan has.“A very amazing fact about her is that, she scored the fastest recorded goal in the tournament, CONCACAF Olympic Qualifiers scoring after just 12 seconds while playing against Costa Rica”(10). This is how fast and her sheer proof of unique. This is another one of Alex Morgan’s achievements. “Soccer player Alex Morgan has starred for the U.S. national teams that won Olympic gold and the FIFA Women's World Cup” (10). She scored and they beat Japan 5-2. In other words, Alex Morgan as many achievements, and she also got a gold medal.

Alex Morgan was drawn immediately to soccer at a very young age. Alex was born on July 2, 1989 in San Dimas, California. She grew up with parents who supported her in different ways. Alex Morgan’s mother is Pamela S. Morgan, her father is Michael T. Morgan, and her two older sisters are Jeni and Jeri. As a young girl the family moved to Diamond Bar, California (thefamouspeople.com). Morgan’s parents had supported her throughout her entire career. Alex Morgan’s father was her coach as a youth. Although Morgan’s mother didn’t coach her in soccer she found many ways to support her talented daughter. Alex’s mother and father are very different people. Alex’s mother would say, “Honey, if you lose, it’s ok,” but on the other hand Alex’s father would say, “You’ve got to be the best, no one remembers number two.” Alex Morgan said, “I feel really lucky to

The history of soccer has paved the way for US soccer players like Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey who will be competing next month in the most recognized soccer tournament “The World Cup”.

Teenagers today face a number of problems, ranging from peer pressure and alcohol, to depression and rape. These severe topics can have an intense effect on a growing child, now, and in the future. Many modern teenagers face the daily struggles of harmful situations, and the good and bad in them. In The Perks of Being a Wall Flower, Charlie faces almost every bad situation imaginable, in a heart breaking and realistic coming of age story. Charlie does not have the grandest high school experience, but the book represents the harsh and cruel reality of what so many students face today. Charlie, also being on the unclear side of what he was experiencing, was also hit hard with the outcomes of his actions. Drugs, alcohol, and sexual interaction contributed to the difficult standards that are held to growing students, in their fight to fit in. Every teen has faced the harsh reality of peer pressure and abuse, which takes a harsh effect on its victims. In the beginning of the story, Charlie faces the death of one of his friend Michael, to suicide. Starting the beginning of Charlie?s coming of age story, also known as a freshman in high school. Throughout the book, peer pressure, substance abuse, the fight to be normal, and the hope to have friends in the first place pushed Charlie to take the wrong path in some situations. Charlie?s coming of age story represents the teenage life today

Tim Howard had become a name that most soccer fans can recognize. Him and his team went to Washington DC to meet with the president. At that time Barack Obama was the president. Tim shook hands with some leaders of today. Obama gave a speech about how well Everton at the Gold Cup. Tim Howard is now a thirty-eight year old pro soccer player who plays with TS and has still overcome many situations in his life, but he couldn’t be the keeper he is today without those

Being one of only two President whose fathers were former President, George W. Bush had big shoes to fill. To establish himself as a separate person, Bush did his best to publicly distance from his families privilege life. Although this in did not apply to all aspects of his presidency, Bush handled both foreign and domestic affairs in a way he thought to be most successful for the nation.

Even though, American seems to be all peaches and roses it’s not. I have my own vision of America. It is for America to be successful by stop giving money to other countries, by helping the penniless and not letting society take over. The U.S. has an 18 trillion debt their debt is so big that they had to make up numbers. This are ways that has caused America not being able to be successful, But this can be reversed.

In the article of “Pro: Students must fully understand the principle that makes America great. It talks about that if the U.S. high school don’t understand the principle of freedom and equality to American government and the historical roots of principle as adults. They tend to blame the teachers for the shortcoming of America’s school, As the teacher are trained. They tend to spend too much time learning how to teach. According to the Nation Assessment of Educational Progress has shown, many students in the studies of U.S. history and government, are not even mastering the basics. But also need improve on education in science, technology, engineering, and math. As they say, they tend to blame the teacher for the shortcoming “Without a major

Coach Majors states that, “These guys just played with a lot of confidence and a lot of heart the entire season,”. He also states that Kamara, the late teen Liberian native who came to the United States three years ago, was the team’s top scorer of the season with 22 goals. Also adds that, “this was a team effort. Everyone contributed this year.”

“Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard.” Tim Notke. One of my friends/teammate named Adam is a hard working man. I know him because he and I met on the first day of soccer practice. When I met him he was kind, friendly, and positive. Also he wanted to win and have a perfect season. Adam is friend and teammate I know who paddles his own canoe because he ignores mean comments, never gives up, and encourages people who feel bad.

The 1990’s seems like it was a lifetime ago, but the truth of it is that the 90’s were only fifteen years ago. Now, to some people that may seem like a long time and they would be right fifteen years is a long time. Many things have changed over the years because of events that took place in the 90’s. The U.S. developed better security in cities because of events like the Oklahoma City Bombing. The American people learned not to trust everything the government says because of the Waco, Texas massacre. The government tried to cover up is brutal attack, of the Branch Davidians, by lying to the American public. Even amidst all the lies and violence in the 90’s, some good came out of the decade. The Mars Pathfinder successfully landed the

Landon Donovan was one of the first superstars that came from Major League Soccer. He is the leading scorer for the USMNT. In the entire history of the MLS, no one has scored as many goals as he has (“Landon Donovan”). Some consider him to be the best American born soccer player ever. Some of his fans think he is one of the greatest soccer players ever (“Landon Donovan”). “Donovan became the all-time leader in both goals and assists for the national team, for whom he played in two World Cups (2002 and 2006). He was named U.S. Soccer Male Athlete of the Year three times (2003, 2004, and 2009), the only player to collect the award for two consecutive years” (“Landon Donovan”). He also played a key role for his teams in attaining three MLS Cups and three CONCACAF Gold Cups. He was also named the 2003 MLS Cup MVP and 2009 MLS MVP (“Soccer”). The MLS also created other various stars. Tim Howard became very famous for his role on the USMNT and how well he played for the Colorado Rapids. Mia Hamm a USWNT member also became famous because fans watched more women's soccer after the creation of the MLS. In her career, she contributed to winning two Olympic gold medals and two World Cup medals. She has scored more international goals than any other women’s soccer player. She was also twice named the FIFA World Player of the Year

Since then, Team USA has gotten a new coach and has a much younger team. Coach Dejan Udovicic hails from Serbia and has brought a new edge to this team. Besides Azevedo the US has only 3 other real Olympic veterans- Merrill Moses, Jesse Smith, and John Mann. Most of the players are still in college with 2 just graduating high school. One of the top young players is Luca Cupido, an Italian-born natural that attended Newport Harbor High School,

David Beckham is an English former soccer player who is regarded as one of the most famous British athletes of all time. He is best known for having played for top soccer clubs in Europe including Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan and Paris Saint Germain (Savage, 2013). Late in his career, Beckham featured for an American Major League Soccer (MLS) club LA Galaxy in a move that was considered to be more business-oriented rather a playing career. Nonetheless, Beckham was one of the top athletes of his time playing at the highest level of soccer possible for both his club and country.