High School Soccer

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A very special moment in my life that I didn’t want to end, was senior night in my final high school soccer season. This was the last time I would ever get to go out and play in front of the home crowd. Playing at home was always fun because all my friends would come and support me. High school soccer was one the best experiences in my life, because I got to make memories and play soccer with my best friends.

Before the game they had all of the seniors walk out on the field with their parents. The announcer would read off awards we earned, and what we planned to do after high school. Then the underclassmen brought us a gift bag that had goodies and other cool stuff in it. Right after that we all hugged our parents, and got ready for our final game at home.
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This was my final game at home, so I knew gave everything I had in the game. The other team came out hard and had us worried in the first ten minutes, but about fifteen minutes in I received a ball from my left midfielder and I put in the back of the net. After the first goal, we took control of the game we kept firing on their goal. We got our first corner kick of the game and I knew that was my chance to get another goal, because the other wasn’t very big. My teammate whipped in a cross that couldn’t have been better, the ball landed right on my head and I put it in the goal. We went into halftime confident that we were going to blow them out. In the beginning of the second half, the other team scored and were right back in the game. We

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