How Soccer Changed My Life Research Paper

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Soccer is a sport that is played all around the world; over 24 million people play soccer including myself, around 90,000 players get injured in this sport each year. Sports have always been a major part of my life since I was able to walk and talk. Around two years ago when I was a sophomore in high school the game changed my entire life forever. After many long, hard practices my team was finally in the Conference Tournament for the first time in years. The game was a couple days away but you could already feel the focus and intensity in the air. The upcoming game was against Floyd, one of our biggest rivals; they were stacked with strong, confident players and would defiantly come to win. I was only a sophomore but my Freshman and that

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