It’s late summer, 2015. We had been practicing for months and finally we were playing games. It was supposed to be an easy game. We always win by six or seven points, but this time it was different. I’m Matthew Billing, and this is the story of the time I broke my elbow playing soccer. We start the game right on time six o’clock. We have been playing for probably fifteen to twenty minutes when it happens. I intercept a pass and start to make a run downfield. As I’m getting past midfield a defender runs right at me and plows into me full force. It sweeps my legs out from under me and as I’m falling I try to break my fall by stretching out my arms. The only thing I’m successful at is breaking my elbow. I lay on the ground in agony and shock,
