Crushed Dreams
Brian-Felipe Rosales My dream was to become a professional footballer. I had done many things to start achieving this goal of mine. I started by making the Iowa ODP team, Iowa’s Olympic Development Program. It is a team that travels across the nation where thousands of colleges and professional coaches see young talent play. The year after that, I decided to join one of the best soccer academies up in Des Moines: the Des Moines Menace Academy.
There is no good way to start this story. It all started when I was a little boy. My love for football got stronger as I kept getting older. I wasn’t like any other kid; I was different. I would watch soccer on television most of the time, and it was everything I wanted to see. No kid wanted to be my friend since my conversations would always be tedious. All I talked about was soccer. That was all I knew. It was what I wanted to be when I was older. But let's talk about the almost six hour trip to get to the windy city, Chicago-just what any kid would do to achieve his dream.
Let’s talk about my worst summer experience, the summer before senior year. It was …show more content…
I remember my father and I left around 3 a.m. to get to my scheduled tryout which was at noon. I felt worms up and down my arms and legs. The trip was quiet. I had soothing music playing out my headphones though into my eardrums all the way there.
I got there, but I couldn’t believe it. Never, at some point in my life, I had seen so many people in line. The place was vast, filled with hundreds of kids wanting to tryout. I felt like the lonely chick in the farm. However, I kept listening to music and was concentrated in what I went there for.
It was time. I heard the speakers call up the players that registered for noon that day. At that point, my guts wanted to come out. As I was walking on the training pitch, mates started talking to each other asking for each others names and vise
Brian-Felipe Rosales My dream was to become a professional footballer. I had done many things to start achieving this goal of mine. I started by making the Iowa ODP team, Iowa’s Olympic Development Program. It is a team that travels across the nation where thousands of colleges and professional coaches see young talent play. The year after that, I decided to join one of the best soccer academies up in Des Moines: the Des Moines Menace Academy.
There is no good way to start this story. It all started when I was a little boy. My love for football got stronger as I kept getting older. I wasn’t like any other kid; I was different. I would watch soccer on television most of the time, and it was everything I wanted to see. No kid wanted to be my friend since my conversations would always be tedious. All I talked about was soccer. That was all I knew. It was what I wanted to be when I was older. But let's talk about the almost six hour trip to get to the windy city, Chicago-just what any kid would do to achieve his dream.
Let’s talk about my worst summer experience, the summer before senior year. It was …show more content…
I remember my father and I left around 3 a.m. to get to my scheduled tryout which was at noon. I felt worms up and down my arms and legs. The trip was quiet. I had soothing music playing out my headphones though into my eardrums all the way there.
I got there, but I couldn’t believe it. Never, at some point in my life, I had seen so many people in line. The place was vast, filled with hundreds of kids wanting to tryout. I felt like the lonely chick in the farm. However, I kept listening to music and was concentrated in what I went there for.
It was time. I heard the speakers call up the players that registered for noon that day. At that point, my guts wanted to come out. As I was walking on the training pitch, mates started talking to each other asking for each others names and vise