Soccer has been one of the most influential activities I have participated in throughout my life. As a child, my father would take me to the neighborhood park to play soccer together. At the age of eight, he convinced me to try out for a small team, the Silver Bullets. Although it was only the two versus two division, it opened my eyes to the world of soccer and made me want to continue on this path for as long as possible. Throughout junior high and high school, I played for my current school, American Heritage, as a forward and midfielder. Through the many years that I played soccer, I have learned many qualities that have helped form who I am today. With every loss, I learned how to handle failure. Discipline was necessary to improve my
