Personal Narrative: The Game Of Soccer

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Have you ever been thrown out of a soccer game before? It was 4:15, 2014 on a chilly february afternoon. We were at sewickley sport track for an indoor soccer game. We were 2-1 ahead and if any team were to get an advantage it would turn the game right around.

It was about the the thirteenth minute of the game when the other team started to get frustrated. One of the opposing players blatantly fouled one of our players with a slide tackle from behind. The boo’s from the crowd started rolling in because the ref gave the kid a yellow card. Then, from the stands I heard a woman scolding the ref and taunting him. The game reached halftime with the score 2-1 my team leading. During halftime while our coach was having a talk with us about the

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