Soccer Loss Speech

A loss stings, especially a loss for something as major as a banner. Last year the finals game was the week after zones. We were playing holy trinity as usual, and the weather was gross. We had the worst ref and everybody was pretty riled up. That was my last high school game and we lost. Sometimes I still think about what I could have done differently, even though it’s been over a year. That loss still stings and it will keep bothering me for the rest of my soccer career. Your loss will also follow you, and right now it’s probably bubbling inside you and you’re probably pretty angry and a little sad. But there will be more important games, and you may lose those too. But you may win them and you will look back on this game and realize that this loss was just one game, one little blip on the timeline of your soccer career. You’ll think of this game and remember certain plays and you will remember what you did well, and what you know you could have done better and you will grow because of it. I am so incredibly proud of each and every one of you for how you played the whole season. I want to thank you all for letting me take on a different role on the team, even though it felt very much the same. Telling Lauren to calm down, and laughing at Hattie’s weird faces, and yelling at all of you to keep going. I felt like I was still playing my …show more content…
You play a guaranteed 10 games in a season, which in my opinion is nowhere near enough, but that’s how it goes. The season probably felt incredibly short, and you probably skipped some homework or studying for soccer, but I guarantee that it was worth it because grade twelve is the best year to play any high school sport. You are the oldest on the field or court, and you know that it is your responsibility to lead by example. The younger people on your team look up to you even if you don’t think they do, and you have all handled that responsibility with great finesse and