Personal Narrative: My Experience With Soccer

Ever since the day I was born in 1997, I have been around the game of soccer. My older 4 brothers played soccer and my parents took me to a game on day three of my existence. My father has played soccer since he was a young boy and that is who introduced my siblings and me to the sport. My brothers and I would always play soccer in our backyard when I was young as well as today. When my oldest brother turned nine, he was old enough to play soccer on a recreational team. He continued to play with this recreational team until he was 18. He loved the sport and the teams on which he played. His excitement for the sport rubbed off on me and my other siblings. Each of us looked forward to turning nine years old specifically for this reason. Even though my experience with …show more content…
Once again, I was playing on a recreational team but this time I was playing in the midfield position. Prior to this I played as a defender. We were on our fifth game of the season and our team was undefeated so far. This game would be against the Hobe Sound team. They are a very aggressive team but I had confidence that if my team played hard and persevered we would beat them. Half way through the game the score was tied 1-1. It was half time and my coach, my team, and I were giving constructive criticism about the game. All too soon, the ref blew his whistle for the game to recommence and we took our positions on the field. My team had the ball and one of my teammates kicked it to another teammate to begin the game. Soon enough, the ball was passed to me and I began to make my way down the field to the goal. I set my sights on the net and my foot collided with the ball. The ball sored through the air right over the goal. I scolded myself as I walked back to my position on the field ready to try again. This occurred about five times during the entire game and each time I would lose a little more hope that I would make a