Soccer Essay

it didn’t mean much to me and what I wanted to hear never happened. The summer into tenth grade I worked tirelessly to make the JV soccer team. The Needham soccer program is very competitive and making a team is difficult for most people. Countless hours every day playing soccer at Defazio or playing games in Braintree. When I wasn’t doing that I was either at soccer camp or just being…

would become so attached to a sport, and definitely not soccer. My mother expected me to be like any other little girl with a barbie doll, which I was, but then I developed an obsession for the sport. I supplemented a very interesting passion for soccer when I reached the age of 8. From the good compliments I receive from my coaches, my family, and friends, I assume i’m a great soccer player skill wise. The reason I am mentioning how important soccer is to me is because, it is one of my talents…

me running around a grass field attempting to kick a soccer ball further than a couple of inches. Every time the ball left my feet, my eyes would light up and a small laugh would escape my mouth. There would be instances where I would kick the ball, fall over, get back up, and repeat the cycle looking as if nothing ever happened. Laughing to myself as I continued to watch, I subconsciously wished that I could go back to those times, where soccer was an enjoyment. The tape then went on to show…

US Soccer Foundation Soccer is a well known sport in the world. It's the top sport in the world and most kids around the world play this sport. However, not every kid has the opportunity to play because they don’t access to soccer field, can’t afford soccer cleats, or don’t have a soccer ball. The U.S. Soccer Foundation was established in 1994. It has helped kids across the U.S. play soccer and has helped kids enjoy exercise. You should try and volunteer for U.S. Soccer Foundation can help kids…

“Soccer mania has a definite foothold in Central Florida and the man who triggered it is Phil Rawlins,” UCF President John Hitt said as he introduced Orlando City Soccer Club Founder and President Phil Rawlins to a room of about 130 UCF students, faculty, staff and soccer fans. The UCF College of Graduate Studies invited Rawlins to be the guest speaker for the final presentation of the 2015-2016 Graduate Studies Speaker Series on the afternoon of March 30. The event was held at UCF’s Morgridge…

From the time I was six years old, soccer consumed my life. I started at a recreational level, advanced to a competitive division, and eventually on to high school. I’ve put countless hours into learning the game. I never thought my soccer career would include coaching until one summer when two friends and I signed up to coach a recreational soccer team of nine year-old girls. Initially, I thought it would be a cakewalk, my previous coaches managed my teammates and I with ease. I soon realized…

old playing in the Florida Soccer League becoming a very prominent player in the state. I was growing so much as player while making my coaches and family proud. I always was seen as a special player to all my coaches in Florida, but that would change in the eyes of other soccer coaches when I moved Georgia. This was a life changing experience for me because of the adjustments I had to make to my playing style. I never had to face so much adversity in the sport of soccer until I moved to…

to consider playing soccer at Davidson.” I had played the “beautiful” game of soccer for as long as I could remember, starting in an organized league at the age of three to be exact. An invitation to play as a team member in a highly regarded college soccer program was the culmination of hundreds of league games, dozens of travel tournaments, and too many practices to count. The idea of attending such a prestigious college and having the opportunity to continue to play soccer is a personal…

influential discourse communities that I am a part of are the soccer community and the martial arts community. These two communities have shaped my life and turned me into the person I am today. The journey taken to be brought into each of these communities are very different yet similar in various ways. For some, these communities come and go but for others, like myself, they will stick with me for life. For the past 12 years the soccer community has played dominant role in my life.…

Pub in Broad Ripple is one of the top soccer bars in Indianapolis. Yelp ranks Union Jack as the number two soccer bar in Indy, after only Chatham Tap on Mass Ave (Yelp.com). For reference, in 2014 Chatham Tap was rated the number one soccer bar in the U.S. (GQ). Moreover, Foursquare ranks Union Jack as the number one bar to watch soccer, ahead of Chatham (Foursquare.com). Clearly, Union Jack is the place to be in Broad Ripple and all of Indianapolis when a soccer match is on. One of the…