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Just like every other kid, I was put in many sports to find the one I loved and was passionate about. Although I did not like all the sports my parents put me in, soccer had a huge impact on me. As a little kid it was not as aggressive but I was always looking for competition. Being on a team so young I ended up making lifetime friends. When I got older I was involved in more sports such as volleyball and cross country. Being involved in sports had a mental and physical impact on me. Exercising…

After playing soccer for nearly my whole life and eventually playing competitively in high school, I have grown a passion for the sport. This is why I decided that I would take up coaching as a way to gain some experience in the world of sport management. Luckily, friend of mine asked me to help him as an assistant coach for the under-12 soccer team he was coaching in the Ormond Beach Soccer Club recreational department. I saw this is a great opportunity to gain some experience in coaching and…

Washington. Hope solo scored 109 goals at Richland High School. Hope was playing as a forward player when she led her team for winning 3 consecutive league titles (1996-1998). Hope has received many of different awards, but her first one was the All-American by Parade magazine. When Hope was a senior in high soccer she decided to go the University of Washington. Solo moved into the goalkeeper spot for the Washington Huskies as a freshman. She was an all-time leader in shutouts, saves, and…

Kevin Meza Personal Narrative Blue Ninjas November 14, 2017 One special event that has happened to me was when my dad first teaches me how to play soccer. When he first taught me was in our Guatemala vacation and we went to the field with my cousin and he started to show us the basics about soccer which was passing, shooting. I really wasn't doing good because I didn't even know how to play soccer or even kick the ball in the direction my dad was asking to kick it to. The first days it was…

Many times I have come to find that success is hard to obtain, and failure is inevitable. Soccer has taught me many lessons, from working hard to never giving up. There have been many instances when failure was the only option but I overcame it. In the first years of my soccer career I began on the local soccer club's B team. But after a few years of great perseverance, I was able to make a spot on the A team. Although I was happy with the progress of moving on to a better team, I was…

The Fisher family moved from Houston to Tangerine county, which is located in Florida. On his first day of school, he finds out about the soccer tryouts. However, later on he was turned down because of his IEP his mom turned in. Due to Florida having sinkholes and lightning bolts, the upcoming events lead to Paul having another chance to play soccer again without an IEP in his way, which transitions the story to part two. I claim that the setting of the novel drives the plot. First of the…

Yet another overseas series defeat for India. Following a stream of success on sub-continental conditions (and on similar pitches in West Indies), this tour of South Africa has been the first exposure outside its comfort zone for this Virat Kohli-led team. And here we are, India, the No.1 Test side in the world according to ICC rankings, are 0-2 down after two Tests in a three-match series. The threat of a humiliating whitewash is on the cards and yet the skipper is not ready to answer the tough…

gods, and just for entertainment. The first rules were created by the Football Association (FA) in Cambridge, England, in 1863 which was also when the first official soccer game was played. The only place in the world to call soccer by that name is the United States of America; everyone else calls it football. The World Cup, which allows the different countries to play each other in soccer, began in 1930. The American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) was created in…

Selecting the best of the best in such a competitive sport like women's tennis is difficult to say the least. Yet again, there are those names that always come to mind when you think of this sport. They are the players that resisted the test of time in remaining at the top. The combination of good defense and offense positioned them at the highest in their times and helped them remain there for decades to come. Grand Slam titles There are four Grand Slams over the year: the Australian Open, the…

“I hate soccer!”, Jim yelled. Jim stood in the dugout alone with his arms crossed and eyebrows furrowed, focusing on the ground. Being Jim’s partner for the my high school’s Special Olympics program, I ran over and convinced him to come play soccer with us for just five minutes, promising that we would do something that he wanted to do later. I led the practice along with five other soccer players, practicing as a team with eight of the special education students at our high school. Each of us…