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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…

“To the windows, to the walls, to the walls, till the sweat drips down our socks, all these girlies rock! Park View Soccer!” The Park View varsity soccer team yelled before going on the field. They knew that they could win this game if the played as a team. This is the game that they have been waiting for. The game that would show everyone that they are the champions and always will be. Dribble, pass, shoot, the fundamentals of soccer. What you do when you play soccer. You get better at…

There are no obvious differences about the club as I enter through the front doors, the heavy scent of cologne continues to pervade the air, the lights remain dim, even Clyde resumes his duties behind the bar. Yet the unsettling sense of something missing continues to gnaw at me. Of course, it's Angelo's absence, I didn't realise his presence gave so much influence to the club, such a strange sensation, like the heart of the club, has been removed, leaving it lifeless. I have to wonder if anyone…

Pay and Women’s Soccer: The Huge Difference Did you know that the US women’s soccer team has won four Olympic Gold medals and three World Cup championships in this decade and are consistently being paid less than the men, who have never won any major title? The fact is when it comes to soccer is that the US women national team are much better than their male counterparts and are still made to feel that they are less superior. How would you feel if you were the best at something at the highest…

Alex Morgan is a famous soccer player, obviously because she is a women's world cup champion, also an olympic gold medalist. Alex Morgan plays for the United States women's national soccer team, also the Orlando Pride team,and she played forward. Alex Morgan was born in 1989 on July 2, she is 26 years old. Alex Morgan’s full name is Alexandra Patricia Morgan. Alex Morgan had two sisters. Alex Morgan has an average height, she is five foot tall and seven inches. Tight now Alex Morgan is going to…

In the life Elizabeth Marston a 10-year-old girl featured in the article “Were You Born To Be A Sport Star?” she explains that she had always dreamed of becoming a professional soccer player. Elizabeth eventually became one through working towards her dream. Dreams can make the world a better place. Dreams can lead to dedication which leads to success. You can make your dreams a reality. Dreams inspire students to be great because dreams help the world become better, they lead to dedication…

Life Story Free Writing Essay My first page of this writing essay I going to be about my soccer career from Middle school to senior year. 6th grade was the year I went back from playing soccer. At the time I was playing baseball but all my friends told me to stop playing baseball and to play soccer with them instead. So I did, and I played center back which is a defender I soccer and pretty much my job was to keep any of the opposing side from scoring a goal. Which was difficult because at the…

“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…

Psychology so far hasn’t been too bad so far during the semester. I thought at the beginning this class would most likely have been by far one of the most challenging classes I have taken coming from have taken only some AP courses and Honors classes during high school. Currently I am sitting at an 93.1% (270/290 points) in the class, which isn’t what I want to be at which is at least a 95%, but I can build on that and improve my scores throughout the semester. Coming into the class, I looked at…