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sports teams started in nineteen-seventies and ever since Growth of women playing soccer has dramatically increased. The total number of American high school soccer players has more than doubled from the nineties. thanks to Americas national sports team ranking highly and video games like FIFA, Soccer has become one of the fastest growing sport among all major American sports. There are over three million players between ages five and nineteen in the United states currently. In 2006 Tahlequah…

This past summer, I was named one of the two chairpersons of the Anna’s Celebration of Life Foundation (ACOLF) youth board, an organization dedicated to raising money in order to buy life enhaning gifts for children with special needs living in Indiana. After working with this organization for the last sixteen months, I have fallen in love with the cause, and it is because of this organization that I am considering a career in nonprofit organization management. In working with ACOLF youth, I…

Soccer in Los Angeles has been around since the beginning of the 19th century. Around 2,000 years ago, soccer originated in England and was usually referred to as “football”. Soccer grew in the early 1800’s and became a much popular sport in the 1900’s. In 1902, the Southern California Football League was founded. Los Angeles grew in popularity as soccer became much more of a favorite sport. Soccer Leagues began to grow around the city and some even came from different parts of the world.…

When I was in high school being on the track and cross country team was the best thing I ever did. I always wanted to play sports in school but never really did. I thought I would not be good enough. When I got to ninth grade I tried out for the soccer team and did not make the first cut. I could not run for 20 minutes straight, I was in no condition. I was a little bit over weight as well. So, the next year I decided I would do cross country to enhance my condition and would be able to run for…

CONCACAF has chosen their players of the year: the Mexican International Javier ‘Chicharito’ Hernandez, and Women’s World Cup winner and US national team captain Carli Lloyd. CONCACAF is the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, Based on voting in North America, Central America and the Caribbean, by fans, technical directors and players alike, the award winning categories stretched from Men and Women’s Player of the Year to Men and Women’s Coach of the…

rare day when two teams go head to head for four quarters and 3 overtime and have no one win. Although this tie game was beneficial to the US, the American public will not approve of tie games on a regular basis. “As long as American athletes don't play, the American team will not have a chance to win the World Cup” (Mandelbaum n.p.). If the American youth is not attracted to soccer as they are to other sports, America will be in steady pursuit of NFL championships and Olympic Basketball wins…

Introduction A great deal of political ideologists believe that “public services or goods that gain support from a majority of constituents will be provided by public agencies; those more controversial or preferred by only a minority will be provided by nonprofits” (Ott & Dicke, 2016). If this ideology is true, then nonprofits are in the business of serving the few, who in a majority of cases end up being societies that have a large population of with middle and lower-class constituents.…

Starting my 5 senses prates in a park where I this exercise came in handy. The things I see in the end where the tree. Also the people in the park playing sports. There was some feeling at the end of the com mind prates. There many feeling that went through out the pirates. It was a good feeling at the end of the 5 senses prates. Also I feel the wind blowing in the distends and the grass where I’m lying on. In addition, there thing that came to my hearing. One thing that came to my hearing was…

One of the most crucial milestones in my lifetime was making the Broken Arrow High School soccer Team. I didn’t think I deserved to make the team; so I was appalled when I did. To comprehend why making the soccer team is a significant milestone for me, you must know a little about my soccer career. I have played soccer for as long as I can remember. I began playing soccer around the age of four with a parent taught program; ever since my interest in soccer exponentially grew. Although I…

Laws of Life In soccer every player must have a special ability like strength, speed, passing or dribbling, unfortunately I did not know what ability I had. So, when I was six I tried out for my local youth soccer academy. Believing I was pretty good for my age, but I came to realize that I was wrong. It turned out that the other kids trying out had much more talent than I did, and all I was doing was just going up and down chasing the ball. I was struggling and it got to the point where I just…