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I take a deep breath. My gloved hand finds the orange painted metal of the crossbar and I hang on for dear life. I can feel my heart racing as I run my fingers along the cold, white plastic of my lacrosse stick. Coach calls me over to the sidelines and smiles down at me through the bars of my helmet. I look at him expectantly. “You’re going to be fine, you are ready for this,” he says as he adjusts the straps on the side of my head with a pop and a click. I can feel the adrenaline rushing…

My Biggest Accomplishment By Carston Miller My name is Carston Miller and one of my biggest accomplishment is when I was invited to play for the South Dakota United soccer team. I’ve been playing for this team for about 2 and a half years and have gotten to know everyone on our team. Some of them are from Huron, Sioux Falls, and Watertown, but the majority of them are from Rapid. There’s only two of us from Pierre, me and another in the high school. I am also one…

Looking at my poster, there is a variety of objects that appear to have nothing in common. What they do have in common is me. Brainstorming for this project was difficult because I thought there would be no way that a poster could summarize my life. But, as I was putting the poster together, I realized it wasn’t very hard to condense me as a person to a sheet of paper with objects on it. I chose objects that have to do with things i’m involved in or that represent who I am. I chose to include…

Crushed Dreams Brian-Felipe Rosales My dream was to become a professional footballer. I had done many things to start achieving this goal of mine. I started by making the Iowa ODP team, Iowa’s Olympic Development Program. It is a team that travels across the nation where thousands of colleges and professional coaches see young talent play. The year after that, I decided to join one of the best soccer academies up in Des Moines: the Des Moines Menace Academy. There is no good way to start this…

My utopia would be in a place were there is no such thing as sickness,no poverty and most of all everyone is going to play soccer. there is going to be many soccer fields some will be located indoors and some will be located outdoors.there is going to be a mandatory soccer game once a day that we will play for a trophy.there will be a special soccer field built for the mandatory soccer game it will be completely different from all the other soccer fields.everyone will have a chance to pick…

Global Effects The Super Bowl utter dominance within the U.S. fails to translate onto the international stage. It is behind a number of sports, such as soccer, rugby, even cricket. It’s American-centric base excludes the rest of the world, as other countries are much more focused on sports where their own people are competing. Even when referring to the sport, one must say “American Football”, rather than just football, as the rest of the world uses that term for soccer. However, NFL has…

people and societies all over the world. The world has become abundant with ethnic stereotyping, civil wars, and other terrible things. “The beautiful game” has helped ease the pains of these affairs. For example, FIFA (Federation of International Football Association) has instilled campaigns and slogans, their most popular being “Say No to Racism”. While it was not…

My full name is Matthew Brett Casey. My birthdate was fifteen years ago on the day of March twenty- ninth. There are many activities and other things that I relish. I appreciate various sports including soccer, basketball, golf, and track. School sports I participate in include Cross Country and Track. I play indoor soccer in the winter while I play travel soccer in the spring. I play golf every so often with family and friends as well. I spend as much time as I possibly can hanging out with…

It is a rather chilly Sunday afternoon. This was the first game of the day. It was a gloomy morning. There was no sun in sight and the cold wind feels like a slap to the face. You could almost see the determination in the girl's eyes. They knew that if they won this game they could go to the championship game. They had to win this game. The game started out just like any other girls soccer game. Both teams took the field to warm up. One team wore uniforms with bright red jerseys with solid…

There are many events in my life that has shaped me and the way I am today; but there are two main events that have shaped me dramatically. First one when I six and one when I was in 8th grade, both two way different things but they both tie together and make me who I am and who I will always be. It all starts when I was six years old and I just got done playing my soccer game at the Blue Valley Activity Center (BVAC). It was a warm summer day and our game was over and it was time to go home.…