Voluntary association

Down 2 goals with 10 minutes left in the championship game of the biggest tournament of my life. Time is running out like miniscule grains of sand dropping from an hourglass. My team stops a shot and kicks the ball up the field. I jump and head the ball as hard as I can up the field, mustering all my strength to get up the field and win it. My arms are pumping as I retrieve the ball and cut towards the goal. All that separates me from scoring is one defender and the goalie. I fake a cut right,…

The most impactful thing that happened in my life would probably have to be when my sister was born. The reason this is the most impactful moment is because I couldn’t wait until she would be born. I had two names picked out for her. If she would’ve been a boy I wanted to name her Eric and if she was a girl I wanted to name her Ariel both names from the little mermaid. When she was born, I was really excited one because she was born in the middle of the night so I had a sleepover with my…

At first, it was had to find a connection to a discourse community but after reading the texts and the characteristics of one, I had couple ideas of one. One discourse community that I have been apart of would be my soccer team. I chose my soccer team because we all had the same goal which was to win the championships for our division which applies to the first characteristic. When looking back on what I have been a part of, my time on this team applies to the idea of a discourse community.…

How i got interested in soccer: I got interested in soccer when i was 9 years old.I liked soccer because you have to work as a team, and because i always saw soccer in the tv.And when i was 9 i ask my mom if i could join soccer she said yea but we need to find a team that you can join. And won of my friends that went to the same school as me his dad had a team of soccer.My mom went and talked to him and and asked him if i could join he said yea.Then my mom came home and i asked her if he had…

Entering high school, I had no idea what I would experience in the near future. My idea of what high school would be like was totally different than what it is. The transition I made from grade school to high school was an exhausting one. Even though freshman year was a challenge, it provided me with a variety of experiences that I will use to my benefit throughout my impending years at Saint Hubert. The August prior to my freshman year, I tried out for Saint Hubert’s soccer team. I had…

The 90-minute battle was between UAH Chargers and the UWA Tigers, and after the third goal was scored, everyone knew who the victor was. The fans in the stands were in uproar when the final whistle was blown, which meant the UWA Tigers have succeeded at winning their first Gulf South Conference. But what no one knew was this was the beginning of something astonishing. “Our first title is special, we created history.” This has been UWA’s first GSC win for the Men’s soccer program ever.…

While becoming a lazy bum throughout my summer between third and fourth grade of elementary, my parents decided to sign me up for British soccer camp. Growing up as a tomboy, I played most sports before middle school. I was the girl playing with the boys during recess. I started playing soccer at the age of 5. I partook in YMCA soccer anytime that I could. The first day is always the hardest because Tongue River is such a small school and no one loved soccer as much as I did. Being the only…

The kids inside P.E all you here talking about should me be on a team but really they do not so they have to beat the other team. Let me tell you is the best players for soccer inside are Bryan, Nathan, Carlos, Kelvin, Jeffrey, Nick, and I. The P.E coach comes in and says line up on the wall so he picks the teams by one or two. I mostly get Kelvin for my goalkeeper and they never score but if they are lucky, they do. Therefore, the other team is not that good so I take it easy for I don’t get to…

The droning sound of sharp exhales and the snapping of fists on thick cotton gis started to become something I wanted a break from, not something I wanted a break for. I started practicing kempo at the Guardian martial arts dojo when I was a child, since both my brother and my dad were also doing it, it became somewhat a family activity. After a few years, the forms and workouts that were done became dull to me, I felt that I wanted something new to do if anything at all. Thinking that it was…

as it is in places like Europe and South America, soccer has made its way to Hawaii where there are many leagues, colleges, high schools, and associations that play it. There are soccer associations in Hawaii such as AYSO and HYSA in which my friends and I participate in. HYSA is the state's largest soccer organization, it was founded more than thirty years ago, it is also a non profit organization and its true purpose…