Personal Narrative: Hope Solo

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Hope Solo, a very amazing, and competitive goalkeeper, has made young girls and women want to become soccer players. I’ve done many sports since Iwas little , at first I was madly in love with gymnastics I wanted to be exactly like a professional gymnast , but then I started to shift around in sports and that’s when I found soccer. I stopped doing gymnastics and started playing soccer, at first it was very hard and i wasn’t sure what I was doing. But then I started to practice a lot more and I started to get better. After i established that soccer was the sport for me. Competition can make an impact on your life by making new friends, being more active, and becoming more confident in yourself. Since I started playing soccer I’ve

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