How Soccer Changed My Life

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I have loved soccer ever since I kicked a ball at my first practice when I was seven years old. Although I was just a child in elementary school, I knew that soccer was the sport I would stick with for as long as possible because it took my mind off of everything and allowed me to feel present in that moment. I went on to play soccer for another nine years with club teams as well as with the high school team through my freshman and sophomore year. With the same passion and drive as from when I first started playing, I was having the time of my life during high school season. My freshman season was amazing, I was one of four freshmen that made the soccer team which made me feel even more overwhelmed with joy and love for this sport. Sophomore …show more content…

I sat on the sideline for the rest of the season cheering on my teammates and keeping stats for the team, but inside I was broken. For the next few months I tried my best to keep my spirits up and still participate in team activities even though it felt as though I was an outsider to something I used to know so well. Slowly, I began to lose my desire to follow through with arriving to practices and games because it seemed like my team did not need me anymore and if anything I was just a tag-along at every event. During my recovery process after high school season, I quit my club team because it cost my mom a lot of money that we did not have to waste on something I could not even participate in. By the time I was fully recovered, high school soccer season was approaching during my junior year. As much as I felt like I should at least try out, I knew that I lost a lot of skill from taking so much time off and I believed that it would be in my best interest to avoid it all together. While my soccer career came to an end, a fortunate outcome of the situation was that I had more time to study and do homework on weeknights and my overall grade point average began to

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