Personal Narrative: Loyalty In Soccer

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Loyalty: I have never played soccer. I always knew it was a part of my heritage, a part of my Hispanic background, was Mexico's soccer team the best in the world? Far from it, Mexico's national team has not won a World Cup and barely won any serious trophies outside of the World Cup. This is not what makes it so important to my heritage and Mexican heritage as a whole, the thing that makes soccer so important to Hispanics is loyalty. Our loyalty to our team that can't even pass the knockout stage is so strong and as a kid I didn't get to experience that type of loyalty to anything sports related. I grew up doing pretty much nothing. I went to school and went back home and had no passion for anything. I always felt like I was missing something. Then after about 5 years I saw my first soccer game on TV.. Everyone was talking about Mexico playing in the World Cup. I was of course lost i didn't know much of what was happening i walked into the room it was a bit chilly as it started in december so i walked in i smelled food my mom was making in the kitchen and i looked at the tv and i felt nothing but excitement and thrill and joy. I understood the game in under 3 minutes and I knew what I would end up enjoying for hopefully my whole …show more content…

Was I the best at the start? No, I was pretty trashy. But it was fun and I wanted to learn more. I knew I could learn and play better. Then my mom saw a flier to join a soccer team and my mom asked me “do you wanna join this?” and my sister also said “it's a good idea, I know you're new to the sport but you should try it” and I decided to try and see how it went. It went well for me. I enjoyed it. I remember stepping on the field. It was a bit chilly in January so it was a bit cold since it was December a month ago, but despite the goosebumps on my arm and the cold winds and the nervousness in my mind I went and played

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