A snap and a pop and it was over

I grew up in a family that lived, breathed, and played soccer. My Dad coached soccer and both of my older brothers played soccer through High School, so when it came to me I had no choice but to play. I started playing when I was only 3 ˝. I was a little terror on the field. I loved to score right from the beginning. When you are at that age you play “bunch ball”, so what my father told me to do was to stand outside the bunch and wait till the ball squirted out. This plan worked brilliantly, I scored goal after goal with this method. As I continued to play and move through the ranks of soccer I began to enjoy it more with every game I played. I went to tournaments all across Califor

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He said that I just pulled a ligament in my knee and that I should stay off of it for three weeks. I was having the time of my life playing the world-renowned game of soccer. I went to tournaments all across California and even some out of state. The morning sessions were all conditioning and the afternoons were scrimmaging. My team was down 2 – 1 when I got a break down the side lines, I took the ball towards the goal and slid it into the side netting, tying the game 2 – 2 with three minutes to play. My knee then became really loose and any movement would cause my knee to slide in and out of place. I loved everything about it from the sweet smell of the grass to the most exhilarating feeling of scoring a goal. I started as a 7th grader, but didn’t really do anything special until my 8th grade year. When summer came around I joined an indoor team, which was so much fun, but the start of all my troubles. My coach could not believe how much I improved from my freshmen year. During the game I was feeling it, my touch was down and my moves were on. I was having the time of my life playing the world-renowned game of soccer. The morning sessions were all conditioning and the afternoons were scrimmaging. My Dad coached soccer and both of my older brothers played soccer through High School, so when it came to me I had no choice but to play.

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