An Embarrassing Moment Analysis

Experiences of failure throughout life can be challenging to overcome. But later on, as you learn from those, they can be the building blocks of achieving success later on in life. An example of going through failure and learning from the experience to be able to work harder and find success was the soccer season of my freshman. During my season of club soccer, my team played in Austin Labor Day Cup tournament in Pflugerville, Texas in the fall of my freshman year of high school. It was the first big tournament of the year for our club team because we were placed in a group much more competitive than the others. We also played in a year up in division so we knew to come very well prepared before we made the hour long trip to the Austin area that weekend. The week before, we had trained all week long in the heat, so to come down to Austin and not be successful would be a huge disappointment to not only the team but the supporters of the club and parents. But we were too psyched for the big week ahead.
The week after our practices, we arrived in Austin to begin the Labor Day Cup. After our first 3 wins in the cup, we were confident that we would be the trophy back to the DFW area. Dominating our opponents 5-1 in 3 fixtures, we had a chance to win the semi-final, and hopefully the final. After defeating Texas Rush Premier in the semi- final 1-0, we were headed into the final of the tournament more than ready to play Houston Dynamo. They were ranked #19 in the state of Texas by Gotsoccer, and we were ranked #24 by Gotsoccer, so we had an Idea that this team was a bit far more superior than us, but we did not let that phase