It was the beginning of my first select soccer season. I had been playing soccer for seven years. I got ready for my practice and me and my dad got in the car. When I got there I didn't know anyone. So I started talking to everybody learning what position they played “Hey guys what positions do you all play?”
“Defense”
“Defense”
“Defense”
“Midfield”
“Defense”
“Cool” most of them played defense. Which wasn't good for me cuz I've been playing defense for 4 years. And I wanted to play defense again. When practice started I was confused and out of place I asked them “How many years have you guys been playing soccer.
“7 years”
“5 years”
“6 years”
“2 years”
A Lot of these people were better than I was. There was 45 minutes left of practice and we had a scrimmage I was a starter. Which surprised me. My coach had placed me at forward. Which meant that I stayed at half field and waited to get the ball. In the first 5 minutes …show more content…
of the game Nicholas passed it to me. I should have probably mentioned I'm the fastest kid on our team and probably in the entire league. I got the ball and did a Matthews to get around the first defender. Then I burst and got passed every single defender fast and I scored. I did that 4 more times that game. Coach pulled me to the side and decided that i would be the foreword for the team.
Our first game was a week later after that practice.
“MItch you’re playing up top with Nick.” My coach said.
I got ready and I went on the pitch.
In the first 2 minutes of the game Mikey passed it over to be. I didn't even do any moves I got the ball and ran. I was far past all the defenders so I had time to shoot. I lined up my shot and kicked the ball and it hit the back of the net the crowd cheered. 2 minutes later the coach pulled me out. He told me I was gonna go in as a forward in a minute. But he wanted to change up the plan. He told me now to get the ball run up the side of the field and cross it in the goal bow of the opposite team. Sure enough I went in a minute later and 2 minutes after that I got the ball. I ran up the side of the field with it and crossed it in the middle. Sure enough there was 3 people from my team in the goal box and 4 defenders in the goal bow. The ball is flying in the air and as it starts falling Nicholas jumps up and heads it right into the back of the net. The crowd
screams.
“Nice goal Nick!!!”
It was 2-0. My teammates gave me and nick a high five and the ball was back at midfield. I got the ball again ran it up the field and shot and scored. The last goal we scored that game I ran it up the field and crossed it and one of my teammates scored. It was awesome after the game we ran and gave all the parents high fives. We were all excited. We all met up at a restaurant and had dinner. We were talking about the game the entire time. Everybody told me I did a great job during the game. “Ready for the next game everybody?”