Junior Varsity Soccer Team

Last fall, when I was in seventh grade, I set the goal to get onto my school varsity soccer team. Even though I was originally dissatisfied, I realized that being on junior varsity was way better than I thought in all possible ways.

Firstly, I was surprised and disappointed that I didn’t make varsity. All of my friends and I thought I would make the team so I was surprised that I didn’t. That year, I had also been playing soccer out of school and I was on team b which is the second highest team and I thought I had done well in the tryouts, so I figured it would be pretty likely that I would make it. It was also disappointing because I was hoping to play with and against higher level soccer players to improve my game, but I realized that it doesn’t matter as much to whom you are playing against, but to how much effort you put in and the way you play. Secondly, I was contented. Junior varsity turned out a lot better than I thought. My coach was really nice and was good at soccer which helped my team improve our soccer skills. Also, I got the position I wanted because my coach knew that I liked to play left forward and that I was really good in that position. Most people kick right-footed, but even though I wrote right-handed, I kicked left-footed.
My seventh grade soccer season was amazing and I looked forward to my eighth grade soccer season because I would hopefully be on varsity then. When the soccer season came this year, I made varsity. I had improved a lot throughout the year and my hard work had paid off - I played left forward each game and was the top scorer for the second year in a row. Overall, I am glad that I was on junior varsity because the season was amazing. Every time I am in a seemingly disappointing situation, it could lead to something more