We talk about soccer A LOT around here. If it has to do with soccer, we talk about it. It’s always been like that for us. One of the topics that comes up a lot is about how much soccer has given us and the incredible journey it has taken us on. We have been to some amazing places, met incredible people and had our lives forever changed because of the sport.

Then Joe wrote in about the aches and pains he is feeling from being 30+ and still playing, but that it was the best feeling because of how much he loves the sport. We talk about stories like this all the time, joke about being sore, make sacrifices to get out and play and so on.

This got us to thinking. Every soccer fan has stories about how soccer has influenced their lives, changed it, introduced us to life long friends, and so on. Each individual story is as unique and personal as anything else that we can imagine. So we have decided to create a category on this site for all of you (and us) to write in and share our experiences about how soccer has shaped, changed and saved all of our lives.

We can’t think that anything like this has ever existed, so we are very excited to put it out there and see the life that it takes on. So send in your stories, a picture of yourself if you want us to post that, and maybe what city you are representing. We’ll get the stories up and we can collectively start sharing our soccer experiences.

Send your stories to

submit@theoriginalwinger.com

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