Archive for the 'Soccer Saved My Life' Category

May 15th, 2008

Soccer Saved My Life – Anonymous

Let me start by saying I don't really tell anyone this story….. With tears streaming down my 12yr old face I lunge forward, slide tackle the left back and dribbled the ball over the goal line for the game winning goal. As I look up and see every single one of my teammates running towards me to celebrate, I realized all of us were crying. Just ...
May 13th, 2008

For The Love Of The Game

My sprained ankle from 8 weeks ago is still not fully recovered as I have been playing on it every Monday and Thursday. As I limped off the field of my indoor soccer game last night and into my car, I nearly began to cry. Not from pain, or anger--but from the sheer love I have for the game! We had just completed 50 minutes of all out intense soccer. It ...