Pancho Villas

Tapia 1

Martha Tapia

Professor Khalaj

College English HU 110

5 June 5, 2013

My passion for soccer

Soccer is more than a sport, it is passion. I come from a family that revolves around sports. Soccer is the biggest sport in my life I have grown up in a family where we eat, sleep, and breathe soccer. I was influenced by this sport ever since had learned to kick the ball. If I was not playing or watching my dad coach many teams, he taught me how to play it .he made clear to me that in a game, he was a coach first and a dad second.

As time went by, I would be in the back yard or the basement kicking a ball around.as I grew up, my dad instilled in me competitive nature and love of this game. When I would get upset or overwhelmed at home, I would get a ball and go find a place to practice. As I kicked the ball, worked on my dribbling, and shot at small goal to my dad bout for me, I felt all my worries melt away. When I started, soccer was merely a sport but soon it became an escape for me.

Soccer to me is an escape to the stress and boredom of my everyday life. When I step on the field I get briefly revisit the simplicity of my childhood only if for 80 minutes. I now that the reason that I love soccer so much is not simply because of the game itself, but because of the connection is has with the childhood. Soccer to me is like a time machine with every game come a trip back time to again experience that happiness that I did as a child.

The summer of my 8th grade year I was becoming increasingly stressed. I was worried about making my high school soccer team. In about mind I kept thinking I was not fast enough, my passes were not good enough. The very thing I loved the most was not making me feel