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My stomach was turning, because I was very excited. The first day of my recreational

soccer team’s first out of town tournament. The day was sunny, hot, and stirring with commotion.

The Bandits were going to play some soccer.

Saturday morning everyone on my soccer team met in the lobby of the Marriott in

Beaumont. We piled into cars and headed to the soccer fields. We arrived and Coach Tim went to

check us in. My team and I were standing around passing the ball, when Coach Tim walked over to

us he had signed us up to late. We were all sad and thought we would have to go home, when the

tournament director walked over to us and told us we could still play. He also told us that the only

opening was in the under eight boys bracket.

My team and I all agreed that we would: first of all, we were seven years old; and second

of all; we wanted to play, not go home. So, there we were standing around waiting for our new

Schedule to be delivered. When it was delivered we had to walk over to our first game. We ran onto

the field and began our normal warm-ups. The referees walked onto the field and told us it was

time to play. About that time my stomach felt like the butterflies would never go away.

The whistle was blown and the game began. I was playing right forward when the ball

was passed to me. I dribbled the ball as fast as I could, hoping and praying I would make it to the

other end of the field. I lucky made it to the other side, and the goalie was starting to move toward

me. I shot the ball and it hit him. I ran up and shot it again, but this time the ball flew to the back of

the net. The rest of the game we went on scoring two more goals, winning our first out of town

game.

I will never forget that one game and the one moment when I scored the first goal,

because I was congratulated so much it would have lasted me the rest of the year. Well,

the rest of ...