The Day That Changed It All

Callie Osborne

COM 200

D. Samuels

1/15/14

The Day That Changed it All

Alright, so here’s to the day that I learned that when it comes to your “gut feelings” you should always stick to them because almost 100% of the time they’re right! It was my sophomore year of high school during soccer season. We had a game that day against a team that we were suppose to completely crush. We were the home team, giving us home field advantage along with the confidence from our fans cheering us on. We were playing Adrian that day and we knew the game would go down in the books as a win. All we had to do was show up and play.

We had an evening game that day, and if I remember correctly it was a gloomy day with a little sprinkle of rain here and there. This game was no different than any other, we showed up early and did our pre game warm up, we got our positions to start the game, and I was, as usual starting at center mid. To me, it was just another day, just another game, just another 90 minutes to do what I do best...play soccer.

The whistles blew, the game started, and just as we had expected we scored very early into the game. Next thing I remember, pass after pass, and shot after shot, led us to the 6-0 lead in no time. Now, when it comes to high school soccer there is a mercy role. You must play one complete half and be ahead by 8 points to call the game. All of us on the team knew we were well on our way to a mercy against this team, and that’s when I remember looking at my coach and asking him “you’re not going to put any restrictions on us are you?” he looked at me and responded quickly with “absolutely not, I don’t believe in using crappy teams as practice, it will do us no good”. I was so relieved to hear this since I also don’t believe in practicing against a team that is clearly way beneath the skill level that your team has. It is truly pointless.

So the game goes on and we’re up by 7 with about 10 minutes left in the half. I had been subbed to give other...