My name is jimmy and I am the starting goalie for our high school soccer team. I have been playing soccer since I was five years-old. I get an adrenaline rush just thinking about the game. I don’t only practice with the team but every free moment. My parents are constantly telling me to slow down before I injure myself I just laugh and tell them,”what do they know.”

  It was a normal afternoon of practice for the soccer team. Everyone went on the field practice drills for coach Duke. The sun was beginning to set as it normally does in the middle of fall. The team was hyped as we had won our tenth straight game. Coach told us that we needed to win one more game to make it to the playoffs.

  My best friend josh plays backup goalie for the team. Even though he doesn’t  play that much,he practices hard each day. Josh is the easy going kid that makes friends with everyone. The team says Josh has the best sportsmanship. He never gets angry unlike me who gets angry easily over a bad call or play.

One day during practice coach made the goalies do a drill. This was the last practice before the game to go to the playoffs. Josh and I practiced hard and we said that we are going to win the game.

It’s gameday and everybody was dressed and ready to go.The first half started and right off the bat we scored and the score is 1-0 and everybody cheered. Josh was happy that we were winning by the time the second half started the score was 3-1. The other team kicked the ball to start the second half and they dribbled past everyone the only thing between the ball and the goal was me. The boy shot the ball and I went diving and my knee popped and the next thing I know i was on the ground hurt and they had scored. There was three minutes left and the score is 3-2.
Josh went in and he was happy everyone thought that we lost because they think he can’t save anything. The other team got the ball and ran through everyone. He shot the ball and Josh dove everyone stood up in the stand anxious. Josh had stopped the ball and the buzzer sounded and we won the game 3-2 thats how we went to the playoffs.