Josephine J.

The Big Soccer Game!

“I can't wait till the big soccer game!”  My name is Emily June and I love soccer!! My whole family plays, that is why I love it so much.  I have been playing soccer since I was 3, I am the best soccer player on   my team. I know I am because the soccer coach always says good job to me and no one else, and I score the most goals and pass the most!!  

Tomorrow I have my big soccer game. I am so excited that I was shaking!      

 I ran to my room and grabbed my jersey from my drawer, my socks, my shin guards and my cleats. It was so hard to find every thing...my room was so messy it was like a wild pig just got here and destroyed my room!



HONK, HONK!! I heard from outside. I ran down the stairs, and slammed the front door behind me.  I hopped in my mom’s new clean shiny car and we drove off to soccer practice. I hopped out of the car and got my water bottle. 

Then I heard the soccer coach say, “Emily, “hurry up let's do some shooting before the game ok?”

“Ok that would be great!” I said.

The drill we did was we have 2 lines,  one line has the ball and the other has no balls so what we did is there was a defender and a goalie. We had to pass, get to the goal and try to score.  I was the defender and it was so easy but later on we had to switch so someone else can be it.  When it was my turn to get past the defender I just passed to the other player and that made it really easy but then when she passed the ball back I scored!! 

The next soccer drill was foot skills. We had very close cones and we had to go as fast as we could go through them with a soccer ball!! It was kind of hard for me but I have done it before so I was pretty good at it. 

The last drill was running drills. We had to run 10 laps around this giant soccer field!!  It was really tiring but it was worth it.  At least I survived that horrible run! 

After the running drill we talked about our positions for the soccer game tomorrow. I had the right wing. On that position you stay on the right and you can score, pass, or you can do anything as long as you're on the right side. I love that position because you get to score, pass, and so much more.  Oh and did I mention that I love that position!! 

I was so nervous for tomorrow.  WHat if I don't score any goals! Or no one passes to me!! I was shaking!  I hope we win the soccer game. What if we don't win? What if I fall, or get tripped!  I hope I don't get injured or anything. I just want to have a normal soccer game and win. I know my mom will not be there but if there was a problem and I got hurt  my best friend’s mom will totally just take me to the hospital or the doctor’s. 

My best friend's name is Elizabeth. We have been best friends since we were 2!!  We met each other at our pre-school.  At our pre-school there was a option to learn stuff when you were 2 like the alphabet, or the numbers up to 10.  Our parents met first and that is how we met. Now we are 12.  We have been best friends for now 10 years!!  I think I have known her longer than anyone one the soccer team!! We go to each other’s house every day!! 

Tomorrow I am going to Elizabeth’s house after the big soccer game against Trumbull. I am so excited to go to Elizabeth's house because she just got a brand new puppy!! She said that it is a golden retriever!  I love those kinds of dogs because they are so so so playful and so fluffy!!  I once had one but then it passed away.  I was so, so, so sad.  I cried  for a whole week!! I think it was the saddest thing that ever happened to me. And that is why I really want to see her dog! Elizabeth named her dog Chewy because the dog really likes to chew stuff.  

After soccer practice I went home and went to bed, I got dressed in my room, got on my hair tie, did my bathroom routine.  Then…I got in bed, in like 5 minutes I was so, so, so tired I  fell asleep and had a horrible nightmare that I was playing the big soccer game then something happened, I tripped fell and sprained my wrist!! Then the coach didn't blow the whistle and we ended up losing!! :( I really wanted to win though I did not know it was a dream. I thought it was in real life so I woke up so mad I felt like I was going to burst burst into a ball of fire!! At around 7:30 a.m. I heard a nice calm quiet soothing voice, “Rise and shine Emily, today is your big day!” My mom said to me when I woke up.  I rushed out of bed so happily.

I went to get out of my PJ’S then ran to my dresser to get my jersey.  After that I got my shin guards, soccer socks, and cleats on.  I ran to the kitchen to get a water bottle.  As I poured the water from the clean fridge I heard the soothing sound of water dripping into a nice clean water bottle. I went to the front door waiting for my mom to get to the door too.  I yelled, “Come on Mom let's go!!” 

“I’m coming!” she yelled back right away.  Right after she came I ran outside and hopped right into the car, got buckled. Once she got in we went off to the big soccer game!!  I was bummed that she could not come.  She had to go to work, she worked for a furniture company in New York.

When we got to the giant green shiny grassy soccer field, I was so excited to play!! Then I heard the whistle! We already knew our positions so When we heard the whistle we ran right to the field and we got in them. I was the right wing and that is where you stay on the right side and you shoot goals.  When we heard the second whistle that meant we are on the midline and we are going to pass the ball.  And that is how you start the game. When Elizabeth passed me the ball I ran down the right side towards the other team's goal I got close to the goal I was ready, I shot the ball at the goal and I scored!! We re-started. The other team started on the midline and they started running toward our goal. I went to tackle them but when I came up to them they tripped me and I fell! My wrist hurt so, so, so bad that I cried!  This was exactly like my dream!   Elizabeth's mom started running toward me into the field into the game.  I cried so hard I thought that I would die!! But the pain in my arm hurt the most!!  Elizabeth's mom said, “Are you okay?”

“No,” I replied.

“Get up, we need to go to the doctor,” Elizabeth's mom said.

“Ok” I replied.

I got up and started walking to the car.  When I got in, my arm hurt so much!!  When we got to the doctor, we walked in the building, then we went to the front desk and told them what happened.  She showed us the way to the X-ray room.  There was a doctor in there.  She had blond curly, soft, shiny hair.

 She took my x-ray and we found out that I sprained my wrist!!  I was so horrified.  The doctor said that it won't hurt a bit once the cast is on.  She asked what is your favorite color?  I like pink!! She looked in her desk drawer and got out a pink cast.  I loved it!!  But I hated the feeling of having a sprained wrist. She gently put the cast on.  She was right and it didn't hurt a bit!

After I got my cast Elizabeth, and Elizabeth's mom and I went back to the soccer game to see who is going to win.  When the soccer coach saw me and my cast, he said that I could be the mini coach because I can't play soccer.  I was so excited when I heard that I could be the mini coach!

6 months later……

I was better! I was relieved! I can play soccer again!!!  We got an email from the doctor saying that I can take off the cast!  I was so excited to play soccer! I remembered I have a soccer ball in my room so I went to get it.  When I got it I ran out the door SLAM!  In a zip I was outside. I started dancing with my soccer ball and jumping on the ground!

But…
I couldn't wait till the next soccer game!  

The End  

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