Sometime last winter, after Michael decided not to wrestle, he was trying to figure out what he was going to do to stay in shape. He was invited to go play indoor soccer with some of his friends, so he went. Now, you have to understand that Michael hasn't played soccer for a VERY long time. He played city rec soccer from kindergarten until about 4th grade when it conflicted with football, and football won. He came home from his first pick up game, and was so excited, he had a blast! Michael kept going to these games and picked up how to play the game better, then decided to try out for the high school team. We all thought, just have fun, enjoy your senior year, maybe play a little varsity but probably mostly jv. Big surprise, Michael was a starter on the varsity team and played most of the time in every game. Who would have thought?
Fully half of the starting varsity players had never played before, just like Michael. They were pretty rough around the edges, but won a couple of games by being better athletes than the other teams. One team even complained about having a bunch of football players playing soccer! I guess they forgot they couldn't tackle? They had a tough season, but had alot of fun!
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