Lola Perez

Comfort in a Jersey

In my opinion, the Fall River High School soccer team really motivates and pushes each other to do their best and try hard with encouragement and determination. With the help of  Fall River Bulldogs soccer coach Megan Young, the Bulldogs are making a strong effort to play and win games on and off the field. There is lots of companionship on the field and with the players. They like it when they go against the other teams because it gives them a chance to make new friends and look at the other players' strategies. Once the game is over, they go back to being regular teenage students, the same students who ate food off the ground but said it wasn’t them. I had the chance to see them play against Mount Shasta on September 17. Now, I don’t understand soccer very well, but when I was sitting in those stands watching, I saw Raul Iniguez hit the ball with his head and it made a loud “Thwak!!” I would never do that because it's not healthy, and if we hit it too hard it could cause a headache or worse a concussion. I think it was ridiculous how the soccer players had to wear shorts and a t-shirt in the rain and thunder, but I was also wearing shorts too, and no sweatshirt because I didn’t think it would rain. I don’t think it's a good idea to have the soccer games and volleyball games on the same day because all the volleyball players usually go to the soccer games, but they can’t if their game is the same day and time. I noticed the crowd at the soccer games hardly has any people, but at the volleyball game it has more people, and at the football games it’s always packed with people. I’ve noticed strangers that don’t even know any of the players go to the football games to watch them, but the soccer players' families only come... but some of their families don’t even come watch. In my opinion, I think it's messed up not to watch your own child’s game. My dad used to not come to any of my shows or games, and he always made an excuse about why he couldn’t. I always believed him, but the lying never ended good. Once again, I don’t know much about soccer, but I do know that the players try hard to be perfect but still don’t think they are. To me, they’re perfect and amazing players.