Soccer Tournament Break: A Short Story

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Tournament Break
The temperature in Saginaw, Michigan, was much warmer than in previous years of playing in a soccer tournament there. The sun winked at me through the clouds. It was a sweltering hot, and mostly sunny day. I could feel the sweat drip down my face, hitting my royal blue soccer jersey. I was so grateful to have a gentle wind brush through my thick pony tail every so often.
I was a member of the U13 girls premier LaForza Soccer Team. We were getting ready to play against a team from Freeland. This was the second time we had played against Freeland in this tournament. Just hearing that name, Freeland, made my hands clench into fists. Previously, in the earlier game on Saturday, one of my teammates, Kate, had broken her arm during …show more content…
I was playing defense. There was a lot of tension between me and Freeland’s forward, number 55. She was not a beefy girl but she was taller, extremely aggressive and a “cheap player”. What I mean by that is she was constantly grabbing onto my jersey. She did not intimidate me. I had been annoying her with the littlest things throughout the game, such as placing my hand on the small of her back to let her know that I was there, marking her. I could tell I was irritating her and throwing her off her game, so I continued with it. I got called a few times by the referee for obstruction and dangerous playing. Number 55 was also the kind of player I like to call a “flopper”. Every time I’d go against her, she’d just fall to the ground like she’d been hit by a bulldozer. Eventually, she got irked by me continuing to truck her. So, with all of her force, she pushed me to the ground. As soon as my hands hit the ground, she stomped on my left hand with her cleats and kept on running down the field. Immediately, I screamed in pain, but I quickly picked myself up off the ground and held my hand as I ran back to my position. I wiped off the tear rolling down my cheek. I could not stop myself from blubbering. My ring finger on my left hand hurt like the dickens. I could feel it throbbing and starting to
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