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Today was the second game of the season, and it was a great game. I really think that I played well this time around. In the first half, I played two different positions. I started the game as left mid, and I did a mediocre job passing the ball around and playing defense and offense. I got taken off the field on the first round of subs, and it seemed like it was just going to be another game where I play just to achieve the minimum time each player has to play. Surprisingly, however, I got put back in at right back, where I think I did a pretty good job of preventing the opposing team from scoring. The first half was nothing spectacular, but the second half was when I really started playing well. I started out the half as left mid again. I got a pass from the defense, straight into four players from the opposing team. With a spin move that I've been practicing for some time now, I broke free and started dribbling down the field. I made a pass to the offense, feeling proud that I ...

Yesterday was my first soccer game this year. At the start of the game, my friend Nick predicted that the other team would score within a minute of halftime, and that we would score two goals afterwards to win the game. Our team got an early advantage at the start of the game, pushing the opposing team back. We had several opportunities for shots, but none of them made the cut. They were either too high, too low, too wide, or too short. As the game dragged on, we were all disappointed that we had yet to make one single goal. When halftime came, the score was still tied 0 - 0. Everyone was getting frustrated, angry at why we hadn't scored yet. And then, disaster struck. The opposing team had scored! The mood on the benches turned gloomy and dark. For the next 25 minutes, neither team would score. With 3 minutes left in the game, it looked like the team that had been undefeated for two years would lose their first game in the season. However, the game was not over yet. With 2 minut...