There has been a lot of dreams that I have achieved but there is one that comes to mind that so fare in my life it has been the best one yet. My dream was to win regionals with the varsity soccer team. This happened five years go in 2015 when I was a freshman in high school. I had just got moved up to Varsity to play regionals with the soccer team. I knew I was not going to be able to play as much because I was only just a freshman on Varsity. I was going to work hard during the short time I was going to practice with the Varsity that year. I knew that it was nit going to be easy but it was my chance to prove myself to the coaches for putting me on Varsity.
We had just won our first game in regionals in a crazy overtime game. We had tied in 80 minutes of regular game time. We ended up winning in the second half of overtime to send us to the next game that later that week. I didn’t get to play that game but it was an experience I was never going to forget because of hope crazy the game ended. I was really looking forward to the next game we played.
The next game we played was the game that regional championship game. The coach didn’t tell any of the players that if we won that game we would be regional champions. So, the game ended up 1-1 in regular time and we had to go to overtime again. It was a really intense game to watch because I didn’t get go play again. The game was very close to the ending and we knew that we were going to go to a penalty shootout. The coaches knew I was really good at talking penalty kicks and some of the player on the bench were telling them the same thing. So, he called me to get ready to go into the game because I was just going to go into the game for the last minute to shoot a penalty kick. That was the reason he put me in because you have to be in the game to be able to shoot a penalty kick. The game ended.
Next, it was time for the penalty shootout. They asked me what spot I wanted to be put in the list and I said five but they ended up putting me on six. So, the shootout begins and every player from both teams had scored their first four penalty kicks. It was our turn to shoot the fifth shot and we scored. It was time for the other team to shoot their penalty. So, if they made it we were going to go to sudden death which I was going to have the pressure of going first because I was put on six but if they missed we had won the game. The referee blows his whistle, the player has the right to shoot his shot and he missed the shot because our keeper saved the penalty kick. We had won the game.
Finally, after we had shaken hands with the other team, the coach gathered us telling us that we played a great game and that we were regional champions. We all looked at each other with a really confused face. He said that we had just played the regional championship game. Then, the principal of Olathe North High School handed the captains the trophy. That was the best day of my life. We were also told that we were the first team in 20 years to win regionals for Olathe North High School. It was a dream come true winning regionals.
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