Ever since I was two, I was running around on the soccer field with two ponytails and a bright green jersey. I fell in love with the sport of soccer and nothing can take that away from me. When I was old enough to understand soccer better, I decided to keep playing because it was fun first of all, but also because of my family. Soccer is a competitive sport and it also takes my mind off of things. My first game as a freshman came around and I was really excited. In that game I scored 2 goals. In the whole season I believe that I scored up to 10 goals. I felt like the pair of soccer cleats I had as a freshman were important to me first of all because I scored 10 goals with those cleats so they just become important to me because of those goals I scored. But like they say, you make the cleats, the cleats don't make you. My Dad and cousins also had a favorite pair of cleats when they played soccer because they also made special accomplishments with the cleats they had. My family is always watching soccer and when they aren't watching it they´re playing it. 

– Martha Lopez

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