- My name is Kaylie Carpenter and I am a soccer player and a cheerleader.
- Soccer is a sport where you can only kick the ball and try to score goals and defend your own goal.
- I practice soccer every Tuesdays and Thursdays after school and play in games every Saturdays.
- I play for a recreational team in Englewood at Jason Park.
- I love soccer because it keeps me active.
- Soccer is a big part of my life because I have been playing for eight years.
- I have fun when I'm playing and watching soccer.
- My dad, his dad and my grandpa's dad played soccer, so they signed me up at an early age and it stuck.
- I enjoy hanging out and practicing with my team.
- It is the only sport that I know like the back of my hand.
Soccer is the best thing ever.
- According to The New York Times, talking about Abby Wambach, "Most immediately, she said, her goal is to get sharp so that her teammates can feel as confident in her reliability as she does." This shows soccer is the best thing ever because one person can have a positive affect on the whole team and Abby Wambach has made it her goal to get sharp so her team doesn't suffer.
- According to ESPN FC, talking about Sporting Kansas City and D.C. United, "The defeat was an anomaly, but coach Peter Vermes was smart not to use his team's packed schedule as an excuse." This shows soccer is the best thing ever because there are no excuses made when an unexpected loss happens.
- According to The Guardian, talking about Jay Rodriguez and his team Southampton, "He left without making a first-team appearance but here he lashed Midtjylland into the lead with a beautifully struck left-foot drive. Quaintly he refused to celebrate." This shows soccer is the best thing ever because the unexpected happens, sometimes at the last minute, and even then Rodriguez "quaintly" refused to celebrate.
- According to The New York Times, talking about the face of Canada's women's soccer, Christine Sinclair, "It is a far cry, said Maeve Glass, 55, Canada’s equipment manager and a pioneering player, from the 1970s, when women began playing soccer anonymously in Vancouver, stuffing legal-size envelopes into their socks as makeshift shin guards.Now there are more than 350,000 registered female players in Canada, a number that has tripled in the last 20 years, according to the Canadian soccer federation." This shows soccer is the best thing ever because it has come along way, from a couple of women using envelopes as makeshift shin guards to more than 350,000 girls in Canada and many more across the world.
- According to The Washington Post, talking about Crystal Dunn and her team Washington Spirit, "Crystal Dunn, the National Women’s Soccer League goal leader, broke out of a two-game rut by scoring in second-half stoppage time Sunday night as the visiting Washington Spirit defeated the Chicago Red Stars, 2-1, to leap into second place with three matches left in the regular season." Also, " Press posted a hat trick, Johnston scored once, Krieger played 90 minutes and Harris started in the 8-0 victory over Costa Rica in Pittsburgh on Sunday." This shows soccer is the best thing ever because the game is anyone's and there are many accomplishments that come with working hard.