FW - I love soccer

I think it's really a shame that the game of soccer is one that is not that highly valued in the United States. Of course, quantitatively rating value is a difficult thing to do, but we obviously care much less about soccer than we do football, basketball, or baseball. And that's really a shame, since it is such a great game to play that involves skill for all the players.

My ward has started a weekly soccer game every Tuesday evening at Kiwanis Park, and I have fully thrown myself into the fray. I am quite terrible at the main part of the game - I was one of those nerdy children that didn't play many sports as a child - but I thoroughly enjoy playing Goalkeeper. I feel that the goalie is the underdog of soccer: He's not lauded when a goal is scored, he gets little honor when he blocks a shot, but he gets almost all the blame when he allows a shot to score. So sad.

So naturally, since I tend to be the underdog in most of my endeavors, I gravitated toward the goalie. It fits me great! I don't need to receive glory, laud, and honor, and my past experiences being the underdog has taught me how to shake off any kind of undue criticism. I also become a very aggressive person in soccer (who knew?), and that aggression comes in pretty dang handy when I charge a lone forward who's naïvely thinking of attempting a goal on my turf.

I rock.

I really do.

Really.

But I suppose I could use some practice.