The sport of soccer in general is very combative. People don’t realize it’s very one-on-one a lot of times.
My parents and my grandfather on my mom’s side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.
It’s definitely one of my biggest passions – I played every day after school with all my friends from high school in Pennsylvania. They weren’t really soccer players, so we would play basketball all the time.
Until they study the general population and find out what the likelihood of CTE in a soccer mom is versus an NFL brain, we really have no baseline to rate this study off of.
Everyone throughout the soccer world knows the Cosmos name and the legacy of the players that played for this team previously. They helped establish soccer in America and I’m honored to follow in their footsteps.
When people think of the word ‘drive,’ they often think you have it or you don’t, and that’s where we’re wrong. Drive is something that can be encouraged by a wonderful teacher, by a terrific classroom environment, by an awesome soccer team that you are on, and it can be squashed as well.
Like many kids, I was thrown into recreational soccer in my town, and from there, I grew to love it. Everywhere I went, I carried a soccer ball with me.
I coach soccer, and my wife and I are very involved in our kids’ lives. Our family is busy with doctor appointments, soccer practice, school, work, travel, vacation… life.
I believe that soccer in the United States lacks an idol and they should do everything possible to create one.
Argentina is a powerhouse in soccer.
My mom was always the supplier of soccer balls, and so people were always knocking on my door, and trying to get me out so we could play.
For me, soccer was a dance.
A lot of young women play soccer, and it’s wonderful to give them something to aspire to.
I really try to take a step back from the soccer world and going a thousand miles an hour every day. I like to do some sort of either meditation or mental visualization or breathing exercises – something to calm my mind down because a lot of times, it’s just going faster than it should.
I knew there was no money in track and field unless you were unbelievable. So I stopped it when I was 13. I just really wanted to focus on soccer and with soccer training and high school, it would have been too much if I did track and field as well.
If you lose three or four in a row, people start talking about retirement. They are not used to this sport like they are used to tennis. If you take a look at how many times Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer lost, it’s all part of the game. Soccer is no different: teams go through bad times and then rise again.
I’ve used my experience from playing sports in almost every aspect of my life. Playing soccer is where I found my voice, and playing softball was where I learned precision, and in every game I learned to play as a member of a team – to work not for my own glory, but for a shared goal.
We want the N.W.S.L. to grow. It is growing; it’s continuously growing every year. We want it to be sustainable. It’s separate in the sense that this is a U.S. Soccer thing, but the idea is to grow soccer in general, and we want to do that any way we can.
We are glad not only to bring a professional soccer team to Miami but also to support all of its communities through our social responsibility commitment.
If your child’s going to ride in a car or go swimming or play soccer, all of those things involve risk. And if your child doesn’t do any of those things, then they’re probably sitting too much, and that involves risk, too.
I did improv classes just like any kid would do soccer or gymnastics or swimming. At one of my showcases, my manager came to my mom and said, ‘We would like to represent your daughter.’ My mom asked me that night if I would like to actually act, and I said, ‘Why not? I’ll give it a try!’
And of course in America you’ve got American football and baseball and all those other ball games, soccer has become a little niche that the women have kind of filled.
I want kids. I want a soccer team, and I want a husband.
Play is under attack in our nation’s schools – and shrinking recess periods are only part of the problem. Homework is increasing. Cities are building new schools without playgrounds. Safety concerns are prompting bans of tag, soccer, and even running on the schoolyard.
I used to play soccer when I was in Morocco, but I was more of a basketball player. I played high school basketball, I played AAU basketball.
I enjoy my family a lot. I have active teenagers, and they’re in soccer and choral events.
Toddlers need to get off the soccer field and onto the playground. Children need to get out of the gym and into neighborhood stickball games. We need to give kids room to create their own rules, set their own terms, and move their bodies in their own ways.
I like to play soccer and paintball. I love paintball.
I was honestly more talented in soccer than in basketball. I don’t think I’d have gone anywhere in soccer. But I think I was more talented in soccer.
Kids in Africa start kicking a ball when they are six or seven years old, if not younger. It’s like baseball, basketball and football in America. If you’re talented, people will find you. That’s what happened with soccer. The number of academies has grown rapidly, and people are really into it.
A game of soccer is popular because its rules don’t change often.
If I can inspire kids to do what I do – want to become professional soccer players – then I think that that’s everything I want to do.
The demographics of this country are changing. And the people coming to this country are soccer fans, not hockey fans.
I want to know I made women’s soccer better than it was when I came into it.
I’m a big soccer fan. My favorite player is Ronaldo, but the real Ronaldo. The Ronaldo from Brazil.
When I was growing up, I played a lot of soccer. I always wanted to be a good soccer player.
World Soccer Stars presents a great opportunity to celebrate the arrival of football, and from what I know, football is the next emerging sport in Pakistan.
I love soccer and I’ve always been a fan of players who stay with their teams for a long time.
Children need to move to develop their brain; it’s a natural urge. That’s why boys will run after a ball and play soccer despite how many video games are available to them, and they can’t help themselves from building with Lego bricks as well. They want to be creating something that’s uniquely their own.
If I didn’t have quads and hamstrings, soccer would be a lot different for me than it is now. I would be pushed all over the field. My lower body is something that has made me the player I am today, and it makes me feel strong.
Hockey is no longer a big four. It’s football, basketball, baseball and soccer. Now, I’m not talking MLS. I’m talking COPA, World Cup, men’s, women’s, MLS, youth… and there’s a lot of reasons for it.
Soccer is a magical game.
Over the last 10-15 years, you’ve seen soccer finally start to grow at a fast pace, start to get the recognition it deserves, and I think it has to do with all of the people who come to America from foreign countries.
In 2005, I would have never guessed that I was at risk for a pulmonary embolism. I was 21 years-old, playing college soccer and just living the dream.
I played sports year around: basketball, soccer, softball and I ran track year around, from the time I was, like, six, seven.
I absolutely loved my time at Uconn. It was my first time really being away from home, having to make decisions for myself, make decisions for what’s best for my soccer, for my school, nutrition.
For me soccer provides so many emotions, a different feeling every day. I’ve had the good fortune to take part in major competitions like the Olympics, and winning the World Cup was also unforgettable. We lost in the Olympics and won in the World Cup, and I’ll never forget either feeling.
I could hear my friends outside playing soccer while I was expected to stay inside practicing the piano. It was like torture!
My first memories are playing soccer for Carlingford Redbacks with my stepdad as the coach.
If you go to school you can meet friends and you can play soccer, you know?
Soccer players generally burn through all of their carbohydrate stores by halftime, so how are you going to replace those? That’s what we do at halftime.
I play basketball, I play soccer, I draw, uh I like girls.
Of course, my father was a soccer player. He used to play very good. Then, when I was young, eight or nine years old, ten years old, I just want to be like my father.
I really want to try soccer after I retire because I’ve watched football over the years and I think I could be a good contender.
Move with them, be active with them – whether it’s swimming or scooting or bicycling or playing soccer. Engage your child.
When I was younger, I used to bite my nails so bad. I used to play sports; I played, like, every sport. I would be playing soccer, and I’d be in the middle of the field just zoned out, biting my nails, and I’d, like, miss the ball going past me.
I thought I was going to play soccer in college.
