05-10-2024 JEREMY LIN ESSAY Where I grew up in San Diego, soccer was a pretty well known sport and not only just in San Diego but the whole world. The majority of kids that played soccer were usually older, so it led to some differences of opinion and priorities. But that changed over time. When I was 9 years old, I had grown an attachment to soccer, at the age of 7 I had seen soccer games at a local high school. I do not remember why I went to that high school, but I do remember the exhilarating feeling of seeing the kids playing and it looked very fun. Once I had reached age 8, I had already grown somewhat of an addiction to watching games online, I did like watching professional games, but college/highschool games were more interesting …show more content…
The only problem with this organization was that there was a very large age gap between kids. Some kids were as young as 7 and some were as old as 13. This might not seem significant, but when you're a kid, even a year difference can change your entire physique/size. This led to a bias in picking the teams and the players. Especially considering that our organization would be facing other organizations and teams inside the Crusaders. The teams had to be somewhat balanced right?.. Wrong. I am not a shaman. In fact it is so wrong that the team I joined, The Light Blue Team (Don’t remember the name), consisted of 8 kids between the ages 7-9, and 4 kids between the ages of 11,12,13. This led to a HUGE biased decision when choosing the starting lineup. There were several other teams with different colors to coordinate. I remember there was this one team, the green team. The entire team consisted of kids 11-13. Their team was undefeated in the whole organization, which makes sense considering the fact that they were all much bigger than the average kids from the other teams. We wouldn't just play against each other, though. We would play against kids from other “clubs” that had similar age ranges. When I joined the