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Two In One

“Step it up!” I yelled to my teammates as the first half drew closer to ending with every second.  I didn’t want another 0-0 tie like last game, so I was determined to win or at least score a goal.  Our defense stole the ball from Methacton’s top forward and sent it to Tyler at midfield.  By the time he passed it to Pat, who was playing forward opposite me, there couldn’t have been more than 2 minutes left to play.  Pat crossed the ball to me and it soared through the air over every defender until it was just a few inches away.  I slowly brought my head back as the ball spun inches away from my face.  I snapped my neck forward and headed the ball over the goalie’s shoulder as he crashed into my knees and took me out.  My team cheered and yelled as we went up 1-0.

Methacton’s forwards took the tap after I scored and began to work the ball up the field towards our net.  One of them got all the way to our 18 yard line before firing a shot towards the bottom right corner of our goal.  Our goalie barely saved it, and got ready for the punt.  As his foot struck the ball, I took off from midfield to catch up to it.  The ball flew by me and looked to be right in between me and the goalie as I raced in its direction.

By the time I reached it the ball was bouncing at my waist and the goalie couldn’t have been more than a few feet away.  I was unable to head the ball this time, and it was too high off the ground to kick, so I kneed it in the direction of Methacton’s goal.  It arced just over the goalie’s hands as he jumped up to grab it, and bounced into the goal behind him.

Just then the whistle blew and the first half ended with Upper Dublin leading Methacton 2-0.  Never before had I scored two goals in one minute; this was definitely one of the highlights of my soccer career.  We went on to win that game 5-0 with all the momentum we had after the first half.  Our soccer team could not have gone on to have an undefeated season without that win.  I had never been more pumped up than I was during those 60 seconds of that soccer game.

Filed by Mr. Hillman at March 28th, 2008 under Confessions of Serial Teenager