Have you ever heard someone who won a game say that?  Or is it just reserved for those people who are trying to console themselves by saying they tried their best and that they put in their full one hundred percent--and came up short?  Today was our second game of the season.  We played West Torrance, put in our best, our full hundred percent.  We "played with heart" as our coach said.  Apparently, he has "never seen a better game played."  If that's the case, my guess is he hasn't seen very many soccer games, because we lost four to zero.  Best effort?

The losing part really doesn't matter to me that much, because I may be competitve in some areas, but sports is just not one of them.  The part that made me angry was that I hurt my quad before the game, told me coach...and he didn't believe me.  He said I should just play if I could.  And it wasn't that I couldn't play, it was that I couldn't sprint to the ball, or kick with my left foot, or lean over the ball to far without experiencing excruciating pain.  No matter that if you can't run in soccer you're useless, if you can't use both feet it makes the ball easier to steal.  I could play.  Absolutely I could.  It was just painful.  At the end of the game as our coach gave us the regular pep talk about how we were amazing despite the obstacles with our player shortage (nine to seventeen) and the injuries of our players, I noticed how he didn't mention me.  Because he didn't think I was injured.  Just some kind of drama queen out to get attention or someone lazy who makes up an excuse not to play.  Don't get me wrong, I am lazy, but I don't go making up excuses to avoid stuff.  But apparently I come off as the type of person who does. 

Just perfect.

-Jessica