Joga Bonito

~ The Beautiful Game ~

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world for a reason.

I had this picture as my profile picture for a while. To this day, I'm still not sure how I managed to pull it off under pressure. But regardless, it is probably one of the proudest moments of my life. (LOL)

Anyways, I'm pretty excited for tomorrow because we're going to be playing our English versus Chinese congregation soccer game after church. The weather looks to be in perfect condition. And the stage has been set with all the trash-talking that we've done. How do I know? I've heard some feedback about people not being impressed with what I've said over the last couple weeks. It's funny how it works - joking around trying to lighten things up gets taken so seriously and interpreted the wrong way. In the end, it adds fuel to the fire, and it just fires me up even more.

I feed off of the energy that is around me, and by the looks of it (even with the short-ish notice), people are excited. Unlike last year, when we played our floor hockey game, I can genuinely say that I don't know what to expect this time around. How many people will show up? What's the score going to be like? Normally, soccer is not a shifts game like hockey is. By the rules, a team is only allowed three substitutes all game long. But given most of our physical fitness, I'm sure we'll appreciate the unlimited subs we'll be allowed.

Either way, I'm going to go into this game with a different mindset as I did during the hockey game. I'm going to be greedy this time and try to score as much as I can. I have and always will be a pass first guy; but I feel like being greedy this time. I'm not sure how much I'll play and how hard I'll try, but my aim is three goals.

Excited!