Junior Interview
What does soccer mean to you?
Soccer is just a really fun sport to play.
Why do you play soccer?
I mostly play soccer because of my dad, he inspires me to play most of the time. My dad taught me how to play soccer when he was younger and played with his friends to learn more. I started to get more used to playing soccer today because I practiced it with my friends.
When did you start playing soccer? What age?
Like around 7 years old because my dad taught me how to play the sport when I was younger and I wondered how to play it when I saw my friends playing soccer. Then from now I wanted to know how to feel about the sport and why the sport is motivating when playing it.
What is your motivation for soccer?
I mostly play for fun but I also want to keep practicing until I become a decent level player. I want to become better because I want to put in the effort and to at least try to play because I want to show my team I can put in the work in the team.
What are your stats?
I play defense. This year I haven’t made many goals but last year I made 1 goal, but it was from a distance.
What goes on in practice?
Practice isn’t the best. I mean the coach barely teaches us to do anything we mostly like to kick the ball around. During the games our team loses against other schools. I think we need to have a new coach because we do the same thing every time there is practice.
Thoughts on the school soccer coach?
She is okay, She pushes us and motivates us to do better. But the drills are not good at all, therefore I think it’ll be better if we had better drills, and learn better ways to play, instead of practicing the same drills everyday.
Who’s your favorite teammate?
Eduardo (aka lalo) -12th grader
Eric Garcia – 11th grader
Tristan Merino- 11th grader
Fredy Merino- 9th grade
More about me!
How old are you?
I am 16 years old?
What is your ethnicity?
Mexican
What is your grade?
Junior (11th grade)
Who is your crew leader?
Mr. Fernandez
Eric’s Interview
What does soccer mean to you?
It doesn’t really mean anything, I just play it for fun. It’s fun because I play soccer with my friends. I play soccer when I get time to. Mostly in the games We sometimes win and there are times where we lose because our team is decent.
When did you start playing soccer?
I started playing soccer in middle school in the sixth grade because I was interested in playing soccer when I was in fifth grade. In practice during that time we always kick the ball and hang out.
What is your motivation for soccer?
I have my motivation because I play it because I saw my friends playing soccer. So I don’t have motivation because I started playing soccer when during the fifth grade it led me into playing soccer. I want to become a decent soccer player.
Thoughts on the school coach?
I think we need a new coach. Not gonna lie because she doesn’t really train us well and do actual drills, we basically just kick a ball around. We do the same thing every day and the training needs more practice.
Is she not motivating the team enough?
She’s not good at motivating, she just tells us to try our best. I don’t have anything against her because she is human after all. All I can say is she needs to at least work and try to train us and to motivate us.
Who’s your favorite teammate?
I don’t have a favorite teammate because most of the time our team is kinda bad to be honest. We always lose to other schools and we sometimes win because we practice and do our practice after school.
What are your stats?
I don’t know the season just started, I didn’t even know what to do during soccer practice, nothing yet, zero goals. The reason why is because during practice it always doesn’t go well back then and now we started to get better.
What position do you play?
I play right wing because I feel comfortable playing that position during soccer practice and in the game.
How many assists?
Zero, we have bad strikers because the season just started and mostly there are teammates who need help on how to play because they don’t know how to play soccer. We are mostly kind enough to teach them. Another reason is that the training isn’t that good because we mostly kick around the ball.
More about me!
How old are you?
I am 16 years old
What is your ethnicity?
Mexican
What grade are you in?
Junior (11th grade)
Who is your crew leader?
Mr. Price
