Comments on: Soccer Popularity, Leave A Message After The Beep

By: Soccer: We Are All Professional Failures

Soccer: We Are All Professional Failures — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:27:12 +0000

[...] Soccer is not school and the big red pen does not exist in the real world. Train hard and make [...]

By: Who Are The Greatest Soccer Champions In The World?

Who Are The Greatest Soccer Champions In The World? — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:08:04 +0000

[...] about the ego? Soccer at the highest level is starting to resemble Hollywood. Player’s choices and goals are influenced by personal reward, recognition and money. These are a [...]

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:26:54 +0000

Thanks for your feedback, I’m glad you like the article.

By: Tony Everett

Tony Everett — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:34:47 +0000

This is a great article. I think any sport can be used to teach kids valuable life lessons, and here is a great one. To set yourself goals and work hard toward them is hard enough. To not allow the temptation of the popularity contest to take you off course is even harder. Find what you are good at, what you are passionate about, set yourself measurable goals to grow in that area of your life and stick to it. No matter what others may think or want you to do outside of that. To be the best in soccer (or any sport), this is a critical.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:20:29 +0000

Peer pressure, etc., make it very hard to avoid being affected by those popularity contests in high school. But what a very well-written post for high school students on how to concentrate on the goal (so to speak) and compete well in soccer!