Life is Like a Game of Soccer

Life is full of obstacles and challenges that occasionally require help from family and friends, and steps that we all must take. As human beings, we are constantly learning throughout these steps and challenges. So in this sense, life is similar to a game of soccer because just as in everyday life we go through the same obstacles, and have people there to support us. In a game of soccer, players, acquire cuts and scrapes just as we gain experiences throughout our lives, and once the game is over we celebrate with our team, or with family. Life is like a game of soccer in terms of important people, accomplishments, obstacles, and perseverance.

While there are many similarities in life and a game of soccer, they do have their differences. For an example, when hurt during a game of soccer, players could easily recover from those injuries compared to the injuries given to us in life, such as a broken heart. In soccer, there is always a definite winner and loser, while in life the lines of winning and losing are defined. In a game of soccer, you can severely injure yourself you can be out for the rest of the season or for life but in life if you injure yourself for an example if you lose your legs in the military you have to still manage how to live without them for the rest of your life. In life, family will remain with us for their entire life, teammates, however, will leave and move on after time. In life, you always have different accomplishments compared to soccer there is only one accomplishment and that is winning the game. Life is reality and serious unlike soccer, it’s made for fun and it’s just a game. The lines of winning and losing are less defined in life, while in soccer there’s always a winner and a loser. Lastly, there will be at times where you will have no one in life whereas in soccer you will always have members on your team.

The first similarity between life and a game of soccer are important people. In a game of soccer, there is teammates, referees, and a crowd. In soccer, the team is a single unit, they plan together and play together working off each other. Teammates will always be on the field to help you get back up if you have fallen for an example if you someone from the other team pushed you down, your teammates are there to give you a hand and help you up. The referee in a game of soccer makes sure the game is fair and give us penalties if we break a rule and could sit us down. Teammates can teach you new tricks or give you a few tips during practice to help you be a better player. In life, the important people to us are our family, teachers, and friends. In life, our family help us through break ups, when were sick, nurture us, and give us the love we need. Family, also teaches us what’s right and wrong. Teachers teaches us the consequences for an example if we cheat on a test we will get a zero or suspended or if you’re in college kicked out of college. In life, our friends are there to get us advices such as what to wear or what to do when your in a tough situation. In life, no matter what our family friends or teachers are there to lead us in the right direction when we are starting to go into the wrong direction. Both family and teammates are similar by showing their support and providing the encouragement that is needed.

Secondly, life and a game of soccer are similar in the sense of accomplishments. When your team gets a goal or win the game, they go out and celebrate as a team. The crowd can sometimes cheer us on when you or a teammate heads to the goal or they can either boo us. In life, friends, family and teachers are always there to celebrate our accomplishments from walking across the stage, to getting accepting into the college you want. . Teachers teaches us to become educated and prepare us to the next level in our school career so we can achieve our future goals.

Thirdly, life and a game of soccer are similar through the obstacle we go through. In a game of soccer, there are defenders who try to block you or your teammate from making a goal. In soccer, you to learn how to play in different types of fields and weather conditions, for an example, if the field is muddy you have to learn how to use the mud to your advantage such as sliding. In life, we have to avoid the people who will lead us down the wrong path. In life, if our plans do not go our way we have to find another way to get to what we want, for an example if you wanted to college but you ended up getting pregnant and having a baby you can always push college back till you get settled in with your new life style and go to school.

Lastly, life and a game of soccer are similar due to perseverance. In a game of soccer, there will be games where you lose but there’s always the next game to try harder. In soccer, you could get seriously injured but with the right athletic rehabilitation, you can get back on the field. In life, if we don’t accomplish our goals we soon get over it with other goals or accomplishments in life. In life, if we get terrible news we mourn but we soon overcome it and block that part out of our past. If we become injured we can always find ways to get better or learn a new way to live, for an example, if you are in the military and you lose your leg they get the rehabilitation they need but they also learn to live life without their legs. In conclusion, we learn in life we have to face these challenges in each accomplishment to give us a sense of unity through our family members. In life, we have to go through these challenges everyday and some days it will be easy and some days it will not but as long as we have our friends, family and friends to point us to the right direction we can achieve basically anything we want too. Life there will be things that will hurt us or we can’t be able to due, but we will soon overcome all these challenges in life and it will open a new doors for us.

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