Archive for March, 2008

I finally had a game after 2 weeks off, and of course I came down with the flu 2 days before the game. I was not feeling well at all yesterday, but I still wanted to see if I could play despite not feeling well. I got ready for my game and headed out the door. When I got there I could see we had enough guys there so they didn’t really need me, but I wanted to play anyway.  I played one of the best games I have this season. I had a couple of assists and several stops on defense. Our team won, it was a great game and I was very glad I went.

Our team has struggled this year and this was the first game we really played well together and got the win. Granted it was only our third game of the season, but we usually do really well all season so the first 2 games were really frustrating. It felt good to win, but it felt better to watch good ball movement and communication amongst our team. It made me wonder; What motivates soccer players to play better? We have the same guys every game, but it seems one week they don’t care to do things the right way, then the next week they are motivated to play better. I don’t understand the mentality of players that quit once they are down. I will play as hard as I can when I am on the field the whole game no matter what the score is. I don’t need external motivation, I just love to play the game and don’t want to miss a chance to play. I have noticed some guys on my team do better when certain girls are in the stands watching, some players do better when they are mad, some players do better when a coach or teammate calls them out.

What is it that motivates you as a soccer player. I think every player is different so I would be interested to hear what motivates you. Leave a comment and let us know what  you do to get motivated to play your best in a game.