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davidjay
Most of you know me as a sweet, nice, "lovecat" type of person BUT all of that crap ends when I step on the field. If any of you could've seen me play soccer in college you wouldn't have recognized me. lol .... After all the anger management therapy I've mellowed a bit :) but I still play to win...and checkout the flexibility in this shot!

I hadn't played soccer in two years because I've been playing to win in business and with that I sacrificed many things that I love. One of which was soccer but yesterday I got to strap on the boots and score some goals.

We played the alumni vs. the current players and we played the best of 5 games which was about 4 games more than my body could handle...but I managed to pull a few goals out, mostly because I had some superstars feeding me brilliantly...but also b/c I'm just fast. ;)

As with all success it came at a price. My heart was far bigger than head and my body broke down a bit and I can hardly walk today but if my feet feel ok I'm going to try and play again this afternoon. As you can see my shoes tore up my heels which was a bummer but I kept scoring goals and had two goals in the final game including the game winner.

At the end you can hear me celebrating two goals. :)







...and after the game I gave my shoes to Johnny because I'm certainly never going to wear them again with what they did to my feet. Yikes. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Opensourcep...of-success.html
kara pennington
OUCH! those heels look painful! but good job on the goals smile.gif
Phil P
I only played through high school, but I still remember the blisters I'd always get, but it was well worth it because I was in shape and had fun playing a sport I enjoyed (unfortunately I never excelled in it because I started so much later than everyone else).

Maybe we can start as OSP soccer team! lol
Janell
Your sores are on the other end of the foot but they remind me of the years of knarly looking feet Tanner lived with while dancing on pointe...the price of being passionate about something you enjoy.

Always love seeing you on video, great entertainment and/or inspiration!
ericvon
He shoots he scores...and as the play by play guys on telemundo would say:
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
Melissa McClure
Awesome video! I'd be down for an OSP soccer match. 14 year soccer vetran here...but its been about 6 since I played last! Yikes!
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