You know you're a soccer player when...

So, there was a list of 100+ items, but I'm only posting a handful... I don't really play anymore, but when some guys lost control of the ball on the beach and it landed near me, I didn't think twice before passing the ball back to them (perfectly, I might add).

--Your jeans don't fit around your leg muscles (sooooo true!)
--You accidentally kick the ball when you're playing other sports (I still do this in volleyball and basketball)
--You have soccer posters somewhere in your house
--You bring soccer socks for ice-skating
--You can recognize ex-players by the way they move & look; you can recognize fellow soccer players by their walk, their legs, their clothes and their car.
--You can honestly use both feet equally
--You judge people's abilities by where they grew up, who they play for, and where they play in HS (oops, guilty)
--You've traveled somewhere more than 3 hours away for a tournament (ooooh the hours!)
--You judge a person's skills by if you like their number or not (HAHAHA SO true)
--You get away with having different color shoe laces on your cleats
--You cringe someone rolls her athletic shorts more than once (THIS KILLS ME!)
--Your first instinct when something is coming at you is to trap it or head it back (again, volleyball and basketball!)
--On Monday, you never fail to have a plethora of new bruises to show off, as well as a story behind each (Used to, anyway)
--If someone says "my knee hurts," you ask, "Where?" and then correctly diagnose the problem
--Its 65 degrees out and you think its the perfect temperature
--You have bad tan lines; your forearms, knees, and face are the only tan parts of your body. (This is SO true, even four years after consistently not wearing shinguards, my knees still tan faster than any other part of my legs!!)
--You own at least one ankle brace (or three..)
--You can put the basketball in the hoop quicker with your feet (or your head) than your hands
--Juggling has a completely different meaning to you.
--You go to get your hair cut, and you tell the lady it has to be long enough for a ponytail. :-)
--You have ball marks that are still there the next day. (These always looked soo cool)


This made me laugh so much to read through. I miss the game... but I do not regret not playing soccer in college (competitively, anyway... I did play intramurals). Soccer was a huge part of my life for the first 18 years... Ah, well, its fun to reminisce. Hope you got a kick out of this post!