I have to jump in and say that I scored my first goal of my high school career in Wando's 12-0 victory over Stall High School. (Long before Adidas Kitten's time).
I was working my butt off trying to play well even in the final minutes of the game. The coach was in his first season and had very little experience in girl's soccer in the Lowcountry. At the beginning he relied very heavily on the more well-known players and upper classmen regardless and did not seem to re-evaluate the talent on the roster. I felt like every minute I got in the game I had something to prove to the coach because I thought I deserved more playing time then some of the people ahead of me. I wanted to show him and the rest of the team and parents that I had the skills, motivation, etc to be able to play at that level. I wasn't thinking about the other team at all.
Just an anecdote from over a decade ago, but I wanted to put it out there.
