There are stretches when your shots go in. And there are stretches when they swerve wide. Sometimes pundits and partisans you can’t control shower you with praise. At other times, it’s criticism or derision. There are well-run clubs. Others are adrift. You can’t do anything about that either. Life off the field impacts performance, for better or worse. And injuries happen—to everyone. The timing isn’t up to you.
“I don’t know what to tell you. It’s just soccer. Sometimes it goes good. Sometimes it goes bad. There’s no secret as to why things happen,” Jozy Altidore said. “Sometimes the shots fall.