Creative Writing: The Debut It was a Sunday during the second weekend in March. I had been mentally and physically preparing for this day all week long. This was to be my debut game for my community team, Deacons United. I was the second-string goalie. The team had played two games previous to this one and had lost them both. The coach told me earlier during the week at practice that I would be in the starting line up for this game. Invariably, goalkeepers get the blame when soccer teams lose. This fact was not lost on me as I entered the Empire Club that afternoon. Our opponents, Empire, were a newly promot