The Story of Clint

Once upon a time
Many years and years ago
There lived a tiny little boy
Whose name you may now know

He lived in a tiny house
In a tiny little town
The town, it was in Georgia
All the way down south

The boy had two older brothers
Named Andy and named Phil
All three of them played football
Until it made one ill

Then their mom made all three boys
Quit that awful sport
But the youngest one took up a football
Of quite a different sort

And he grew up and he practiced
And soccer was his game
And pretty soon he was pretty good
And all the scouts thought the same

He went off to South Carolina
Where he did rather well
He met his buddy Josh Wolff
And everything was swell

Josh was good at soccer
But not as good as him
For his future was so bright
It made Josh’s seem quite dim

He graduated and then the draft
Came along in ‘98
And everyone agreed on one thing
That he was really great

He was drafted by the Galaxy
And soon he quickly rose
He became a star and who he is
Now everybody knows

LA traded him to the MetroStars
A move they now regret
For as good as he was that year
He’d play even better yet

In 2000 he scored many goals
He’d score and score again
He got called up to the national team
So he could play for them

2001, people thought
That he’d go just as far
And this young kid from Georgia
Was suddenly a star

At first he kept on scoring
We thought “MVP”
But no matter how great he seemed
It’s always best to wait and see

They all remembered 2000
This year was deja vu
But life isn’t always perfect
Sometimes bad things happen, too

Not long after something happened
Almost too sad to tell
The hero of US soccer
Went and tore his ACL

After the start to the year
Hopes for him had been so high
But now his season was all over
In the blink of an eye

He was determined to come back soon
But his knee was slow to heal
It was many months before he could
Get back onto the field

In April he was back with Metro
After his run was put on pause
2002 was going to be
A big year for him because...

There’s a huge event in soccer
That comes every four years
The event is the World Cup
And the year for it was here

If he went to South Korea
And played like he had before
He’d get a big contract
To play in Europe for sure

They went to South Korea
With expectations low
For they came in last place in ‘98
The last World Cup, you know

Their first game was against Portugal
When people looked around
The starters took their places
And he was nowhere to be found!

They said his coach wasn’t happy
With the way he was in shape
But not to put him on the field
Simply seemed like a waste

He played the next game once again
And scored a lovely goal
But other than that he was mostly
Ineffective, so I’m told

They made it to the quarterfinals
And were proud of their play
But he was a disappointment
And that’s all there is to say

Then he went back to the Metros
Where things weren’t going very good
But he’d help them out
Or so they thought he would

He played a few games when he got back
And he did well, but then
He blew out his knee and it looked like
Knee surgery again

It wasn’t as bad this time
He was back in six weeks
The problem was that on the field
The ‘Stars looked rather meek

They started out on top
But then lost more and more
By September their place
In the standings was poor

When he came back he score
Another goal or so
On the whole, the team looked
About as threatening as Play-doh

The second last of the season
He looked good on the attack
But someone tripped, fell and all of a sudden
His cleat was in their back

And then he was ejected
The team began to fall apart
The goalie tripped somebody else
The ref pulled out a red card!

The game was soon over
And of course his team lost
To get to the playoffs, they must win
The next game at all costs

They gave it their best shot
But without him to be their hero
They lost again, SURPRISE!
The score was 3-0

He started out the season well
But then went in reverse
His coach said he needed anger management
Which only made things worse

The coach was quickly fired
And he was mending fast
Determined that this season
Would be better that the last

He worked in the off-season
He practiced and he ran
When opening day came people saw
He was a different man

His team lost the first game
The fans thought “Here we go...”
But then they tied the next one
And they put on quite a show

And then they won the next one
And the next one and the next
And before he knew his team’s record
Was the very best!

He was scoring lots of goals again
Just like the good old days
Everyone was happy and
They gave him lots of praise

Now he’s doing it again
Doing what he does best
And European coached
Are really quite impressed

He may go overseas soon
But for now he’s over here
In his heart he feels this will be
The Metro’s championship year

No one is quite like him
No one’s talents match his
You never know what he’ll do next
That’s why we all love Mathis




Any editing suggestions?

 

Thanks, lol. It's my masterpiece. I tried to make it shorter, but I couldn't really cut out anything...

 

Thank you so much everyone~sorry it's so long, but I thank you for taking the time to read it ( I don't think I would...)