Today was the day! Sarah Smith, age 5, from Denver, Colorado, still couldn't believe she had been lucky enough to win the big soccer sweepstakes. The grand prize had been tickets to watch her favorite team play at the stadium. Sarah was especially excited because as the big winner she was going to get to sit on the bench with the soccer players! Also, Sarah could take Steve, Tara and Aunt June to the game, too.

Once inside the stadium, Sarah, Steve, Tara and Aunt June were ushered to the locker room.

"Sarah, you're such a big fan of ours that we'd like to make you an honorary member of our team," the coach said. "Here's your very own uniform."

The coach then turned to the players. "Okay everybody, let's win this one for Sarah!"

The team all cheered and ran out to the field.

Sarah, Steve, Tara and Aunt June hurried to their seats on the bench. They didn't want to miss the opening kick off.

As they sat down, the referee tossed the coin. The hometeam won the coin toss, and decided that they would kick off.

The ball was kicked into play. The players dribbled the ball down the field. "Go team!" yelled Sarah.

Sarah watched excitedly as the ball went up and down the field. Her team kept making runs at the goal but hadn't been able to score yet. The opposing team was quick and they had already scored once.

Suddenly, Sarah heard a whistle. One of the players had been fouled by the other team and was lying on the ground clutching her leg.

With all the excitement on the field, no one noticed that the ball was zooming through the air right towards Sarah. What could she do? Thinking fast, Sarah gave the ball a mighty kick. Up, up in the air the ball went....