My name is Gerardo Rodriguez and I am from California. The picture that I choose to talk about and explain the background story is soccer and my favorite player Cristiano Ronaldo. I started playing soccer when I was young my dad would teach me how to play and the fundamentals of it. I am grateful to have a father who would always take me out and play with me out in the field. Soccer has always been apart of my family since I was little. My father always looked for teams to put me in so I could be apart of a club. Soccer has always been my go to for whatever situation I'm going through every time I am feeling down or happy I go train and play by myself. I know I am young but I really wanna keep playing until I can't no more. I will always thank my dad for getting me into the sport I love most today. I stopped playing for a while due to injury and from the pandemic. The pandemic really had an effect on me for soccer because I gained a little bit of weight and there was no soccer for about a year. I'm trying to get back into soccer I still play a lot but I do not have a club anymore. Hopefully I can join a club soon or any team at this point because I just want to get back to the game I love and I want my dad to see my play again and make him proud of me. My favorite player Cristiano Ronaldo is also the player that got me into soccer and he is the goat of the sport. He is a great influence to kids and everyone around him. Love the sport.