#8 Nearing the Summit - Printable Version

#8 Nearing the Summit - Printable Version

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#8 Nearing the Summit - RashfordU - 2022-04-30

Words: Minimum of 300 Words Required
Reward: +10 TPE
(Must be approved by Grader)

Users will have the opportunity to write 300 words on their player's career so far. Who have you played for? How did you get here? Have you been able to realize your dreams?

Your player is nearing the pinnacle of their career - what do you still have left to achieve?

Players are unable to complete this PT until after they have started their 8th season. Once graded and approved, the user will be able to claim the rewards listed above.

To submit a career task, make a post in this thread. The grader will go through and submit the task rewards to the portal after approval.

Requirements
Must have completed and approved Career PT #7 [Link CPT #7 at top of post]

Currently Eligible Players:
Seasons 9 - 11

Players Currently Ineligible:
Seasons 12+

Once a player has entered regression, they are no longer eligible to complete Career Point Tasks

- RashfordU - 2023-02-04

<a href='https://simsoccer.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=1291&view=findpost&p=31844' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>CPT #7</a> <a href='https://simsoccer.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=202&view=findpost&p=433' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>Player Page</a> Mikko Rashford has had quite the career so far. But it did not start the way many young players would expect it to. Mikko was 4 games into his rookie season when he found out he was headed off to Hollywood. It turned out to be a great move for the young Wingback who quickly adjusted his game to a more preferred Central Midfield role. This would turn out to be a fantastic decision, as the young Hollywood captain would help guide the Stars to their first ever Double, winning both the League and the SSL Cup that season. In his 7 seasons so far, Rashford has appeared on the Team of the Year on 3 different occasions. That distinction is something he would have to accredit to his teammates, with whom Rashford has been blessed with some amazing players around him during his time in the league. Statistically, Rashford has netted 9 Goals in 102 League Games (with 11 coming in 30 Cup Matches). Known more as someone who enjoys finding an open teammate, Rashford has collected 23 Assists. On average, Rashford has nabbed himself a Key Pass each game (102 in 102) while creating 60 scoring chances in those games. How has the young midfielder developed? Rashford has always been known to think the game well, as noted by his ability to make Decisions well and quickly. Blessed with great Acceleration and Pace, Rashford has been the central cog in a Hollywood team that has poured in an abundance of goals over the past few seasons. In international play, Rashford has only spent time in different friendly's, as National football has taken a break at the Global Level. Rashford longs for the day where he can suit up alongside his Zambian teammates in an attempt at World Cup Glory. Until then, Rashford looks ahead to the 8th Season of his career. One in which he hopes is his best yet. APPROVED

- 3lewsers - 2023-03-15

<a href='https://simsoccer.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=1291&view=findpost&p=35025' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>CPT #7</a> <a href='https://simsoccer.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=58' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>Player Page</a> Tiki Taka, the star Hollywood FC player, was a man of legendary skill and charisma. Born in a small town, he was destined for greatness on the pitch from an early age. Taka's journey to Hollywood FC was not an easy one. He played for a number of clubs in Spain and Italy before being scouted by a Hollywood talent agent. With his quick feet and dazzling dribbling skills, Tiki Taka was the talk of the town and a hot commodity in the soccer world. But it was his off-field antics that really made him stand out. He was known for his love of the finer things in life, and his Instagram account was a veritable catalogue of luxury watches, sports cars, and designer clothes. He was often seen partying at the hottest clubs in town, and his larger-than-life personality made him a hit with fans and teammates alike. Despite his larger-than-life persona, Tiki Taka was always focused on his soccer dreams. He had always dreamed of playing in the SSL, and he was determined to make those dreams a reality. He trained hard every day, working on his speed, agility, and ball control, and he always kept his eye on the prize. But Tiki Taka's dreams were not without their challenges. He struggled with injuries throughout his career, and he often found himself at odds with his coaches and teammates. His flashy style of play sometimes rubbed people the wrong way, and he was known to be a bit of a diva on the field. Despite the ups and downs, Tiki Taka remained a fan favorite and a beloved member of the Hollywood FC family. He led the team to several championship titles, and his signature move – a lightning-fast spin move that left defenders in the dust – was the stuff of legend. In the end, Tiki Taka's soccer dreams were fulfilled. He won a league championship, brought home the SSL Cup, and cemented his place in soccer history as one of the greatest players of all time. And while his journey was sometimes rocky, he always knew that his love for the game would carry him through. APPROVED

- sulovilen - 2023-03-18

<a href='https://simsoccer.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=1291&view=findpost&p=35151' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>CPT #7</a> <a href='http://sslforums.com/index.php?showtopic=148&hl=' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>Player page</a> Well. Zinedine Gintonic has played for the following teams: Athênai Football Club. That is it. So there is not much to unpack there. The team has been competitive every year, so there has not really been a reason for Gintonic to look for other options yet. Playing for a losing team and fighting relegation could be rough, at least if that happened in consecutive seasons. But so far that hasn't been the case, so Gintonic has been happy to stay where he was initially drafted. Athênai F.C. has, during the seven seasons finished just once outside the top 4, which is a great accomplishment. But obviously, considering that, it is a bit disappointing that the only team award yet is the S3 Founders Shield. League or Cup Championship has just always been out of reach, despite the team being consistently good. There just always has been teams that have just been even better. What can you do? As far as individual awards, Gintonic has just been lacking that top-level skill that would be required to be considered for those. Gintonic's accomplishments and underlying have been way too average. Consistently just fine, but still, average. Production-wise last season (S7) was probably his best so far. Gintonic had 5 goals and 6 assists in 22 games, with 3 Player of the Match selections. S8 so far has not been as strong, but it was a good sign that there might still be some new individual levels left to reach. The good thing is that there is still time to become a better player and win as a team. Gintonic is now basically hitting his prime, but there are still multiple seasons and great opportunities ahead before the eventual regression hits him too bad. And of course, although with age the role will probably become smaller, winning is possible until Gintonic hangs up his shoes. APPROVED

- r1c3bowl22 - 2023-04-04

<a href='https://simsoccer.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=1291&view=findpost&p=35928' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>CPT 7</a> <a href='https://simsoccer.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=107' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>Player Page</a> Franco Torres has only played for one SSL team in his career, Cairo City FC. Even though all of his time has been spent with one club, the Spaniard has a lot to remember. In Season 1, he took the SSL by storm. Torres scored 12 goals in 10 games, earning him a spot in the SSL top 11 and earning the competition's first ever golden boot award. He was also instrumental in Cairo City winning the first ever league championship. Unfortunately, in the years following, Torres was unable to continue on that high note. He struggled to be as much of an impact on a largely disappointing Cairo squad. Fortunes seemed to turn around in Season 6, when he racked up 10 goals in 14 games. While it wasn't the best showing in his career, it was enough to allow Torres to squeeze into the SSL's top 11 once again. Torres has managed to score at least 10 goals in five of his eight SSL seasons. Looking back, that's probably not as good as he would've liked to be. I'm sure he aspired to score at least 10 goals in every season and win more than one SSL title. Unfortunately, things didn't pan out that way. We now visit Torres in Argentina, as the prolific striker has been traded to Buenos Aires. Here, he links up with the likes of Gourcuff and Van Der Sloth. Soccer fans around the world are heavily anticipating his debut with the squad, as the team aims to win their first SSL title. Here's what Torres had to say on the matter. "It's a bittersweet moment for me. I really wanted to play out my entire career with the same club, but things didn't pan out as I hoped they would. Fortunately, things worked out where I could move to a strong team while giving Cairo an opportunity to recuperate a massive load of assets." APPROVED

- Thunfish - 2023-04-06

<a href='http://sslforums.com/index.php?showtopic=131' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>The Delinquent</a> <a href='http://sslforums.com/index.php?showtopic=224&view=findpost&p=623' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>His background (CPT 1)</a> <a href='http://sslforums.com/index.php?showtopic=423&view=findpost&p=2471' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>His First Season (CPT 2)</a> <a href='http://sslforums.com/index.php?showtopic=983&view=findpost&p=21021' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>His First Sponsorship (CPT 3)</a> <a href='http://sslforums.com/index.php?showtopic=1287&view=findpost&p=21174' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>His Special Practice (CPT 4)</a> <a href='http://sslforums.com/index.php?showtopic=1289&view=findpost&p=21227' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>His First International Game (CPT 5)</a> <a href='http://sslforums.com/index.php?showtopic=1290&view=findpost&p=25889' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>His Business Endeavours (CPT 6)</a> <a href='http://sslforums.com/index.php?showtopic=1291&view=findpost&p=33688' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>His Off-Season (CPT 7)</a> To be quite blunt, Squall Vercetti played essentially for himself. I'm sure there would've been some emotional diatribe one could use to speak about the center-back born out of Cornwall, Ontario that had been drafted in the first round for Tokyo and soon found himself a key piece of the club at both good and bad times. Following his past as a former juvie hall regular, Squall found himself among the draftable talents in the first season of the SSL with not much in the way of reputation. To most people, Squall Vercetti essentially sprouted into the face of the earth that very year as a soccer player and that was about it, really. Most players that reached that level in life would often guarantee that everything was obtained as a result of the love of their families or mere divine intervention. Squall wasn't religious (but he knew better than to disrespect those that were) and for all purposes and matters, he didn't have a family. The closest thing to that was Ginger, the daughter whose mother happened to be the headmistress of the orphanage where he used to live in... and even then, what they had was essentially a middle-ground between friends and siblings. So to him, he really was just playing for himself. He wanted to have a nice life after all he went through and the game had given him just that. The media disliked his comments very much from a perceived lack of romance. Not that it mattered to him an inch, Squall was direct about his feelings and that wasn't gonna change over the wills of reporters and directors. As for a goal, he didn't know. He had already played for the national team, an experience that he didn't mind but didn't make doing it again some sort of major deal. He had won both pieces of silverware the league gave and did so with gusto but he was fine with what he already had. Truth be told, he was playing out of habit. And that was fine. APPROVED

- Reno - 2023-04-13

<a href='https://simsoccer.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=448&hl=' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>Player Page</a> <a href='https://simsoccer.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=1291&view=findpost&p=35165' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>CPT 7</a> As she hits what might be considered the tail end of her prime, it’s time to reflect on Gunnarsson and how she’s performed over the duration of her career. She’s been an example of dedication and loyalty to the very end with her team in Catalunya. Despite entertaining several offers from other teams to play for them and chase a ring elsewhere, she’s stuck it out through thick and thin with the team that drafted her to lock down the net for them long term. In her career, Gunnarsson has been a two time Goalkeeper of the Year award winner, the only player to win more than one. While she never won a Golden Glove award, she is still incredibly proud of her personal achievements at the position. Gunnarsson would be nothing without her teammates though, if it wasn’t for the strong Catalunya team she played with she might not have had opportunities to win awards or titles but here she is. With one Founders Shield and two SSL Cups in her trophy cabinet as well, she often sits back and wonders if she has enough to go into the all time leaderboards at her position, considering she never had the counting stats of some of the other goalies of her time but she has more hardware and similar. Her career has been a wild ride across the way. Gunnarsson has been known for her eccentricity and cocaine addiction both on and off the field, resulting in wild moments with her decision making and gameplay moments. Her positioning and reflexes remain some of the best in the game and her ability to move the ball to start offensive rushes remains second to none. All that’s left for her at this point is to hopefully get a chance to represent Iceland on the global stage before she decides to hang up the cleats forever, but for now she has to look forward to bringing Catalunya to their first ever Division 1 title. APPROVED

- High Stick King - 2023-04-16

<a href='https://simsoccer.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=434' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>Player Page</a> <a href='https://simsoccer.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=1291&view=findpost&p=37636' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>CPT 7</a> Spack Jarrow began his career with a perfect start by being drafted by Hollywood FC. It was the team he had hoped would sign him and a city he felt like he belonged. Hollywood is where the action is and where Jarrow wanted to be. To also be on a club with so many members of Team Zambia was the cherry on top. With such a dream start, Jarrow kept nervously waiting for the other shoe to drop and for something bad to happen to spoil the experience but low and behold, it never happened. The team was successful on the pitch and became the pinnacle team of the SSL. With a high octane offence, Jarrow was responsible for just keeping it close. This helped reduce the pressure to play perfect and allowed Jarrow to play his role without too much added stress. Which in turn helped him perform better. It was a great situation. Although Jarrow hasn't had any outstanding individual seasons that lead to any awards or league recognition, he is perfectly fine with that and is happy just to see his team succeed and succeed they have. Being crowned Division 1 Champions 4 times, winning the League Cup 3 times, and winning the Founder's Shield 4 times. As successful a team as there is in the league. What's left to achieve at this point? Spack has never been a greedy person and has been appreciative of the things he has and what he has accomplished. To ask for more would feel rude. However if he were to be forced to answer he would probably say he would love to bring glory to the country of Zambia and bring them home a World Championship. As far as individual awards, it would obviously be a pleasant surprise and he would be honoured but it isn't anything he is missing from a full life that he has already achieved. [ 319 words ] APPROVED

- C9Van - 2023-05-04

<a href='http://sslforums.com/index.php?showtopic=1291&view=findpost&p=33501' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>Last CPT/7</a> <a href='https://simsoccer.jcink.net/index.php?showtopic=419' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>Player page</a> I think I have had a very unique career when it comes to the SSL. I started knowing I wanted to be a striker and was interested in seeing who would pick me up. I went low 2nd round or low 20s by accident by Tokyo. What them and everyone doesn't realise is I have played Football manager since 2006 and manager games since the 2001. I know how to build, how to play, etc. So when Tokyo were doing thinking emoji formations we memed Owen could still score 75% of the goals they would get. I ditched them to help my friends create the most pure evil team in sim league history apparently. Shoutout to them trying to get something from me on the way out through expansion like they deserved anything. We had friends who loved playing with us, we knew how to build and we actually knew formations so even with zero TPE and building through the draft we were 1 of the best teams out of the gate. I will admit we did not think we'd compete that early but it was nice to see the hard work we did weekly through testing was working usually. My player would score. A lot. We would compete for everything and come up short sometimes but in the final glorious season we would do the double! That honestly was everything to me. A glorious farewell to one of the more fun times. Since then Owen Forty Four has been on middle of the pack Athenai. Who he helped get runner up in a league (I think once? Maybe it was just 2 thirds places. This could be wrong.) and runner up in the cup. More importantly though he has continued to be the best goalscorer. Always up there in the charts and the first by a country mile to get to 100 goals which is an honour with so many good forwards these days. I do not know what holds in the future. I am thinking D2 to farm goals would be funny but we will see. Either way it is a very fun career. [356 words] APPROVED

- Asked Madden - 2023-05-19

<a href='http://sslforums.com/index.php?showtopic=1291&view=findpost&p=39843' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>CPT7</a> <a href='http://sslforums.com/index.php?showtopic=101' rel='nofollow noopener' target='_blank'>Player page </a> DeeDee Yoker had a very difficult childhood which led to him starting off his career in second hand boots and charity shop Celtic gear from the late 90s (Larsson 7 on the back). His whole life was flip, turned upside down when he was scouted and eventually made the team for the Athenai Greek squad. This is where his career started and where he played the majority of his career. From west end of Glasgow junkie, addicted to alcohol without much of a path laid out to live, to a world class football playing junkie with his own sponsorship deal with buckfast. What a time to be alive for the Scotsman. Early in his career for Athenai DeeDee Yoler was seen as the premier LB in the league, he managed to pick up a few team of the season awards playing for the Greek outfit which really cemented the young firecracker as a fan favourite. Statistics wise so far, DeeDee Yoler currently sits 3rd in the league all time for assists with a whopping 47 over the past 9 seasons. He sits second in the all time table of key passes with 562 as well as 6th in the league for chances created with a decent 104. His best record so far is his joint first for all time Players of the match, currently sitting at 29/145 games. Meaning he gets player of the match in roughly a fifth of the games he plays in. He's fifth in distance run with over 2200 km over the years but does land in the top 20 for yellow cards unfortunately coming in at number 15. All DeeDee needs to do now is win some actual silver ware. Chances were few and far between in Athenai. Whilst a good team, they never managed to win it all. APPROVED