Micah Pascua '19 Recruiting Profile

Hi, my name is Micah Pascua

    I've been playing soccer since I was 4 years old, playing for AYSO.  Then when I became 8 I moved on to playing for HYSA. I've been playing soccer on Kaua'i for 10+ years total.  I then left my home island to go to school at a private, college-prep, Hawaiian school named Kamehameha on the island of O'ahu.  My first year as a 7th grader I made the intermediate soccer team as starter.  My main positions were right back and striker. My second year as an 8th grader, I made the intermediate team again as a returnee and a starter. The positions I've played were primarily right back and striker but every now and then I was put into Offensive mid.   I was also chosen by the head coach of the intermediate team to be one of the captains of the team.  When I became a freshmen I tried out for the high school team and made it in.   I was again made a starter and played offensive mid and right fullback, wherever I was needed most.  To me personally I view the pitch as like a game board.  I can see patterns during the game that most people cant see.  I can see different passing patterns and when to do them and attack and when to hold back.  I am always aware of space on the pitch as well as parts of the field that are not so good to be at.  During the game the coach puts me In the spots where he knows that a playmaker is the most key-part of that specific area.  My coaches uses me to feed and create opportunities for the offensive players to score a goal.  As the captain of the team back in 8th grade, I wanted to be a leader that would encourage the team no matter what was going on during the game even if we were losing by a lot.  I would help out my teammates if I saw something that he could do to help the team progress and succeed that he didn't see at the time. 

    I come from a very sports influenced household so sports has always been apart of my life.  My mom has been on the AYSO region board for 14 years.  My dad has been a coach for my soccer, football, and baseball team when I was growing up in Kaua'i.  My sister is currently playing for HYSA and AYSO.  I am currently in the 9th grade and, attending a private Hawaiian college-prep school.  Being a boarder has taught me life lessons that I wouldn't have learned if I've had chosen to remain in Kaua'i.  I've learned lessons that most college students don't learn until they reach college.  I have learned how to independent at a really young age.  I had to learn to grow up really fast since Ieft to be on my own at the age of 12. Washing clothes,  cooking,  time management were just some of the major life smarts I've learned while attending Kamehameha.  Time management was a really big thing for me to learn.  Since I was miles from my parents, I didn't have anybody to constantly be on my back to make sure I did my homework or to do my projects.  I had to discipline myself and push play time on the side to finish what I know had to be done. But I also needed to know when to end play time when the time came to do so.  I learned to not procrastinate with my school work and just do it.  At the age of 12, I struggled with balancing sports and school but I had to learn quick.  When I come home to Kaua'i I am a volunteer ref for AYSO.  I was also an assistant coach alongside with my mom for AYSO.  When I am not doing something with sports, I love to get involved with the community and the land.  In Kaua'i I work in the salt beds by the ocean and make salt the old Hawaiian traditional way.  I also work in the Kalo farms to perpetuate the culture.  But when I am O'ahu I don't stop working in the community, I do beautification projects in neighborhoods near my school like water shed trash dumping awareness and covering up vandalism in certain areas. In my spare time I love to surf. 

   For my future, I would love to go to a college that offers a scholarship, and while I am there I want to play soccer at the next level, because of my love for the game.