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Soccer dream would not be denied

Bill Knight/El Paso Times

Jeanna Mullen seemed to see doors closing all around her — a no here, a negative comment there.

A lesser person, a weaker person might have moved on with life, leaving soccer behind.

But Jeanna Mullen is hardly a weak person.

The Miner senior is helping her team get ready for a crucial Conference USA matchup with Middle Tennessee at 6 p.m. Sunday at University Field. But if Mullen had listened to the opinions of others, she might have missed the excitement of four years of college soccer.