In the story Taking Sides by Gary Soto Lincoln Mendoza moves to a new neighborhood. He meets new kids and starts going to his new school. When he gets to go to school he goes on his schools team and plays for his new school. After he makes friends he falls in love with a girl named Monica when he meets her.Lincoln then has a hard time with his new team and coach. After he plays for a while they have a game with Lincolns old schools team which they loose because of the coach. Lincoln becomes to like his new team and school.Even Monica starts liking Lincoln after he made a lot of points when they had a game with Lincolns old school.