The force that the soccer player kicked the ball with is still in effect, even though the player is not physically touching the ball. According to Newton's first law of motion, the object would stay in motion unless acted on by an unbalanced force. In this case, that force would be the friction of the ground.
D makes the most sense, the rest of them aren’t really logical.
I am pretty sure it is <span>D. Microbiologist</span>