![]() ![]() “With a family like mine? You have to do something to make sure that you stand out.” I mean, we all pretty much have our own thing in my family, mine just happens to be soccer,” I shrugged as we slowed down outside of one of the conference rooms. “Yeah, well, outside of school, soccer is pretty much all I focus on. Let’s face it, you’ve got a lot of talent already and you’re still nowhere near your full potential.” “It helps that Jill doesn’t mind risking chemistry to try out new and upcoming talent. I knew that I had been watched while I was with the youth teams, but I didn’t realize I had been watched specifically by the person they would trust to lead the team at this time. She was excited about getting the opportunity to add you to the roster though,” Dawn admitted. “Interim while the USSF tries to hire a new head coach. Between us? Jill was very frustrated that Tom wouldn’t call you up.” She wouldn’t stop boasting about you to Tom. I dragged my bag behind me as I started to follow Dawn. “Come on, they haven’t really gotten far into the meeting yet,” Dawn said as she turned around. “I’d introduce myself, but you already know who I am.”ĭawn let out a small laugh as her smile grew a bit wider. I’m the High Performance Coach for the team.” “It’s nice to finally meet you, Jo,” the woman said as she held her hand out to me. “Hi,” I softly said once I got close enough. I sent her a small smile of my own as I moved over closer to her. ![]() I lifted my head to find a woman smiling at me as she waved. If I could prove that I was good at what I could do, who knows? Maybe I would actually have a future with the national team one day. Stay out of everyone else’s way and get my job done. I would have to tackle this just like I did at home. Or this could be a test to see how I could handle the pressure.Īnd I wasn’t sure which one I would rather it be. It could mean that the coaching staff really liked what they saw in me. And to be doing it toward the end of the year before the World Cup? But just being at a camp with the national team was huge. Or, I guess I would actually have to take the field before I could actually be classified as playing with the national team. Especially walking onto a team of such a high calibration.Īfter all, how many fifteen-year-olds could say that they got the chance to play with the United States Women’s National Team? ![]() I was vastly aware that it was highly unusual for someone to be in my position. They’ve sacrificed so much throughout their youth, young adult lives, and now adult lives in order for something like this to happen- winning the World Cup.I sighed as I pushed open the door to the hotel. Their attitude, their physical skill, their emphasis on health-I’m sorry but if you want to be a professional athlete, getting drunk off your ass every night and eating crap food all the time (even in college) doesn’t cut it. But it’s the hours upon hours they put in when they were young and just figuring out what they wanted to do, it’s how they’ve spent every waking (and non-waking) moment preparing and working toward being the type of players that they are now, it’s how every single aspect of their life has always focused towards this one goal. They have been so successful at the international level, I mean they just won a freaking World Cup, and hell yeah I give credit to the chemistry of the team, the system that they play, the way they practiced for it. Because this is something they’ve dreamt of as young kids-not just being professional athletes, but embodying greatness. It’s so important to see a team full of young and older, well, women who have not only faced major adversity in their lives (kriegy, cheney, presi, +) but also face adversity by the simple fact that they are women, win something like the World Cup.
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