WOO HOOO!!!! The Jubilee/ISH Women’s soccer team won it
all! We had our last game this Monday
and ended the season undefeated! I
haven’t even mentioned soccer or should I say “football” on my blog I realized,
which is surprising based on the fact that it has been consuming a lot of my
time.
We have practice basically every
day at 6am with the exception of 4pm practice on Wednesdays (love those!) and
the men and women practice together. It’s
been a great way to make new friends and meeting soccer players is always great
because everyone has something to teach.
The boys always come out to our
games to support us and it’s fun for us to see them play too! The intensity level of their games is quite a
step up from ours so it’s pretty exciting to watch. Below are some of my teammates at one of the
boy’s recent games. I honestly forgot
how much I enjoyed being on an organized sports team. You gain a sense of comradeship that is
nothing like other group dynamics.
As the captain of the International
team, I was interviewed by University reporters and representatives from the
Sports Directorate. It was so cool! I
was also the top scorer in the entire women’s league so they wrote an article
about me and gave me the nickname “The Goal Queen.” I thought it was so funny, but was also
secretly stoked to be recognized like that since I’ve never really been much of
a soccer star haha. Here’s the link to
the articles:
ISH Team:
Akuafo Hatrick match:
Goal Queen:
Special shout out to my intramural
team back home: The Big Yellow. I
haven’t forgotten about all of you and hope you haven’t forgotten about me
either!!! Once I’m back home, we WILL finally get that championship.
