Am I The Only Mother Out There?
OK. Let me--finally--get personal. Today, an article came out on the WPS website mentioning my daughter (http://www.womensprosoccer.com/newsitem_ektid6274.aspx). So, it's time to get personal.
Am I the only aspiring WPS soccer mom out there? Of course not! Every player, every person (duh), has a mom! But the reason I put it like this is that I'd like you to know that while I don't speak for every one of us, I do speak personally.
When I pitch for Sky Blue FC, it is personal; when I hope and dream for this team, and this league, it is personal; when I put in my hours, my effort, it is personal. And yet, I am not alone.
For everyone involved in Sky Blue FC, it seems, it is personal. For Ian Sawyers and Julie Foudy, it is the opportunity to continue their efforts for the sport that they will tell you has been so good to them. For Thomas and Chris Hofstetter, Francesco Prandoni--fellow soccer parents, it is personal. For the corps of former players, coaches and current fans who make up the rest of our staff, it is personal.
When we reach out to you, it is with a passion born of our personal connection to this game, to Sky Blue FC, and to WPS. And we want you, and your players and families, to feel it is personal as well. Because trust me, if it isn't, one day it will be. After all, it seems such a fraction of time ago that I was the mom who watched her 8-year-old and 5-year-old daughters run around with 10 other girls, having fun, doing what they clearly enjoyed. Today, they are 22 and 18. Their enjoyment of the game became their passion. And I dream their dreams with them, like every parent does.
And those dreams include Women's Professional Soccer. So join me, and dream those dreams as well.
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