soccer is life

COLLEGE SOCCER IS WHERE ITS AT

 I love soccer more than life itself 99.9% of the time. Finally getting to practice and play with people that were on the same level as myself was amazing. I'll always remember that first practice. I was so nervous but soooo excited at the same time! It just felt so good to be out on that field. I knew right from the start that I had found my home.

THE FIRST GAME OF THE SEASON IS SOMETHING I WILL NEVER FORGET.

Coach types up the starting lineup and posts it outside his office. I had butterflies on my way to go check that baby out. Was I going to be a stater? That's all I wanted. I wanted to start as a freshman and have a strong impact on this team on the field right away. Well one of my dreams came true as I found my name on the starting lineup!!!! Holding center mid baby. That is MY spot. I was there with a few other teammates and as when I saw what was on the list I just let out a huge sigh (of relief) and turned to everyone there and said.. "I just love soccer" They all just laughed haha. That first game was unlike anything I had ever experienced. Part of my brain was like what the heck are you doing out here, you don't know how to play soccer, this is crazy! And then the other half of my brain was telling me to calm the heck down, just do what you know how to do, you are more than prepared for this, you are a soccer all star!! I played the entire game. SAY WAAATTTT??? By the end of the match I was dead. Completely exhausted. But soooooo soooooo happy. 

**squint to see my cute little name on this cute little list**

College soccer is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to me haha. I really just can't explain how much I love it!! There are no words to describe the feeling it gives me. I just love it THAT much. I learned so much this season as well. It pays to have a coach who cares as much as I do and who knows what he's talking about. I've grown as a player in so many ways. I'm more confident with the ball at my feet and my mental game has improved as well. (which is huge... soccer is a game for smart people). Seriously you guys. I just love it soo much!

When the season ended I was literally depressed for like a week. I didn't know what to do with myself and all the free time I had. It was also weird staying up later than 10:30 haha. #athleteprobs

Traveling with the team was so fun. We partied on those holidy bused like no one's business. (aka I passed out after 5 minutes). And teams who snuggle together stay together. We had team dinners and team devotionals. Supported the men's team together and represented our team at all school functions. We were basically the coolest on campus. No lie no lie.

 (we also had the most swag of all the athletic teams in the school. it's fine)

This season consisted of.......

**the six of us super stars all had biology at 7am this semester**

**because classes started while we were still in preseason, we obviously had practice at the crack of dawn. this was the first day of school post practice glam shot we had to take to send to all our moms**

**training room antics**

**CHEAAADD?!?!?!**

**two of my favorite things**

**soccer and sunsets**

**gettin fierce for pregame**

**our first game as college athletes**

**team dinners are always a good time haha**

**ice baths are life**

**travelling with Brig and Cam**

**hotel cuddle puddles**

**I have the best teammates. I felt so sick after this game and they came and laid by me just to keep me company**

**more ice baths**

**more bus rides**

**everything is a competition with the men's team. Especially when it comes to choosing the movie on the bus**

**oh hey Jam**

**we ran that hotel**

**we slept together haha**

**I spent a lot of time in the training room. Gotta love sore muscles**

**my picture made it on the school athletic page!**

**we all dressed up for a halloween practice**

**weights are awesome and so are dirty hands from flipping tires**

**we out here**

**we chest bump before kick off every time**

**just doin my thang**

**this is what I love**

My first college soccer season has been everything I could have asked for and more. I love my team, I love this school, and I LOVE THIS SPORT!!!

these are my people

Some say you meet your best friends in college. I say this is 110% true. 

Seriously. These people are MY people. And I love them like family!!! They are my family.
These people are some of the funniest, kindest, swaggiest, most caring, wholehearted, spiritual people I know. And I can honestly say that these people are my best friends and will be for the rest of my life.

Shout out to Al for being my big sister and for giving me piggy back rides in the middle of practice and for listening to my boy stories and for helping me with biology.

And for our hump day shirts because they're the tits.

Shout out to MAC for being so sassy and so smart and so willing to laugh at my jokes and silliness all the time and for being my freshman starter buddy.

I love you like a love song baby

Shout out to AUSTIN for being so weird and for having some of the best dance moves and for naming me sigratata and for you gimpy pinky and for being so funny and so lovable all at the same time.

And for making us all your wives.

Shout out to URI for being extremely snarky and sarcastic and for giving me good advice and sending me ugly snapchats and for always being someone I can laugh my guts out with.

And for always making the best faces in the pictures we take together.

 Shout out to NICK for having late night conversations in my truck and for having a bit of a wild side and for coming up with the weirdest dares for what are the odds and for taking me on a really fancy date and for thinking my silliness is funny.

And for teaching me how to speak Chinese.

Shout out to KADEE for being so adorably irrational and for always complimenting me and for taking photos of everything and for coming up with fun activities for us to do.

 

And for being so fierce and so sweet all at the same time!

Shout out to JAKE HEATH for being so smart at bio and for being so manly and for constantly quoting the best movies with me.

And for loving Chipotle as much as I do. Because Chipotle is my liiiiiiffeeee.

Shout out to ASHLEY for that one practice where we were partners and dominated and for being so cute always and for being so good at doing hair and for staying positive through all the hard things that were thrown her way this semester.

And for that hair flip. Obviously.

Shout out to ZACH for being a mountain man and for making bonfires and for having the best laugh and for being so sweet.

And for being an Idahomie.

Shout out to EMMA for being the only Canadian I like and for being so funny and for dressing so classy and for saying washroom instead of bathroom and for being rational most of the time and for doing online quizzes with us.

And for being the best team manager/mom that has ever been

Shout out to CONNER for being the best/worst singer  and for being goofy and for being so swaggy and a little moody and for yelling funny things for no reason.

And for snapchatting me nonstop during winter break.

Shout out to CABOT for being such a sweetheart and for always checking up on me and for being a terrible baker and for being just as awkward and silly as I am and for drives up to the parkway with super good music.

And for being my number one facetime buddy.

And special shout out to all the rest of my best friends for making my first semester of college unforgettable.
Because of these people, I love college.
Spontaneous trips to DC
Dances
Movie nights
Jam sessions
Random car rides
Study sessions
Football games
Testimony meetings
Going out to eat
Late night adventures to Walmart
Sleepovers
Deep talks
What are the odds
Snuggle sessions
And a billion memories

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I love you guys. And I mean it. I have grown so much over the semester and you all have helped shape me into the person I am and the person I'm supposed to be. So thank you :)
YOU ARE MY FAMILY.

(insert emotional emojis here)