ISL Champions 2013

ISL CHAMPIONS 2013!!!

     Yesterday, Saturday November 9th, 2013, the Brooks Girls Varsity Soccer Team won the ISL championships against St. Paul's with a 2-0 victory. We (our team) marked history as the final whistle blew and the whole team ran with joy into the middle of the field. Joyous energy filled the crowd as we embraced each other with pride, happiness, and love. Throughout the game, we played with so much heart, desire, determination, and energy. Beautiful plays were made, the two goals that we scored were phenomenal, and it was overall one of our best games ever. 

     The last time the team (BGVS) won the ISL championship was in 2006, and the fact that my team won yesterday, on our home field, at my last home game, is truly a blessing. 

     The most meaningful moment to me was when a senior, who has been a starter on the team for the past  3 years and was out all season because of a knee injury, was sent into the game in the last two minutes. She was so happy, and it was wonderful watching her play the game she loves with the team she's so passionate about. Despite her inability to jump, and her somewhat lousy run because her knee had not been fully recovered, she was full of bliss.

My VIEW/ What the team means to me: 

     I love soccer, and I have loved soccer ever since I was  3 years old holding a soccer ball in a little striped strawberry dress that my mom bought me. Throughout my high school career, I have progressed up from JV to Varsity soccer, fell even more in love with the sport, and developed great friendships on my team. From belting out the lyrics to our favorite songs in the locker room to battling it out on the soccer field, the bond that our team shares is inseparable. We build each other up, constantly cheer each-other on, and try our best in practice. We have worked incredibly hard to get to where we are today, and all of our hard work, long practices, and infamous half-time speeches paid off. It was all worth it, and it is still hard to believe that we are the ISL champions, a goal we have had since preseason. It just goes to show that if you try your best in everything you do, your dream may be achieved  Just like mine was. I will never forget this team, the amazing memories that we have shared, the practices, the Chipotle challenge, the locker room insanity, and, of course, this unreal, unimaginable feeling. I love you guys and I wish you the best next year.

Me at the age of 3.

Representing #11 in an away game uniform.

#11 on our home field at a home game.