Journey

28

Jucinara's POV

"Psst." I whisper as I rest my head on my girlfriend's shoulder.

"Yeah Baby?" Christen says.

"I love you." I say.

"I love you too." Christen says with a smile then she pecks my lips before we look at tonight's line-up.

21-Adrianna Franch
22-Sofia Huerta
4-Jucinara(C)
7-Abby Dahlkemper
21-Midge Purce
18-Jaelin Howell
15-Andi Sullivan
3-Sam Mewis
17-Tobin Heath
13-Alex Morgan
9-Lynn Williams

For some reason, a few days ago I was voted as one of the vice captains for the team.

Emma's the Captain, Talia's first vice-captain, and I'm second vice-captain.

After we look at the line-up we hand the paper back behind us then my girlfriend and I relax as we pull up to Solo Stadium.

Once at Solo Stadium, the bus parks then everyone gets off and heads to the locker room.

When we get to the locker room everyone puts their stuff down in their respective lockers.

Once my stuff is in my locker, my teammates and I head outside for the pitch inspection.

After we've inspected the pitch, my teammates and I head back to the locker room.

When I get to my locker I take my AirPods out, I take out my nose ring, and I take off my necklaces and my rings, then I put my jewelry and AirPods in my bag.

Once I'm jewelry free I take off my tracksuit then I put on my warm up top and my game shorts.

I then sit down in my locker and put on my socks, my shin pads and my red boots.

After my boots are on I wait for Christen to do Talia's hair, then, once she's done with Talia's hair, I sit down on the floor in-between Christen's legs to let her do my hair.

"Hi Nara." My favorite Tattoo'd forward says.

"Hi Chrissy." I say then I relax, face forward, and let Christen do her thing.

Christen runs her fingers through my hair for a little bit then she puts my hair into a pony tail just like I like it.

"Thanks." I say then I hug one of Christen's legs.

"No problem." Christen says then she tilts my head back and pecks my lips.

After our kiss, I get up, walk out of the locker room, and head onto the field with the outfield players

When I get on the pitch I run through my warm ups with the starters for a while then we head back to the locker room.

Once in the locker room I change out of the training top and change into my white jersey while Cairo does her last minute talks.

When the last minute talks end, we are told to head to the tunnel so Nalu and I do as told.

Once in the tunnel, I line-up in front of my teammates then I wait for us to be called out.

Right before we head onto the pitch, Talia appears in front of me making me smile.

"Hey Juice." Talia says with a smile.

"Hi." I say then I hug the Forward.

Talia and I hug for a few seconds then she heads to the bench.

Minutes later we are told to head out onto the field for the prematch stuff so I lead my teammates onto the pitch.

Once on the field we stand in line for the Swiss anthem then myself, most of the ladies in the starting XI, and most of the ladies on the bench kneel for our anthem.