Journey

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Jucinara's POV

"Here Juice." My cousin says as she hands me our line-up for tonight's game.

Tonight is our final match of SheBelieves and we play the Netherlands.

We tied with Sweden 2-2 in our second game in D.C., but Cairo gave me that game off after what happened in New York.

"Thanks." I say then Christen and I look at tonight's line-up.

18-Adrianna Franch
11-Sarah Gorden
4-Jucinara
21-Alana Cook
22-Midge Purce
15-Catarina Macario
19-Crystal Dunn
9-Sophia Smith
23-Christen Press
14-Talia Martin(C)
15-Lynn Williams

We're trying out a 3-4-3 formation tonight.

AD's in goal

Sarah, Myself, and Alana are the three center backs.

Crystal and Cat are the two center mids while Midge and Sophia are the right and left mids, respectively

And Christen, Talia, and Lynn make up the front three.

"Here Freckles." Christen says as she hands Talia tonight's line-up.

Once at Exploria 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 right behind AD then I wait for us to be called out.

Right before we head onto the pitch, I step out of line, walk to the front then I stand in front of the captain and face her.

"Hey Juice." Talia says with a smile.