The Wait Is Over

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday!

After an eventful Saturday night, the next morning starts off rather calm. Steph Labbe is waking up to find her roommate working at the desk.

Steph: Hope I didn't wake you when I came in last night. Sorry it was so late, but you know goalkeepers can't tell time very well. We live in our own little world, and when you have four of them in one place....

Yael: Steph, I barely noticed anything when you got back.

Steph: What did you end up doing with your night alone?

Yael: Looked through some things for training today. I'm going to ask John if we can just do a team meeting and walk-through this morning here at the hotel instead of trekking over to Disney. We play Philadelphia tomorrow, so it should be a fairly easy three points, and I think the additional rest will give us an advantage in the third match against Orlando.

Steph: Good idea. Hope he goes for it.

Yael: Also watched the Revolution piss away ANOTHER game. Lost to the Union 2-1.

Steph: Think of me at all?

Yael: A little, but not much because Mother Nature decided to make an appearance. I was a few days late this month, so I thought MAYBE....but nope. Another egg down the tubes.

Steph: I'm sorry. Also puts a small crimp in what we can do with each other.

Yael: Yeah. Since it didn't happen this time, I hope this ends up being a short period so maybe we can have one night together before going back to Boston. Anything good come out of last night's summit?

Steph: Ash is going to retire after this season and it looks like Alyssa might have a girlfriend.

Yael: I learned about the first one on Thursday when I was over at their place to watch Michael. As for the second, I'm happy for her if it's true. She deserves to have someone in her life that makes her smile.

Yael goes back to scrolling through her news feed and reads about Angelo DiBernardo's passing.

Yael: Loss in the Red Stars family yesterday. Former assistant coach and US National Team player Angelo DiBernardo died from a heart attack.

Steph: Oh my. His daughter Vanessa plays for Chicago. I wonder if the team knows. Can you forward me the article so I can pass it onto Alyssa?

Yael sends the link address to Steph, who then direct messages Alyssa on Twitter asking if she knows and pasting the link in the message.

Steph: Wonder how she'll be dealing with the rest of this week, or if she'll head back to Chicago early.

Yael: Probably depends on when services are.

Steph walks over to Yael and wraps her arms around her neck from behind. "Morning."

Yael: Morning to you, too.

Yael looks up at Steph and kisses her on the underside of her chin. She then calls John to discuss the training plan for the day, which is approved.

Yael: Looks like we're staying in today. Meeting at 10, quick run-through on the board of what we need to do in watching Julie Johnston on set-pieces or if she roams into the midfield, then off for the rest of the day.

The two of them get changed and head down to the lobby for breakfast.

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The Philadelphia Charge are the first team on the field for training at Disney's Wide World of Sports. Julie Johnston stops into Adam's makeshift office to discuss the mess she has on her hands.