HAZE (On Hold)

Part 42

The players laugh and chat as they wait for the meeting to get underway. 

One of the Coaches walks to the front of the room and makes a motion for them to be quiet so that it can start.

"Welcome back, everyone." 

The players cheer. 

"Alright, so all of you should have already received an email with your schedules and groupings for the week. If you haven't please see one of us following the meeting, so we can sort you out. This week will be a true test of your fitness, skill and resiliency, at the end of which we will determining who among you will be accompanying us to France as a member of the United States of America's U20 Women's World Cup team. Make no mistake, all eyes will be on you and watching every move you make this week and not everyone here will make it; I expect that each and every one of you will give your all this week, understood?" 

"Yes, Coach!" 

"Good! Now with all of that being said, you will have the rest of the day to get acclimated and relax before we start training tomorrow. Jade, Tessa, Storm and Hailee could you please stick around for a few minutes and the rest of you, we'll see you bright and early, dismissed." 

"Yes, Coach!" 

"What do you think they want with us?" Tessa asks the players that remain behind. 

"I would imagine, they just want to check in with us about Senior camp and for Storm, probably her wrist." 

"My wrist is fine, the Doctors told me that I was good to go." Jade takes her arm. "Don't get all worked up Stormy, it's most likely what Haze said, they are just doing a check-in." 

"Okay, Jadey." 

One by one they are called up to speak with the Coaches and as expected it is just a check-in. Hailee is called forward and makes her way over to the table where the Coaches are sitting and takes a seat. 

"How are you feeling about everything, Hailee?" 

"What do you mean exactly?" 

"We understand that the Senior Coaches have expressed interest in having you play as a midfielder rather than a forward and we just want to know where your head is at in regards to it."

"I was reluctant to try it out at first, but then I started to really enjoy feeling like I was playing a bigger role on the field rather than just trying to score all the time."

"Okay, we need you to confirm for us that you want to continue playing there in this camp and in the future as we don't need an unhappy Captain on our hands." 

"You still want me as Captain?" 

They nod, "Unless you plan on doing something this week that changes our mind about it." 

Hailee looks at them, "Umm... I don't think so." 

They laugh at her, "So, just to confirm, is that a yes, to being a midfielder?" 

"Yes." 

"Okay, well that makes things a bit easier for us this week. You can go now, Hailee and we'll see in the morning." 

"What do you mean it will make things easier for you?" 

"Just that we have an excess of players to choose from at the forward position and we are short on quality midfielders and defenders. You being able to play multiple positions makes it easier on us." 

"Oh, okay. I guess I'll see you in the morning then."

Hailee heads out of the meeting room and over to the elevator, where she meets up with Amanda and Kate.