When it's your third school of the year you start to get fed up of going through the same drill every time; new people trying to be your friend, the usual bitch of the school trying to prove she's the boss and guys and girls drooling all over you.
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It's a game day against Chile and we're in the hotel having breakfast as a team, the energy is high for our first game of the tournament. Kelley's sitting with the other non-players since they all want us to focus together so the only sane person I've got to talk to is Tobin.
"did you speak with Chris last night?" I ask Tobs while eating my toast
"yeah I did, she reassured me that I'm on the team for a reason and we did some meditation together, I had the best night sleep since forever" She says making me laugh
"maybe I need to do some of Christen's yoga," I say jokingly
"Leaving in 20 everyone!" Coach announces and everyone clears up their plates to head to their room and get the last of their things.
I'm in the elevator with Kelley while I'm on my phone texting the Alex we met on the plane about the tickets I've left her
"who you texting babe?" Kelley asks as we walk to our room
"Just Alex from the plane, I'm trying to sort out where she can pick up the tickets for he daughter" I tell my girlfriend
"does Kelsey knows she's going to the game?" Kelley asks
"no, her mom said she's surprising her with them today" I say smiling happily at Kelley.
"I've got a feeling she's going to freak out" Kelley replies
We grab everything we need to take with us to the stadium, my bags with shoes and tape that I always wear before heading onto the team bus
I sit next to Tobin since she's always been my bus buddies for away matches and I'm not changing that now. When we pull up there are already a few fans waiting by the barriers to cheer us on, having arrived hours early just to see us enter
The girls all head to their seats in the family and friends box while us players go to the lockers to gear up, we walk in and see the USA kits on full display
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We put it all on and wait around for a few seconds for a coach to come in and give us the rundown of today's game.
After being told the same stuff we usually get it's time to head onto the field for the first time repping our home kits and warm-up.
Loud cheers are heard as we head out of the tunnel from fans who have already taken their seats. We're expecting the majority of fans to be American since it's being hosted on our home turf which will be good to boost our confidence levels
I throw the ball back and forth with Serv, warming up my arm so I don't pull a muscle but mostly so we stick to our usual pregame routine.
When it's time to stand on the field and listen to our national anthem I can feel the goosebumps on my skin, never in a million years did I ever think this day was possible yet here I am, representing USA playing a sport that I love
