The call up (USWNT fanfiction)

1st Cap?

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Liv's POV:

Today is the day. The first game. Against Thailand. It's their second time in a world cup so it should be an easier game but I am still stressed about it. "Hey baby." Tierna says in a towel. "Yeah babe-" I turn around. "Holy shit." I whisper to no-one in particular. "You seem a bit stressed today you wanna join me in the shower." She says smirking. "How could I say no." I walk over to her. "God your beautiful." We have a shower together. Nothing happened except for a little kissing. I'm not ready yet. "You feeling a bit better?" Tierna asks. I nod. "Come here." She motions for me to lay next to her. We lay like this for about 30 minutes until someone barges in. "Come on get ready for the bus ride!" Kelley says screaming. She notices me and Tierna laying together. "Aww." She says quieter smiling. "Kelley get out. This isn't what you think it is. I was just really nervous for my first match so T tried to calm me down." I explain lying with every word. "Whatever, I don't care guys. What I do care about is us being late to our first world cup match. Game day baby!" Kelley screams and then runs out of the room. "That girl has way to much energy." Tierna says. She was basically half-asleep until Kelley came in. "You love me really Davidson!" Kelley shouts again whilst running past the now open door. We both laugh. "Come on baby let's get ready for the first match of your new career." Tierna whispers into my ear as she hugs me from behind. "Wow." I say breathless. "What?" "How can I fall even more in love with you." She shrugs and then chucks some clothes at me. "Oh come on T. Your as bad as Ash that was a moment." "Yes. A moment I have to ruin because if not coach will kick us both off of the team for being late." She says smiling. "I hate you." I say fake pouting. "Aww you love me really." I nod. "Yeah I do. Now let's gooo. Game day baby!" I scream and run out the door. "That's the mood Lewis!" I hear Kelley shout.   

Tierna's POV:

Me and Liv sit next to each other in the bus. She hasn't played in a game before and so I didn't know if she had any pre-game rituals. Apparently she has a lot. Me and her talk for the ride and then we get to the stadium. As soon as we were told we were there she stopped talking. She wouldn't speak to anyone. I look at Ash. "Don't worry about it kid. She will be fine. I bet it's pregame." She says reassuring me. We get into the changing room. "Sorry if I scared you guys. Until I get into the changing room I don't speak." Liv says to everyone. "Ohhhh." We all say and laugh. We all get ready and I see Liv doing weird things. I walk over to her as she is playing with a rubber band around her wrist. "10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15." I hear her counting. "Umm Liv?" I say confused. She just keeps counting. "17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23." She keeps going until 35. "Yes Tierna." She says looking up. "What was that?" I ask. "I have to count to 35 and twist the band around on both my wrists. It reminds me of my Grandad who died at the age of 70. He inspired me to play football." She says. She then grabs something out of her bag. "Hey on the white one can you write Sarah and then the number 9 please." "Of course may I ask why." "It is my mum's name and her number." She says and I give her a sorry smile. I write it and she let's it dry before putting on her glove. "Do you know where Ash is?" She asks me. "She is already out training." "Thank you." She says and runs off. I run with her and grab her hand. We then jump over the line and hug. "No." She says. "What?" "I'm going to need to do that before every game now. It's going to get annoying." She says looking down. I grab her face. "It won't get boring I promise. I will do it every match." "Thank you." She says and we hug. We then continue running to Ash. "Hey Ash can you write the numbers 7817229512 on my left hand." "Sure kiddo." Ash says writing on the hand that has black tape on. "Thank you." Liv says letting it dry. "Why those numbers?" Me and Ash ask. "78 because that was Hope's number when she played for beat, 17 for Tobin she was a big idol for me okay, 22 Beth Mead who was also a big idol for me, 9 for my mother and Lindsey who my mum loved the most, 5 for Kelley because don't tell her but when I was at my lowest points she has helped me get through and 12 for Tierna because you where my first best friend here." "Aww that is sweet. Is that your last part of pre-game." "Nearly." She says kneeling down and untying her lasses. She then does them up again on the goalies line and once she has done she uses all her strength and jumps up and hits the bar. "Okay done." She says. "God you are weird have a good training session Liv." "You too Tierna." I then start training. 

Vlatko's POV:

I'm struggling. Right now the lineup is. Ash in goal. O'hara, Sauerbrunn, Davidson and Kreiger. Horan, Ertz and Lavelle in mid. Pinoe and Heath on the wings and then Morgan in the middle. Ash isn't looking good and I can't play Lyssa because she has a minor injury so has to sit out two matches. I walk into the changing room before the game. I give my usual team chat and lineup and call Ash and Liv back. "Ash I am not happy with how your shoulder is looking." I say. "Keeping it real coach. I am sorry but I don't think I can play today. I am sorry I don't want to let down the team or America but it hurts to much. I don't want surgery like Hope it's-" "It's fine Ash don't worry about it. You haven't let anyone down I would prefer you be healthy than in pain. So Liv you will be in goal today." "Wait really!?" She asks. "Yep now get out there and give it your all." "Yes coach." She says happily. Now let's show the world what this kid can do. I walk out and we sing the national anthem. We take the team picture and I could tell that Tierna and Liv were dating just by the way they keep looking at each other and smiling. As long as it doesn't ruin or disturb the team I don't care. I see Liv running and pointing up to the stars. Come on kid. Don't let me down. 

Commentators:

"Welcome to the first game of the world cup. How you feeling Julie?" "Just great Steve as you can tell it is a nice night in Nice. And it seems that Vlatko Andonovski has made a change to the line up." "Yes Olivia Lewis is getting her first cap in place of Ashlyn Harris who seems to be having trouble with her shoulder." "Yep anyway the ball has been kicked and it is the start of the game." "In the first 5 minutes Alex Morgan has scored!" "Here comes Megan Rapinoe, look at that cross straight into HORAN!" "They have done it again 13th minute." "Here come the Thailand attackers. Great clearance by Davidson who is also a young player who is at the top of her game." "Indeed she is Julie and here comes the corner in the 20th minute. Volleyed by Thongsombut that's going in surely. DENIED BY OLIVIA LEWIS!" "Oh and what a save that was you can tell why she is on this team Steve." "100% Julie such a talented player." 

Liv's POV:

We won the game 13-0 which was incredible. I saved a few goals and I was quite proud of myself. I grab a bit of grass and throw it into the air. "That's for you mama." I whisper. I close my eyes until someone punches me. "Oww." I say. "Come on don't be like Tobin and Chris. Look you have already taken off your shoes. Anyway you've got to do an interview and then the team is going out in celebration." Kelley says. "Okay thanks Kells." She grabs me and hugs me. I feel wet on my shirt. "Hey Kelley what's wrong?" I ask. We walk off to a place where there was no cameras and people. "You've made it this far and I am proud of you." "Thank you Kells but I know that's not all that is on your mind." I say. "I think I am in love." "Awwwwww Kelley that's amazing." "It's a girl." She says quietly. I grab her face gently. I am way taller so I bend down a bit. "Kelley who you love is who you love. I love you either way and I know the team will love you. Trust me people will be idiots and hate you for it but let them. You don't need their bad energy because you are Kelley fucking O'hara the most chaotic and beautiful person in the world. And any girl who doesn't like you back doesn't deserve you." I say. "Holy shit Alex was right you really should be an inspirational speaker." "Have you talked to Alex about this?" "No but I will tell her tonight." "Anyway who is this girl?" I ask. "How bout yourself?" She says smirking. "What- err what are y-you saying." "Oh come on you and Tierna." "Umm no she h-has a boyfriend." "I'm sorry dude." "Why I didn't like her like that anyway." "Sure kid anyway it's h-" "I'm sorry who you didn't say it loud enough." "Ho-" "O'hara speak the fuck up." "Hope Solo okay!" "Oh my god that is so cute." "Shut up." She says blushing. We side hug and walk into the changing rooms. "Where the fuck have you two been." Carli shouts at us. "Carli don't take it out on Liv she helped me just now big time okay blame me." Kelley says sincerely. "It's okay guys just Liv go do your interview and thank you for helping Kells with whatever she needed help with." "It was no problem. I'm always here Kelley." "I know lil Lewis. I'm here for you too." She says smiling. I love this team. Now the interview...

1818 Words. 8th of July 2020. I'm sorry it's a really long chapter but I couldn't really split it into 2 chapters. Anyway love you all and have a great day/night.