Destinies Fulfilled, Childhood Dreams Realized At the 2023 NWSL Draft

PHILADELPHIA - Raws li Alexa Spaanstra, qhov thib kaum xaiv tag nrho, ntsib kev tshaj xov xwm thawj zaug ua tus kws ncaws pob ncaws pob, nws tau hais tawm qhov kev zoo siab thaum nws hnov ​​​​lub npe thib kaum ib xaiv, Haley Hopkins.

"Nws yog kuv tus phooj ywg!", nws qw.

Tsis yog lawm, tau kawg. Spaanstra, tus tua tuag, yog mus rau Kansas City Tam sim no, thaum Hopkins yuav mus rau North Carolina ua si rau lub siab tawv.

Nws yog tag nrho ib feem ntawm tsab ntawv tuav tswj los ntawm pab koomtes ua ntej 2023 lub caij uas cog lus tias yuav pib tshiab hauv ntau txoj hauv kev, tab sis muab kev txuas ntxiv rau cov neeg uas nws txoj kev npau suav ua tiav rau hnub Thursday hmo ntuj - tsuas yog los ntawm qhov uas twb muaj lawm ntev dua li yav dhau los cov poj niam ncaws pob. Pab Koomtes hauv Asmeskas keeb kwm.

"Kuv tau saib rov qab ob peb lub sijhawm tshuaj ntsiav uas kuv tau rov qab rau hauv Cov Ntxhais Scouts zoo li qib thib ob thiab zoo li, koj xav ua li cas thaum koj loj hlob? Tus kws ncaws pob kws tshaj lij, ”Hopkins hais rau cov xov xwm sib sau ua ke thaum nws yog nws lub sijhawm los hais lus rov qab, tsis ntev tom qab muab phuam qhwv caj dab ntawm nws tus kheej rau duab. "Thiab yog li kuv pom - ntawm no kuv muaj hnub nyoog 24 xyoos, zaum nrog kuv niam kuv txiv ntawm NWSL Draft thiab pom tias qhov kev nce qib thiab kev nce qib nws tau ua txij li thaum kuv tseem hluas.... Nws tsuas yog incredibly inspiring. "

Cov cua ntsawj ntshab tau ncaws tawm hauv kev xav tau, nrog Angel City FC xaiv Alyssa Thompson, Harvard-Westlake high school phenom, thawj tag nrho. Tab sis Gotham FC, slotted los xaiv thib ob, tau txiav txim siab xaiv qhov ntawd rau Kansas City thiab rau cov qub tub rog Lynn Williams, uas yuav nce mus rau sab saum toj ntawm Midge Purce los ua kom muaj kev sib tw tuag (thaum Lawv tsis ua haujlwm rau Vlatko Andonovski, yog).

Cooper tau hais tias nws xav tsis thoob thaum lub sijhawm kev lag luam tau tshaj tawm, kua muag ntws los ntawm nws lub ntsej muag, tab sis zoo siab los mus rau Kansas City thiab.

Cooper hais tias, "Kuv yuav mus noj hmo thiab tau txais kuv niam dua," Cooper hais tias, txhua tus luag nyav tom qab.

Lwm qhov tseem ceeb tuaj txog thaum Chicago Red Stars xaiv Penelope Hocking, USC-tig-Penn State hnub qub, xya tag nrho. Nws muaj ntau yam, tab sis Red Stars, Hocking tau hais, twb tau hais rau nws txog kev ua haujlwm tawm tsam.

Qhov ntawd txhais tau hais tias muaj sijhawm los ua si ntawm Mallory Swanson, uas Hocking nco qab ua si rov qab thaum nws yog Mallory Pugh. Cov qhab nia dynamo tau nco txog qhov tseeb ntawm Swanson's NWSL debut, thiab txawm tias pab pawg hauv tebchaws tig ntxov hauv Swanson txoj haujlwm.

"Kuv tab tom ua si ECNL thiab kuv yog lawv ua si ua ntej peb," Hocking hais. "Kuv nco qab tsuas yog xav - nws zoo li 16 thaum lub sijhawm, thiab nws zoo kawg nkaus. Thiab kuv zoo li oh kuv tus Vajtswv, zoo li nws yog ib tus neeg ncaws pob zoo heev. "

Rau Hocking, NWSL yog qhov tsawg dua txoj hmoo thiab xaiv ntau dua.

"Kuv ib txwm saib NWSL yog ib kauj ruam loj hauv kuv txoj haujlwm," Hocking hais. "Thiab thaum kuv thawj zaug nkag mus rau hauv tsev kawm qib siab kev ua si, kuv tsis paub meej tias kuv yuav mus ua si pro, tab sis muaj lub sijhawm los ua qhov no yog ib yam uas kuv txaus siab heev, thiab kuv zoo siab hais tias kuv tuaj yeem ua tau. nws. Kuv tau saib tag nrho kuv cov phooj ywg ua ntej kuv mus rau hauv pab koomtes thiab tua nws. Yog li kuv tsuas yog kuv zoo siab rau qhov uas yog kuv tam sim no. "

Daim ntawv teev npe tag nrho tuaj yeem pom ntawm no.