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By: Etajha Gilmer & Kendall Romine

July 29th:  When we woke up this morning, instead of feeling super duper excited and pumped, we felt like we wanted to die. Today is the day we have all been waiting, dreaming, and working for, the National Finals.  After somehow managing to eat some food, we headed for the field. When we arrived, everyone was pretty quiet, thinking about our intense opponent and what we were going to do in the game. It seemed like the temperature rose as we got closer to game time, and before we knew it, we were walking on the field for our final walkout of the season. To be honest, we dominated the first half, and had several opportunities to score; however, our team could not put the ball in the back of the net. Finally, in the middle of the second half we got a penalty kick, and Gillian was ready to take it and make it. Unfortunately, a couple minutes later PDA also received a penalty kick and scored.  We were unable to score again, but we were able to hold them off until the end of double overtime.  By the end of penalty kicks, we were named the number one team in the nation!! It was all a blur, but it was better than any dream we’ve ever had.  There was a lot of screaming and crying, and screaming some more. We couldn't ask for a better way to end such a spectacular season. Hope to see you next year!

By: Greer Zerboni, Alexandra Trenary and Sarah Halverson

July 28th:  OH MY GOD!!

Today was our day off because we are in the finals tomorrow!!  We started off with breakfast at 8:00 am.  After breakfast we rode on Eddy’s back up to our rooms and she dropped us off with a smile (and a wink).  Then…. We got ready for our 20 minute jog around the creepy, deserted parking lot.  After our jog our sweaty bodies were piled into our Cadillac’s and Ferraris and we cruised down the street in our six-fours. 

Meanwhile, back at the hotel the showers were waiting…..  We put on our super cute collared t-shirts and skipped along to the Simpson’s house and we popped our collars all the way through.  Our home-made lunch was delicious as was Mr. Romine’s fly soccer video.  We sat with Grandma Simpson and watched Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as we sipped our pumpkin juice down into our bellies. 

After lunch we drove with hydraulics down the streets of Texas.  We got ready and drove off to Benihana’s.  Our waitress was very nice and re-filled our water…….   A lot!  We had a nice time.

Love Greer, Alexandra and Sarah

Daily Blog by Elizabeth Eddy & Allie Harrison

July 27th:  “Bang, Bang”  The angry knocking on the door startled us out of slumber.  I jogged to the door………opened it…………and Tad gave us the thumbs up, leaving without uttering another word. 

Immediately, we turned up the tunes, and started to dance, breaking out into a cold sweat.  Throwing on our highlighter uniforms, I sprinted out the door and jumped of balcony, releasing my parachute, landing safely in the slippery wet fountain.  Jumping into the vans I tossed my super sweet tunes to the driver.  I began to visualize my incredible performance., then……….  We warmed up.

The game started with the shrill screech of the ref’s yellow whistle.  As the game wore on, the competition skyrocketed.  But in the end, we tied the Dallas, Texans 2-2.

Next stop, Mediterranean Grill.  I stuffed my face with the lunch special until my uniform busted at the seams.  We frolicked to room 418, where two wonderful people waited to give us massages.  With our muscles relaxed, we hopped back in the vans, speeding off to Glorias Fresh Mexican Café.  We had a “fiesta” into the late night, which to us was 7:00pm.  Rolling my 6-4 back to the hotel, we had a stretching escapade in the conference room.  Now we are in the dimly lit room and we sign off for this beautiful day.  I Love You!

Daily Report by Megan Ferry & Gabby Zarnegar

July 26th:  Today was our hardest day yet.  We woke up at 5:00 am Texas time (which is 3:00 am Cali time) to go to our game.

We played PDA and they gave us a good challenge.  We tied them 0-0.  Afterwards we went straight to lunch to Nordstrom’s Café, our best lunch here.    Then, we came back and watched a movie and rested.  When the movie was done, we all got ready for dinner at Grand Luxe Café.  During our walk back to the hotel it started to rain.  It’s very humid in Texas.  We all met at 7:00 pm for a pregame talk with Tad. 

We feel so lucky to be here and hope we can win it. 

By Kelsey Wilson, Christina Hart & Rachel Manning

Today is Wednesday July 25, 2007 our first game day.  We woke up about 6:45 am at a quick breakfast in our rooms, then went to the fields.  Our game was at 9:30 am against ELA from Illinois….

We were prepared, came out well and pulled off a win of 3-0.  We expect all of the competition to be hard and our opponent came out aggressive.  Our rhythm was fortunately working for us.  After the game we went to get sandwiches at the Galleria.  We got back to the hotel and watched movies and had team bonding.  Then we all got ready for dinner at BJ’s.   We came back to the hotel at 7 for a team meeting and in bed by 8:30.  We’re pumped for our game tomorrow and we are so fortunate and blessed to be here.

Team Line Up, Game One

By Dani Green & Gillian Hogan

July 24th:  It’s the second day of Nationals in Frisco, Texas.  The highlight of our day was definitely the player luncheon.  We had a chance to meet different teams from all over regions I through IV.  During the luncheon we listened to many speakers who congratulated us on this once in a lifetime opportunity.  We also watched an inspiring video constructed by the US Youth Soccer Association.  After the luncheon we all went to the hotel to watch a movie and to get ready to go to The Olive Garden.  We are now ready for our first game tomorrow!

Player Luncheon

By: Leigh Edwards and Kim Cushing

July 23rd: So, we woke up pretty early, around 4:00 a.m. to be at the airport by 5:00. Our plane ride was around 2 hours long; some people slept, watched movies, read magazines/Harry Potter. By the time we got to Dallas, the team was ready to eat and get to our hotel.

Our hotel is really nice; we are sharing rooms with each other, and that’s fun. After we went to our rooms, we ate lunch at Corner Bakery (which is really good) and quickly after we had to leave for our first practice in the 85% humidity of Dallas; even just jogging around the field made us drenched…. That’s alright, we have our A/C in our big white vans to cool us down.