Final Day
Kelly
The last day of regional camp… This morning we got up and watched the World Cup game and I am sad to say that Brazil has lost. Some of my friends were wearing Brazil shirts to breakfast and it was hilarious to see the look on their faces when Netherlands scored their second goal. The entire region was in watching the game and hearing the cheers and gasps of everyone was pretty amusing. After breakfast we headed out to the fields to play Oregon. We didn’t play our best and ended up losing 1-2. It was a disappointing but we were hoping that some of our players would be selected for the invite. And we were happy to learn that Ayana, Coryn, Jessica, and Dom all made the selection again! We headed back to the rooms and gathered our t-shirts for the trading session. For those of you who don’t know what this is, the trading session is with all the states. Every state brings their ODP gear that they want to trade with other states. It is a total mad house and I was happy because I have wanted a navy Arizona shirt for the past two years, and I finally got one! After the trading, those of us who weren’t selected for the invite game participated in the training and worked hard to prove ourselves to the coaches. After training we went back to the rooms and walked across the street to Zips. For the first time in the last couple days, I am happy to announce that I did not have pasta! Everyone enjoyed the food and were ready to support our teammates who were about to play in the game. We watched them play and I am excited for those girls! They played so well! After laughing and sharing good stories with each other in a team meeting, we decided to go outside and play a game. Its way too complicated to explain, but just know that our coaches went out to hide and groups of us were supposed to go out and find them. After giving them time to hide, we were about to go find them but were told by the administrator that we were supposed to be in bed, so sadly the night has ended early. I have had a great time with this team and I am truly going to miss my friends and coaches who have pushed everyone to reach their full potential. I wish luck to those who will be announced in the pool tomorrow morning and a big thank you to Washington Youth Soccer for this amazing opportunity for all of us! Good luck to all of you who will be attending regional camp, I hope you have had as much fun as I have.
Miranda
The last day of Regional camp was the by far my favorite. We played Oregon and sadly we lost 2-1 but we kicked butt and we were coming back at the end and I felt that our hard work and our fight made it feel like a win. We got to trade shirts and jackets today and I was so happy to get my Hawaii rain coat and Northern California “swishy”. The Alaska shirt, Oregon zip-up and Northern California shirt were just the icing on the cake! We got all of our stuff then headed to training. After training we went to the invite and it was great to see Ayana, Coryn, Jess, and Dom play again! I hope that tomorrow during the half time of the Argentina vs. Germany game, their names are on the Regional Pool team list. Tomorrow I am waking up at 6:30am to go watch the entire game and then I get to go back home! This trip to Regional camp is something I will never forget. Ayana, Kelly, and Sandy are the best roommates ever and my times with them during this event will never be forgotten! I am going to miss everyone and I thank them for making my first time here special and memorable! THANK YOU WASHINGTON ODP 94’ GIRLS TEAM!
