Talia's POV
"Here T." Audrey says then she passes me and Leah the line-up for tonight's game against Philadelphia FC.
1-Audrey Solo
2-Lynn Wilms
4-Sarah Gorden
6-Leah Williamson
15-Katie McCabe
13-Morgan Brian
10-Daniëlle van de Donk
19-Jackie Groenen
14-Talia Martin(C)
9-Vivianne Miedema
11-Lieke Martens
"WE'RE HERE." Someone shouts as we pull up to the stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania.
Once at Subaru Park, the bus parks then everyone gets off and heads to the locker room.
When we get to the locker room everyone puts their stuff down in their respective lockers then I take off my tracksuit jacket.
Once my jacket is off, I put on my Melissa Tancredi jersey jersey then I head outside for the pitch inspection.
"Oh wow." Audrey says when she sees what jersey I'm wearing.
"What?" Moe asks then she sees my jersey. "Oh dear lord."
"What?" Viv asks.
"What's wrong with the jersey?" Leah asks.
"Melissa Tancredi is the player who stamped on Carli Lloyd's head during the 2012 Olympics." Audrey says.
I'm wearing Melissa Tancredi's jersey because Carli is Philadelphia FC's manager.
"Is she?" I say in faux shock. "I had no idea."
"Mhmm." Sarah says. "Poo head."
I cheekily smile at my sister-in-law then we move the conversation along.
After we've inspected the pitch, my teammates and I head back to the locker room.
When I get to my locker I take my AirPods out, take out my nose ring, take off my necklaces and my rings, then I put my jewelry and AirPods in my bag.
Once I'm jewelry free I take off my jersey and put on my warm up top then I put on my game shorts.
I then sit down in my locker and put on my socks, my shin pads and my green boots.
After my boots are on I head to Leah's locker then sit down on the floor in-between her legs.
"Hey T." Leah says and starts running her fingers through my hair.
"Hi Leah." I say then face forward and let Leah do her thing.
Leah runs her fingers through my hair for a little bit then she puts my hair into a pony tail just like I like it.
"Thanks." I say then I hug one of Leah's legs.
"No problem." Leah says and kisses my head then I get up, walk out of the locker room, and head onto the field with the outfield players
When I get on the pitch I run through my warm ups with the starters for a while then we head back to the locker room.
Once in the locker room I change out of the training top and change into my white jersey while the coaches do their last minute talks.
When the last minute talks end, we are told to head to the tunnel so I head to the back of the line in the tunnel.
Minutes later we are told to head out onto the field for the prematch stuff so someone leads us out onto the field
Once on the field we stand in line for a few seconds then we shake hands with the Philadelphia FC players.
After we shake hands, we take a starting XI picture, I do the coin toss then we do our huddle before we head onto the field.
Once on the field I stand on the sideline right by the Philadelphia bench.
"Watch yourself Talia." Carli says.
"You watch yourself." I say then I turn toward Carli. "I don't need to hear your whiny cuntish voice unless you're apologizing for being a racist."
"I'm not racist." Carli says.
"Your words and actions beg to differ Carli." I say.
Carli and I get into a very heated argument which causes both teams to come over and intervene.
Once the arguments subsided, I'm shown a yellow as is Carli then my soulmate pulls me away.
"Show her up on the field."
"I will." I say as I stare at Carli. "I fucking will."
Seconds later the game kicks off so I sprint towards the ball.
Over the next 90 minutes, we dominate the game and keep our foot on the gas the entire time.
"Bye bye." I say as I wave to the Philadelphia FC fans at the end of the game.
We won 10-0.
I scored 5 goals, Leah scored 1, Viv scored 1, Lynn Wilms scored 1, Sarah scored one, and Jackie scored one.
"Have a safe ride home." I say.
"Don't." Leah says as she pulls my hand down. "You'll get another yellow."
"And?"
"Talia." Leah warns.
"Fine." I say then I see my two favorite people coming towards me. "Babies."
"MAMA." Lanie shouts as she leads Axel over to me and Leah.
When my kids get to us, my soulmate and I pick them up then smother them in kisses.
"How are my babies?" I ask.
"Good." Lanie says with a smile then she snuggles into Leah as Axel snuggles into my neck.
Leah and I smile at each other then we walk off the field and head to our locker room.
Once in the locker room I notice everyone looking at me.
"What?" I ask.
"Carli's trying to ruin your name by saying you started the argument." Audrey says.
"Well we were right by mic so people can't be that stupid." I say.
"She's also saying your lying about her being racist." Moe says.
"I have evidence." I say.
"Post it and shut her up." Audrey says.
I shrug then I head to my locker, grab my phone and post on all of my social medias all of the evidence I have of Carli being a racist.
Carli's said a lot of fucked up things in private texts with the national team and after the previous camp she texted me a lot of racist stuff.
I guess Kelley whined to Carli about everything and it upset Carli.
"And tweet." I say as I send the tweet.
"She said all that?" Daan asks.
"She's said more stuff like that, but it came out of her mouth." Audrey says.
"She's lucky I didn't punch her." I admit. "Racist prick."
"Talia, do you wanna do media?" The team PR person asks.
"Nah." I say. "They can just check my social media for the evidence of Carli's racism."
"You got it boss lady." The PR lady says then she disappears.
"Now." I say as Leah and I cover my kids' ears. "Let's get the fuck out of Philly."
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The Climb
FanfictionTalia has a lot of secrets, but her biggest secret she hopes nobody will ever find out. Her secret could put the people she loves most in danger. How will she protect her secret, her friends, her loved ones, and herself?
