In 2018, Freya Nightingale was poised to be the next big then in World Football, but three days before she was to join one of the biggest clubs in Europe, she vanished.
What will happen when Freya re-appears?
"I haven't." I say then Raven gets out her phone and shows me a picture.
"Here's our home jerseys." Raven says then she shows me the jersey.
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"And here's our away jerseys." Raven says then she shows me the jersey.
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"These are so much better than the mens teams shitty jerseys for the 2022 World Cup." I say. "Where are the stars above the crest?"
"The place where these were made ran out of the thread for the stars so they're bulk ordering more and it'll be all good by the World Cup." Raven says.
"Good." I say. "What color will the shorts be?"
"The same blue as the away kit." Raven says "The home kits shorts will be solid and the away kit will have stars on them as well."
"Nice." I say.
"The socks for the home kit and away kit are the same blue as the away jersey." Raven says.
"What about the availability to the world?" I ask.
"Cairo's got that handled." Raven says.
"Here love birds." Azura says as she passes our line-up for tonight's SheBelieves Game against England.
"Thanks." I say as I grab the line-up then Raven and I look at the line-up.
1-Katana Solo 22-Sarah Gorden 8-Julie Ertz 4-Naomi Girma 3-Emily Fox 2-Azura Nwigwe 16-Rose Lavelle 15-Catarina Macario 11-Sophia Smith 14-Talia Martin(C) 7-Freya Nightingale
After I look at the line-up, I pass it behind me then I relax for the rest of the drive while snuggling Raven.
Once at MetLife Stadium, 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.
Once my stuff is in my locker, my teammates and I head outside for the pitch inspection.
When I get onto the pitch, I head to the center circle, stand on the center spot, then I do the Haka.
Taringa whakarongo! Kia rite! Kia rite! Kia mau! Hī! Ringa ringa pakia! Waewae takahia kia kino nei hoki! Kia kino nei hoki! Ka mate, ka mate Ka ora' Ka ora' Ka mate, ka mate Ka ora' Ka ora' Tēnei te tangata pūhuruhuru Nāna ne I tiki mai whakawhiti te rā A Upane! Ka Upane! A Upane Kaupane Whiti te rā,! Hī!
After I finish doing the Haka, I head back to the locker room.
When I get to my locker I take my AirPods out, then I take out my nose ring, I take off my necklaces, earrings, bracelet, and my rings.
After my jewelry is off, I put my jewelry in it's safe then I put my jewelry safe, phone, and AirPods in my bag.
Once I'm jewelry free I take off my tracksuit and put my dark brown locs up in a ponytail then I put on my warm up top, my long sleeve white undershirt, and my game shorts.
I then sit down in my locker and put on my socks, my shin pads and my yellow boots.
Once I'm dressed Sophia comes over and sits in-between my legs.
"Hey Soph." I say.
"Hi Frey." Sophia says as she hugs my leg then she sits up straight as I begin running my fingers through her long luscious hair.
After a minute of playing with my friend's hair, I pull it back into the normal bubble braid she puts it in for games.
Once Sophia's hair is in a bubble braid, I lean down and kiss my friends head.
After I kiss her head, Sophia and 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 Cairo does her last minute talks.
When the last minute talks end, we are told to head to the tunnel so I kiss my girlfriend and hug her before I head out to the tunnel
Once in the tunnel, I line-up in-between Naomi and Julie then I wait for us to be called out.
Minutes later we are told to head out onto the field for the prematch stuff so I follow Naomi out onto the field.
Once on the field we stand in line for the English anthem then myself, most of the ladies in the starting XI, and most of the ladies on the bench kneel for our anthem.
When our anthem finishes, we stand up then we shake hands with the English players.
After we shake hands, we take a starting XI picture, Talia does the coin toss, then we do our team huddle before we head onto the field.
"LET'S GO GIRLS." Kelley shouts.
"She is so annoying." I say.
"Yeah." Talia says. "Yeah she is."
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"We got work on our communicating." I mumble as I see Julie and Sarah go for the same ball in the 56th minute
Julie gets to the ball first then she launches the ball up field towards me.
"Damn." I mumble as I sprint towards the wide open space on my side.
While I sprint into the open space I watch the ball fly towards me then drop right in front of me.
Right before the ball hits the grass, I slam my foot into the ball and send it into the box.
The moment the ball leaves my foot, someone shoves me to the ground then a couple seconds later the crowd loudly cheers.
"Yay." I mumble into the grass then my scar starts burning.
The moment my scar starts burning.
"Not again." I say as I stand up then I jog over to the sideline while trying not to rub my scar.
"I need a sub." I say as I get to the sideline.
"CHRISTEN." Cairo shouts as I head straight to the cooler we keep on the sideline for our drinks we get given after we're subbed.
Once at the cooler I search for the mini coke that we put in the cooler.
"Finally." I mumble as I find the 7.5 oz soda then I grab it and close the cooler.
Once I have the soda I head over to where the players are sitting then I sit down, open the soda, and pour it on my face.
"Sweet relief." I say.
"Here." Raven says as she grabs the soda.
"This shit sucks." I say. "This shit really fucking sucks."
