Freya's POV
"Do you know any priests in Denver?" Raven asks as we pull underneath the Rocky Mountain Stadium.
"Uh yeah." I say. "Why?"
"Maybe they could bless the team and get rid of this curse on us." Raven says making me chuckle.
We're about to play our second to last match of the first half of the season.
Ever since the November international window ended we, Mile High FC, haven't scored a fucking goal and we've drawn 2 games and lost 4.
2 points from 6 games is fucking shit for a squad like ours.
We've tried new formations, new training times, new workouts, and new eating habits at the training ground.
We've tried fucking everything to break this curse, but nothing's worked.
"I think we'll be good today." I say as I park.
After I'm parked in my reserved spot, my wife and I get out of the car then Raven I get our stuff from the trunk.
Once we have our stuff, I close and lock my car then we walk to the home locker room here in Rocky Mountain Stadium.
As we're walking into the locker room, I look at our Line-up on the wall.
1-Katana Solo
2-Ona Batlle
4-Jasmine Hadid
12-Tierna Davidson
3-Katja Nordström
6-Jaelin Howell (C)
14-Aitana Bonmatí
11-Alexia Putellas
9-Sophia Smith
10-Raven Nightingale
7-Freya Nightingale
After I look at the line-up, I follow my wife to our lockers then I put my stuff in my locker.
Once my stuff is put up 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 long sleeve forest green undershirt, my warm up top, 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 forest green jersey while Amaka does her last minute talks.
When the last minute talks end, we are told to head to the tunnel so I kiss my wife and hug her before I head out to the tunnel
Once in the tunnel, I line-up in-between Sophia and Raven 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 Sophia out onto the field.
Once on the field we stand in line for a few seconds then we shake hands with the Atlanta City players.
After we shake hands, we take a starting XI picture, Jaelin does the coin toss, then we do our team huddle before we head onto the field.
"Let's hope this game goes better." Alexia says.
"We'll be good Alexia." I say. "We'll be good."
- - - - -
"WE FUCKING SUCK." I shout after we miss another shot then I jog back to my position to get ready for the goal kick.
It's the 80th minute of the game and we're tied 0-0.
As I'm jogging I hear some of my teammates chuckling.
"Haven't heard that in a long time." I mumble as the Atlanta City keeper passes the ball out to Emily Sonnett.
Sonnett then passes the ball up to Ramona Bachmann so I run towards the Swiss woman.
When the ball gets to Bachmann I tackle the ball away from her then I run towards the ball as it rolls towards Sonnett.
Right before the ball gets to the centre back I get to it, nutmeg her, then run towards goal.
The Atlanta keeper then comes out of her goal as I notice Salma Paralluelo sprinting next to me.
At the last possible moment, I side foot pass the ball to Salma then the Spanish Forward easily scores putting us 1-0 up.
"Fucking finally." I say then I jog over to Salma and hug her.
A few seconds later my teammates get to Salma and I and hug us then we get back to our side a few seconds before the Atlanta players restart the game.
Once the game restarts my teammates and I press Atlanta City as hard as we can.
In the 89th minute we earn a goal kick so Katana plays the ball to Tierna who then turns and jogs upfield.
One of the Atlanta City players pressure Tierna so she passes to Jaelin while I check in front of me and see some space.
When Jaelin receives the ball, she looks upfield as I slowly move towards the space.
Jaelin sees my movement then she looks back at the ball and launches it outside to me in the space in front of me.
Once the ball leaves Jaelin's foot I run towards the space in front of me while watching the ball fly through the air.
As I notice the ball starting to drop towards me, I look for a teammate and see Raven and Salma sprinting towards the goal
After I see I have options, I look back up at the ball as I keep running.
A second later the ball drops in front of me then right before it hits the ground, I slam my left foot into the ball and send it towards the penalty spot in the box.
After the ball leaves my foot, I slow down as I watch the ball rocket into the 18 yard box then I watch Raven stick her foot out and re-direct the ball into the goal putting us 2-0 up.
"Thank fuck." I mumble as I walk over to my wife then I hug my girl.
After I hug Raven I walk back to our side of the pitch.
Once everyone's on side Bachmann restarts the game then the ref blows her whistle signaling we finally broke the shitty results streak.
"YES." Ona shouts. "WE DON'T SUCK ANYMORE."
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FanfictionIn 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?
