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10/7/07 12:00PM
I’m in the backseat on my way back to Boston from NRU’s with Annie and Denise. Today we played Keystone and lost 15-12. 3 points…3 points said that Boston Women’s was not going to nationals this year. Di was crying after the game and not just because she broke her nose. I haven’t been giving everything I can this season but there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Di would ever give anything less than her best. She wasn’t the only one crying either. I felt as though I didn’t have any right to cry. I still feel like an observer sometimes. The camera can further distance me sometimes because my position is physically obvious. However, in review I am able to better understand (or at least convince myself that I am better able to understand) the team dynamic. Some of these women have been playing for years and years and have formed an intense community. This community is constantly changing with the addition and loss of new players. More influential to the formation of this community are the individual relationships whether romantic or friendship. Overall, what happens on the pitch is important but what happens off of the pitch determines how strong we are.
I’m in the backseat on my way back to Boston from NRU’s with Annie and Denise. Today we played Keystone and lost 15-12. 3 points…3 points said that Boston Women’s was not going to nationals this year. Di was crying after the game and not just because she broke her nose. I haven’t been giving everything I can this season but there is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Di would ever give anything less than her best. She wasn’t the only one crying either. I felt as though I didn’t have any right to cry. I still feel like an observer sometimes. The camera can further distance me sometimes because my position is physically obvious. However, in review I am able to better understand (or at least convince myself that I am better able to understand) the team dynamic. Some of these women have been playing for years and years and have formed an intense community. This community is constantly changing with the addition and loss of new players. More influential to the formation of this community are the individual relationships whether romantic or friendship. Overall, what happens on the pitch is important but what happens off of the pitch determines how strong we are.