After leaving a struggling club, I wanted to find a new club that had already gone through their rebuilding face and was becoming more and more successful as each season passed. I was looking for a club where each and every coach was dedicated to having their players strive for achievement on and off the field. A club that was known for good sportsmanship, a hard work ethic, off season practices/ trainings, and a high rate of players being recruited to play in college. I was determined to finding a club that gave me all four and more.
As most of my previous Cobra teammates went to a new club called World Cup, I questioned if I wanted to follow the crowd or stick to what I was looking for. Thankfully, after researching the club all of my requirements I was looking for I could find through World Cup. Ultimately the deciding factor that drew me to going to the World Cup club was having my town league coach, Coach Peter, extending his coaching career through World Cup specifically the age bracket his daughter and I fell under. When tryouts came around for the 97-98 girls team there was a pretty noticeable divide between the girls. You had the returners that were already apart of one of the three teams within the age bracket and the newbies. After making the club team, I was positive that I had found myself a club I could call my new home, with new coaches, and new teammates.
All throughout my time at World Cup, they were constantly meeting and exceeding the requirements I was looking for in a club. During the season you took part in more than one tournament, had millions of practices with your team or even higher level teams, all giving you the ability to become a better player. During the off season they hold weekly training seasons one that is specifically with your team and another that is a workout/skills session with the rest of your age bracket. The number of practices held and dedication from the coaches ensures the commitment to the players success in the sport. After the first practice was held with my new team I knew that this was going to be my forever soccer home.
