Articles by: libby2026

I made my United Women’s Soccer (UWS) league debut!

On May 25th 2024, I played in my very first semi-pro league game with the Rockford Raptors UWS team. The UWS is a tier 2 development league with lots of familiar teams in their Midwest Conference like Michigan Hawks, Chicago Rush, and Nationals SC. We played against Edgewater Castle, a […]

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Why this club player is NOT playing high school soccer this year

Almost all of my soccer playing classmates, teammates, former teammates, and pretty much every soccer player in Illinois will be playing high school soccer this year. The trend around here is for clubs to drop their ten-month soccer programs in favor of a seven-month program so their players can compete […]

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Changing Clubs

Throughout everyone’s life journey, change is inevitable. Change is fated in soccer as well. Even Messi changes clubs. Change can happen at any time, in any scenario, and with any group of people. Change is almost always hard, it can be desired or it can be feared. Good or bad […]

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University of Michigan Elite ID Camp 5-20-23

My experience at the University of Michigan ID camp couldn’t have gone any better. My dad and I drove up to Michigan the day before and stayed at a hotel about 15 minutes away from the camp. My dad and I woke and headed to the fields around 10:30 (which […]

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The Ohio State University ID Camp Experience

On March 25, I attended the Ohio State University Women’s Soccer Identification camp in Columbus, Ohio. My dad and I got up early for the six hour drive to Ohio. I had the chance to go to the camp with my teammate, center back, and great friend, Audrey Alberts. The […]

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