My
name is Auburn Suttles and I am from Chandler, Indiana. Futsal is a
sport I have played for several years, and on the U.S. Youth National
Team my preferred position is ala. This trip to Toronto has been the
first time I have traveled outside of the United States.
After
getting up early to eat breakfast at 6:30 on Wednesday, both girls
teams had a meeting with the coaches. We talked about how our
formation would look like during our games later on. Then we were
reminded how special this trip was and that we had already made
history in a lot of ways. Afterwards we loaded the bus with the U14
girls and during the ride we sang many genres of music to get pumped
for our games.
It
was the best feeling walking into the brand new Pan American Sports
Centre as representatives of the United States of America. The U14
girls game was first. We cheered them on with the help of the boys’
teams. Well, I should probably rearrange that to: the boys cheered
them on with the help of our team!
After
eating lunch at the facility we headed to the locker room to get
ready. Then we went back to the court to warm up during the boys U14
game. When the boys game was over we got to continue our warm-up on
the court to get a feel of how the ball would travel across its
surface. Then we did our walk-out and listened to our national anthem
as well as the Canadian anthem.
When our game was over we took many pictures and, like any other game, evaluated our performance. Looking back on our previous team grades we noticed that they gradually increased, including how we used segundo pau.
Auburn Suttles is a member of the U.S. Youth Futsal U16 girls national team and a resident of Chandler, Indiana.
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