Ever since I started playing sports, I wanted to be like Pelé. I also wanted to play second base for the New York Yankees like Willie Randolph, or I wanted to be in the Olympics like Nadia Comaneci. Those star athletes influenced my dreams, but it was my family that influenced my reality. I watched … [Read more...]
Summer Soccer Camp Guide: Camps possess power to inspire
I know many of you are looking to the summer and trying to figure out the best camps/activities for your child. I currently am doing the same thing. My kids enjoy doing things that their friends are doing. For me, the challenge is to find a friend and an activity or camp that will be fun, but one … [Read more...]
Kristine Lilly: From beginning, the Breakers were my team, my home
I moved to Boston in 2001 to begin my professional soccer career. Finally, after we had won the 1999 World Cup at the Rose Bowl, we had a professional league to call our own — the Women’s United Soccer Association. I would join the Boston Breakers for the inaugural season, and I moved to Boston for … [Read more...]
Lilly: Significance of winning the 1999 Women’s World Cup
Editor's note: This story appeared in the July 2014 edition of New England Soccer Journal. Its author, U.S. women's national team great Kristine Lilly (Wilton, Conn.) reflects on being part of the '99ers group. It’s hard to believe that it’s been 15 years since that incredible summer of the 1999 … [Read more...]