This was a year of growth and change. She left her old team, wanting a challenge and that is exactly what she got. From the moment the team was formed she was challenged.  Challenged in the amount of playing time she received. Challenged in the ability to make friends and become part of the team. It wasn't that she was excluded per se but that she found it difficult to connect with the girls. Most of them had played together from a young age and through high school. She was the outsider. She was also one of the oldest and started attending community college as a junior. One of her teammates was just a freshman. There is a distance there. She started work and was juggling more than one schedule. It was difficult. She grew and continues to grow. At the end of the season, she wasn't sure if she was up for another year. It was stressful trying to get a work schedule and a soccer schedule to mix when the soccer schedule came out the week of and the work schedule was done a week before. And yet I saw growth in her ability to work things out. I saw her grow as a player and contribute to the team. She is a passer and does well passing the ball into space and trusting her teammates to be there. I saw more physical toughness against other players but not over the top. I saw her do things that she wanted to do regardless of what her teammates thought. She is her own person. One of the complaints her coach has about her is that she is tough on herself and she is. She is also tough towards others as well.  She doesn't give herself slack and expects the same with her teammates. That will be both an asset and a liability for her. I wonder what her next year will bring.  More soccer? Who knows.