Congrats Kaiya!
- Thread starter msoccerm
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Congratulations Kaiya!
Soccerfan2
GOLD
Congrats on an exciting new opportunity and adventure!
MakeAPlay
DA
She has had a deal in hand for several weeks and has been in Germany since last Sunday. She had her first scrimmage on Saturday. So far so good. It's definitely not the NWSL but the pay is better for her at least. She had to request a waiver and they granted it. In the NWSL the league owns a players contract not the individual team so she had to request to not be picked up off of waiver. She will definitely be back in the league at some point maybe in May when the European season is over. She wasn't getting the opportunity that she wanted with the Spirit regardless of her performance in training so she had to leave to get a chance to play. It was a good experience for her overall and she already has interest from other teams when she decides to head back stateside.
MakeAPlay
DA
It was a hard decision for her but so far so good. She will be back home for Christmas when the league has their winter break.
MakeAPlay
DA
No worries. As many good vibes headed her way as possible is definitely something that I don't mind. She likes the country for the most part but Europe is definitely a change of pace for a Southern California girl. She is excited that it is only 89 Euros to fly to Paris for Disneyland Paris. There is another American player on her team from the Midwest so she has a kindred spirit of the same age and the same basic backgroung to explore with. She is going to decide in May what she is going to do going forward and might focus on training and her internship if she doesn't find a situation that she likes stateside.
Thanks again for the kind words. Continued good fortune to you and your player.
MakeAPlay
DA
Will do. There are lots of opportunities out there for talented young women that want to play. I was really surprised at how many opportunities there are. The NWSL is still king in terms of being the toughest league top to bottom but my sense is that if they don't improve significantly the soccer culture in Europe is going to make them eventually have better overall teams and better opportunities for North American players.
Continued good fortune to you and your player.
outside!
DA
Mad Hatter
SILVER
Her quotes in an article:
"There were parts when I was asked to compartmentalise what was going on in the world and just focus on my sport, but being a black woman I can't do that, I can't take off the colour of my skin, I can't turn off the feelings of grief that I feel as I mourn with my community."
She also said she went to Germany as they have ‘handled the pandemic pretty well’ in comparison to the US where she 'didn't want to go anywhere, because people just don't wear masks, don't social distance, don't really take precautions’.
- First off she must not have done much research on Germany. They are not big fans of foreigners, and especially ones that are not white.
- And in regard to Germany and the pandemic. That comment didn't age well. I will just post this chart and leave it at that.
"There were parts when I was asked to compartmentalise what was going on in the world and just focus on my sport, but being a black woman I can't do that, I can't take off the colour of my skin, I can't turn off the feelings of grief that I feel as I mourn with my community."
She also said she went to Germany as they have ‘handled the pandemic pretty well’ in comparison to the US where she 'didn't want to go anywhere, because people just don't wear masks, don't social distance, don't really take precautions’.
- First off she must not have done much research on Germany. They are not big fans of foreigners, and especially ones that are not white.
- And in regard to Germany and the pandemic. That comment didn't age well. I will just post this chart and leave it at that.
@Mad Hatter @push_up up @warrior99 - why so full of hate and jealousy?
Mad Hatter
SILVER
No hate.
She said she was leaving because the US was full of racism. That is a hateful statement. And the irony is she is going to a place where they do not integrate foreigners and other colored skin people nearly as well as the US. That is kind of funny that she is unaware of that.
And going to a place where they have a handle on covid? Kind of funny as well. Europe isn't doing it any better vs us.
If you read her quote she is basically bad mouthing the US. At that point all bets are off. If you can bad mouth the US, well then I can point out her ignorance on her statements regarding racism, etc.
eastbaysoccer
GOLD
She will be fine. They hate the TURKS and she's not Turkish. There's plenty of racism in Europe against dark colored people. If She stays on the West she will be fine