Turning Pro at 13

Carlsbad7 said:
Awesome, lead by example. Hopefully the purple haired dinosaurs will read the writing on the wall and retire.
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"Child labor laws in Virginia, where the game was played, meant that Moultrie would need to come off the field by 9 p.m., which passed about 15 minutes into the second half, but Moultrie came off at halftime, a decision Parsons said was separate from the legal requirements."

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Carlsbad7 said:
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A teenage soccer prodigy became the youngest goalscorer in the history of her league

Olivia Moultrie - a 15-year-old on the NWSL's Portland Thorns - nailed a free kick to force penalty kicks in the Women's International Champions Cup.
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The girl has game + is proving it.

15 years old and a top level womens player. Amazing...
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And it's a quality goal...

 
espola said:
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I have watched OM take free kicks since she was probably 9. She is VERY good at the free kick. Not sure what the GK was thinking but good shot for her. Great cross too with a good first touch. I can also say if you gave some of the top 15-17 year olds 6 months of 24/7 soccer training with pros, they too could do as well or even better playing with all those great pro players, moo. For example, if I played with Magic, Worthy, Rambis and Kareem, I would look much better then being the stud on my high school hoops team and trying to beat the Long Beach Poly Jack Rabbits. She had a dream and a goal and from what I can see she is balling at 15 with the pros and no one can take that away from her. She opened the door for all females who want to go pro before 18 :)
 
Goforgoal said:
What struck me was her temperament and composure in the post match interview. That kid has what it takes for sure.
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I didnt see the interview but I saw her work very hard at practice for two years. My dd scrimmaged against OM every week for two years and scrimmaged against Trinity Rodman, Simone Jackson and Reilyn Turner once a month to keep her team humble. We were #1 in the country, FYI. What I see today is OM is passing more and playing with studs and is way more confident. What makes me most happy is she looks happy out there and that is cool to see. 04/05 old age was way too easy for her and we all agree. She made the boys look silly and played up at Beach FC and that was too easy so she went up North to Portlnad to train with people more like her and is now pro. I do think some dads here are jealous. It's cool for me to watch these young greats become great from hard work and dedication. My dd gave up 18 months to win #10 National Championship at Surf when she was 13 and 14. In three years my dd played on two teams that were #1 in the country. It's cool to show my dd these players today. I also showed her that 11+ players in that Surf vs SJQ marquee game back in 2017, have made YNT Camp so far.
 
Kickers99 said:
Moultrie playing on ESPN right now. Nice first career goal on free kick. Playing well sorry to jealous haters on here lol
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here's an objective review...

her free kicks and corner kicks are great. Though the goal was a misread by the goalie - vision blocked by the wall and she was leaning the wrong way while the ball coming over the wall toward the middle of the goal. Even the spanish-speaking announcers said vision was obstructed.

Her defense is non-existent. Doesn't try to tackle and her slower running pace was noticeable several times when Dash players dribbled right past her with ease.

She had 3 opportunities to finish balls into the box--one header and two balls on the ground. Missed all three.

First half she was a ghost -- hardly got any touches and the 4 or 5 that she got she just played the ball back. Second half had a few more touches and got more open space to dribble but didn't impact the game at all during the run of play.

First half i'd give her 3/10; second half 5/10. There's definitely potential there but way too early to start crowning her the future of US women's soccer as Nike and her PR hype machine (parents included) want you to believe.

PS - Shea Groom (Tex A/M alum) had the golaso of the game - that's the goal that everyone should be seeing.
 
oh canada said:
here's an objective review...

her free kicks and corner kicks are great. Though the goal was a misread by the goalie - vision blocked by the wall and she was leaning the wrong way while the ball coming over the wall toward the middle of the goal. Even the spanish-speaking announcers said vision was obstructed.

Her defense is non-existent. Doesn't try to tackle and her slower running pace was noticeable several times when Dash players dribbled right past her with ease.

She had 3 opportunities to finish balls into the box--one header and two balls on the ground. Missed all three.

First half she was a ghost -- hardly got any touches and the 4 or 5 that she got she just played the ball back. Second half had a few more touches and got more open space to dribble but didn't impact the game at all during the run of play.

First half i'd give her 3/10; second half 5/10. There's definitely potential there but way too early to start crowning her the future of US women's soccer as Nike and her PR hype machine (parents included) want you to believe.

PS - Shea Groom (Tex A/M alum) had the golaso of the game - that's the goal that everyone should be seeing.
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SHE'S 15!
 
oh canada said:
here's an objective review...

her free kicks and corner kicks are great. Though the goal was a misread by the goalie - vision blocked by the wall and she was leaning the wrong way while the ball coming over the wall toward the middle of the goal. Even the spanish-speaking announcers said vision was obstructed.

Her defense is non-existent. Doesn't try to tackle and her slower running pace was noticeable several times when Dash players dribbled right past her with ease.

She had 3 opportunities to finish balls into the box--one header and two balls on the ground. Missed all three.

First half she was a ghost -- hardly got any touches and the 4 or 5 that she got she just played the ball back. Second half had a few more touches and got more open space to dribble but didn't impact the game at all during the run of play.

First half i'd give her 3/10; second half 5/10. There's definitely potential there but way too early to start crowning her the future of US women's soccer as Nike and her PR hype machine (parents included) want you to believe.

PS - Shea Groom (Tex A/M alum) had the golaso of the game - that's the goal that everyone should be seeing.
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I will admit I only saw the highlights. You seem like one who calls it like they see it so I will take what you said with a grain of salt. Anyone else?
 
crush said:
I will admit I only saw the highlights. You seem like one who calls it like they see it so I will take what you said with a grain of salt. Anyone else?
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I only watched the first half but I would mostly concur with what Canada said about being a ghost. I even started to think the camera crew was instructed to intentionally keep her off camera as much as possible (silly I know but the thought did creep into my head). I did see the first miss on a cross from Smith that should be been a fairly easy finish near post and she whiffed. Meh it happens to the best too. That said, yeah she's 15 and I still think it's pretty cool that she's getting some play time.
 
Pro sports at the highest is very transparent. Either you have it or you don't. No amount of hype or celebrity is going to help on the field. Tim Tebow and Anna Kournikova were two such examples. We will know in a couple of years if Olivia has the goods. In the meantime, it's great if her story gets more people interested in the NWSL.

In my lifetime the one athlete who truly exceeded his hype/celebrity was Bo Jackson playing baseball. "Bo Jackson says hello!". He was THE star among stars.
 
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