Be Your Own Dad (BYOD): Woman's FIFA World Cup

Monday, July 13, 2015

Woman's FIFA World Cup

Step into the struggle.....

The woman's FIFA World Cup is held every 4 years at different locations throughout the world. The locations change but the salty taste in a losing teams' mouth may never change. A true champions mind set in my opinion is if I'm not 1 then I'm none! Second place is the 1st loser. I can only imagine how the USA woman's team felt in 2007 of the FIFA World Cup. They played great all tournament and came up short winning bronze. Let the struggle begin....

Jump to the next tournament in 2011. The team won sliver that year losing to Japan to a penalty shot after ending regulation tied 2-2. I'm sure there was 50% joy for earning silver but 50% disappointment for not winning gold. Every sports team begins their season with a goal of finishing with a championship and nothing less. You just won silver....let the struggle continue...

If you haven't been up to date on the latest sports news...on July 5, 2015 the USA team finally did it! They won Gold defeating Japan 5-2. They beat the same team that beat them for the Gold in 2011! If you haven't noticed yet the team had to struggle after receiving bronze in 2007 to better themselves for 2011! In 2011 they won silver. They were forced again to fight through another struggle to better themsevs so in 2015 they can win Gold.

Talk about turning a negative into a positive!

I must mention one player who sticks out from the rest. After doing the proper research Carli Lloyd is the true MVP. She was actually awarded the Golden Ball Trophy for being the best player in the tournament. She scored three goals in the championship game which is known as a hat trick. She was on all three FIFA World Cup teams including the 2007, 2011, and 2015 teams. She was scoreless in both final games of the 2007 and 2011 tournaments but a magician in the final 2015 game. Carli Lloyd and the FIFA World Cup team is BE YOUR OWN DAD! For turning their negatives into positives.