Manya Puppione, formerly Makoski, grew up playing several sports. As the youngest sister with older brothers, Manya learned early how to stand up for herself and have that self-motivation to get better. When she reached high school, Manya had to choose between soccer and gymnastics. She started doing Olympic Development for soccer and had theContinue reading “Ep 49 – I went Pro with Manya Puppione”
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Ep 48 I went Pro with Paige Nielsen
Paige Nielsen is a professional soccer player, currently a member of the Washington Spirit, who just won the National Women’s Soccer League. In today’s episode, Paige starts at the very beginning and tells us what her journey through soccer has been like and what she has learned along the way. Paige grew up playing soccerContinue reading “Ep 48 I went Pro with Paige Nielsen”
Perseverance
Becky and Patricia are excited to welcome Anna Montes, one of their college teammates to join them. Anna talks about the importance of perseverance and defines perseverance as “living in the hard.” Anna talks about some personal struggles in which she needed to persevere and how she learned that through conditioning in soccer. She encouragesContinue reading “Perseverance”
Life is a Team Sport 