Sideline Seduction
It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are. – E. E. Cummings
I’ve played enough soccer to sense the moment when overconfidence has gifted me the opportunity to change a game’s momentum. Often, well into the second half, the opposition will lower its guard. Seemingly, boys have been programmed to conclude, ‘She’s just a pussy; a pretty passer without the balls to go for it.’ Once again, it’s the same old, same old. I’d been left on the edge of the box, one-on-one with the lumbering...