Natalie Miranda '23 Recruiting Profile

       Hi, it's nice to meet you. My name is Natalie Miranda and my overall goal in life is to become a professional footballer/soccer player and become the best version of myself. Here is a little bit about me. Every day I wake up around 6-7 am then fit in yoga, a strength workout, and an indoor bike ride. After school, I go to the park to practice set pieces such as goal kicks and punts and then practice with my teams and anything else I need to work on. I also train twice a week  1 on 1 with Austin Guerrero, Goalkeeper with the San Diego Loyal. Although I do practice multiple styles of play, my heart is always with FC Barcelona's methodology of playing from the back and building up to finish. Speaking of FC Barcelona, I love to watch and analyze professional footballers to apply skills to my game and to continually improve. I also admire the values that they teach and I will always follow them. Their values are HEART, meaning to be Humble, give Effort, have Ambition, be  Respectful, and always work as a Team. Aside from these values, my number one priority is Improvement and I will always strive to be better than I was last time and utilize any advantage that I can to increase the team's chances of winning.  I highly value my mindset as for me it is all mentality. For example, when I step on the pitch I switch to an alternate persona and at that moment all I care about is the play at hand and focus on winning no matter what. In other terms, I will do whatever I need to do to be who I want to be and that applies both on and off the pitch, rather than fitting in an extra session, or always showing up, I will be there for the team. 

     Another thing you should know about me is that time, weather, and circumstances are irrelevant to me and I will give you my all even if others may perceive it as impossible. I also love pressure, comebacks, and 1v1 saves, but the whole process is amazing as well such as the lessons within the game, the game itself, and the relationships within. I always wanted to be on a team that is close enough to share everything and do anything to win and I am hoping I will find that rather that is in college or wherever the future may bring me. I currently play for Albion Academy & DPL. I am also currently the only keeper on our team and I can not wait for this season especially since in this past year there has been more time for training. As you probably picked up football is my life, but I also enjoy other activities that can help with my football such as a youtube channel that I recently started to post more videos related to football and improvement. I am also an actor and I highly value the idea of kindness and I  am working towards making a business centered around it to help make the world a better place anyway that I can. I hope you learned more about me and I hope you have a good rest of your day.  Feel free to reach out to me via email, at @[email protected]. I also have most of my saves on my instagram at the_flying_fish1. Thank you!

-Natalie Miranda