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Amanda DaCosta Blog: Diaries of a crazed footballer
Do you remember when you were younger, and you would spin around really fast for 10 seconds, or however long you could handle, and then stop–but you could still feel the entire world spinning
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Amanda DaCosta Blog: New beginnings at Liverpool
Living in a new place sparks many feelings. Feelings of excitement, empowerment, nervousness, and adventure, all wrapped into a couple of suitcases and shipped off to a new and unfamiliar home. It honestly
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Amanda DaCosta Blog: Loving the offseason
Amanda DaCosta recently signed with Liverpool Ladies of the FAWSL in England for the 2013 season, where she joins fellow American Whitney Engen. She will continue her blog on The Equalizer and provide insight
Read More »Amanda DaCosta Blog: Spontaneous Combustion
“Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire.” -Arnold H. Glasow I think about this quote before every single game I play. It’s written on the tape around my
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Amanda DaCosta Blog: Life outside the lines
2012 kicked off with a bang (kicked off, get it??). Things started off in Tampa, Fla. with the first U.S. U-23 national team camp of the year, moved across the world to Japan with
Read More »Amanda DaCosta Blog: Think (Inside) The Box
People always say to “think outside of the box.” I couldn’t agree more! However, I like to do my out of the box thinking, inside of the box. But how can this work? Well
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Amanda DaCosta Blog: Snapshots of your life
Let’s start over. Wipe the slate clean. Start fresh! But why? I for one have used these phrases before, and I’ve heard them countless numbers of times coming from others as well. As I
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Amanda DaCosta Blog: On Respecting Athletes
So I read an intriguing piece of literature in the Wall Street Journal while I was eating my apples and cinnamon oatmeal on Wednesday morning (Editor’s note: The article is a few years old,
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Amanda DaCosta Blog: Japan, Sky Blue FC connect through universal language
Soccer knows no language; it is a language within itself. The way a ball moves on the pitch, might as well be writing. Every moment on the field creates a story, and this story
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Amanda DaCosta Blog: Finding a fresh perspective in the digital age
I wasn’t planning on writing again until after the Sky Blue FC trip to Japan, so I could share our trip with all of you readers. Plans change though! I started thinking about how
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