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Last night I had the privilege of speaking at the Western Canada Soccer Showcase run by girlsCAN Soccer Development.  The theme of the speech fit perfectly with what I'm trying to do with this blog, so I wanted to use this entry to share it.

When Ciara begged me to be the keynote speaker at tonight’s event, after saying no several times due to prior commitments (not really, but I had to keep her on her toes) I finally said I’d do it.  My next thought was: what would I talk about?

The first five days living in Vancouver have gone by pretty quickly.  In a little over a hundred hours, I have done an appearance at a youth tournament, three workouts with the physio (the American version of an athletic trainer), met the Whitecaps FC office staff, kicked off a 24-hour Soccer Marathon to save a homeless shelter and during all this I haven't made fun of a single Canadian to their face. And I'm sure there were people out there that didn't think I could do it.

No, but Canadians aren't that bad. As Americans, we're brought up to believe that they... haha just kidding. I'm sure someone was dying for an end to that sentence. Sorry to disappoint.

So, I'm sure many of you read my first post and thought, well this is something for little girls to read and not really what I'm into. I might have to prove you wrong with that. I realize having an introduction like that could turn some people off, but at the same time, most of the things I've learned have pretty interesting stories behind them.  Not that I feel the need to sell myself, that's hardly the reason I write, but at the same time I feel as though I deserve a chance.  If you read the top of my blog up on the right it says "may I have your attention please" because in all honesty, I feel as though if I have your attention I can keep it.

Welcome to my blog series. I will begin by introducing myself and what my blog is all about.  My name is Tiffany, I'd prefer to be called Tiff and if you really want to get on my good side, call me Ocho.  I'm a professional soccer player and Connecticut native looking to cross the border in a few months to the country up north. I'll be playing for the Vancouver Whitecaps of the W-League. I have traveled the world playing the game I love.  It has taken me to Penn State University where I graduated with a degree in Journalism.  From Penn State, I played two seasons for a semi-pro team in CT. Then the traveling began.