The person I chose to interview was Ger Donnelly, who played for the Canadian women’s soccer national team. I chose to interview Ger because I would also one day like to play for the Canadian men’s national team. Also my dad was the coach of her team at the time.
Interview:
Me- Why are you passionate about your job (soccer)
Ger- it’s always been in my life. My family always had a kick around and I watched football as much as I could, while living in London.
Me- Why are you passionate about soccer?
Ger- My size. People judging my physical size (5’4 110 lbs) versus my ability to play the game. I was always having to prove I belonged on the National team.
Me- What obstacles did you face during your career?
Ger- Train as hard as you can, believe in yourself and wait for your opportunity to prove how good you are. Never give up. Play at the highest level you can.
Me- What was the best moments of your career?
Ger- Personally for me, it was scoring two goals for the Canadian National Women’s Team. As a team, it was all of our accomplishment, and the life long friendship we developed. To further define our accomplishments qualifying for our first ever women’s World Cup and beating the U.S!
Me- What was the worst part of your Career?
Ger- 3 training sessions a day, lack of support from the CSA, being pulled in all directions (i.e working and training), lack of international matches, trying to be the best we could be with limited funding.
Me- And if any of my teachers or classmate would want to contact you would you be okay with them contacting you?
Ger- Yes I would be okay with any of your peers/teachers contacting me, as a teacher it’s my job to help students, they can contacted my through you Nathan, as your dad has my number.
Geraldine Donnelly was a former Canadian soccer player. As a midfielder, she represented Canada at the 1995 and 1999 editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup and was named Canadian Player of the Year in 1996 and 1999.
What I learned:
I learned that I should always strive to be the best at what I am doing. And no matter what obstacles I face I should always push onward.