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Goal.com Profile: Washington Freedom's Becky Sauerbrunn
U.S. and Washington Freedom defender Becky Sauerbrunn surprised even herself when she tallied the Freedom's first goal.
May 13, 2009 10:28:15 PM
Washington Freedom defender and U.S. National Team member Becky Sauerbrunn was asked to pick one adjective to describe herself at the Women’s Professional Soccer player-profile page. The former University of Virginia Cavaliers standout selected diligent.
Sauerbrunn, a member of the 2007 NSCAA All-American squad and the 2007 ACC Defensive Player of the Year, explained what skills and traits comprise being a diligent defender.
“Defending is mostly about focus,” Sauerbrunn said. “A lot of goals are scored when defenders lose their concentration for a split second and a forward makes a run in behind or gets that one extra step that leads to a shot. Defenders must be careful yet decisive when taking action.”
Interestingly enough with all of her efforts committed at the defensive end, Sauerbrunn managed to score the Freedom’s first ever WPS goal. The defender reflected on her historic moment.
“I think everyone, including myself, was pretty surprised the first Freedom goal came from me,” Sauerbrunn said. “So when I think about that goal all I can really do is laugh at the incredibility of it. I have to give Sonia [Bompastor] most of the credit because she sent in a perfect ball, I was just in the right place at the right time.”
Along with her professional soccer duties, Sauerbrunn recently found a few moments to write her first blog post at the Freedom’s Fan Corner website. Her post provided valuable insight into the world of a professional athlete.
“I really enjoyed writing my first blog,” Sauerbrunn said. “I knew I wanted to write about a typical day at training and it just kind of morphed into this piece on being a pro athlete.”
The earnest defender quickly learned that interesting content drives readers to any website or blog.
“A couple people commented on it which made my day,” Sauerbrunn said. “I'm looking forward to writing more, but now I'm worried about finding interesting stuff to write on.”
With diligence a part of her repertoire, Sauerbrunn won’t have too much trouble finding new material for her blog. And Sauerbrunn will need her diligence this weekend as the Washington Freedom travel to Boston to take on the Breakers on Sunday, May 17.
“All my time is taken right now in winning our next game.” Like she said, “defending is mostly about focus.”
Sean Grybos, Goal.com
For more on Women's Professional Soccer, go to Goal.com's Women's Soccer page.
Sauerbrunn, a member of the 2007 NSCAA All-American squad and the 2007 ACC Defensive Player of the Year, explained what skills and traits comprise being a diligent defender.
“Defending is mostly about focus,” Sauerbrunn said. “A lot of goals are scored when defenders lose their concentration for a split second and a forward makes a run in behind or gets that one extra step that leads to a shot. Defenders must be careful yet decisive when taking action.”
Interestingly enough with all of her efforts committed at the defensive end, Sauerbrunn managed to score the Freedom’s first ever WPS goal. The defender reflected on her historic moment.
“I think everyone, including myself, was pretty surprised the first Freedom goal came from me,” Sauerbrunn said. “So when I think about that goal all I can really do is laugh at the incredibility of it. I have to give Sonia [Bompastor] most of the credit because she sent in a perfect ball, I was just in the right place at the right time.”
Along with her professional soccer duties, Sauerbrunn recently found a few moments to write her first blog post at the Freedom’s Fan Corner website. Her post provided valuable insight into the world of a professional athlete.
“I really enjoyed writing my first blog,” Sauerbrunn said. “I knew I wanted to write about a typical day at training and it just kind of morphed into this piece on being a pro athlete.”
The earnest defender quickly learned that interesting content drives readers to any website or blog.
“A couple people commented on it which made my day,” Sauerbrunn said. “I'm looking forward to writing more, but now I'm worried about finding interesting stuff to write on.”
With diligence a part of her repertoire, Sauerbrunn won’t have too much trouble finding new material for her blog. And Sauerbrunn will need her diligence this weekend as the Washington Freedom travel to Boston to take on the Breakers on Sunday, May 17.
“All my time is taken right now in winning our next game.” Like she said, “defending is mostly about focus.”
Sean Grybos, Goal.com
For more on Women's Professional Soccer, go to Goal.com's Women's Soccer page.
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