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Story Summary
A practiced midfielder who looks up to U.S. women’s national team forward Christen Press, Lia relishes the competitiveness and physicality, the sound of a cleat cleanly striking a ball and the crinkling whisper of that ball meeting the goal net, the celebration that follows. It’s also just fun to hang out with friends.
That’s what she was doing in November of 2023, outside of girls’ high school soccer season in Missouri, when she got injured playing in a student council fundraiser flag football game at Rock Bridge High School.
“I remember getting thrown the ball, and I caught it and turned around,” Lia said. “There was a girl in front of me, so I went to fake her out, and then my leg just gave in, and I crumpled to the ground.”
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