DURHAM, N.C.-- When I googled the definition of “teammate,” it was a very simple definition: a fellow member of a team. There is no definition reading a fellow member of a team who is the biggest supporter to another teammate; there is no definition to define teammate as a fellow member of a team who always has his or her team’s back; most of all, there is no definition saying a teammate must be someone’s friend. Despite the definition, one of my teammates, Abby Pyne, is all of that and more for me.
Abby and I are both goalkeepers, and yes, we knew from the beginning it was going to be the two of us fighting for one spot.