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Itching to play: Amber Brooks can't wait to assert herself in Houston Dash midfield

Amber Brooks is ready to play.

After a year in which she only played 421 minutes for NWSL Shield-winning Seattle Reign FC, Brooks has been itching for consistent gametime. The former North Carolina star may have used a little too much of that pent-up energy in her offseason training.

When you take noon ball a little too serious and slide into the goal post. Glad my sis is a doctor pic.twitter.com/luj2OmypHj

— Amber Brooks (@abrooks22) November 25, 2015

“I was trying to slide for the ball to get it in the goal,” Brooks told HoustonDashSoccer.