On a Saturday evening at Metropolitan Oval in Queens, Vanessa Perez and her sister Litzy sat down with NYCFC.com to share the story of Ladies International United (LIU) and how they are using the power of soccer to impact girls and young women in New York City.
For the Perez sisters, soccer was a part of growing up but they hardly look back on the sport passionately, “I never used to like it because when I was younger my mom would always turn off cartoons to watch soccer,” Vanessa recalls with a laugh. A lot has changed since then, including their feelings towards soccer.