08.02.06
League keeps players fit
Women are able to stay in the game
Southern Florida-
By Gary Curreri
Special Correspondent
Posted July 30 2006
West Palm Beach’s Christy Goddeau thought playing on the Women’s Premier Soccer League team would be a nice break from a difficult day at work. It turned out to be quite the opposite for the 35-year-old lawyer, who was the oldest member of the first-year Palm Beach United team. “My friends think I am crazy to be out here with the 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds, but it is great exercise and a great game,” said Goddeau, an attorney for Glen Torcivia and Associates for three years.
Goddeau, who played club soccer at the University of Florida and while she was in the Air Force, was among 28 players for Palm Beach United. Most of the women were still in college.The squad played a 10-game season and finished third in the Southern Conference of the League at 5-4-1. “Even though the younger players may have more skills and more energy, hopefully, I could just help the team in any way I could and bring better soccer to Palm Beach County for women,” Goddeau said. “Usually, you think of soccer as relieving stress, but when it is this competitive, it builds a little more stress.”
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