SALEEN | AGE: 7 | WASHINGTON
She kicks, she shoots, she SCORES!!! We've heard so much about Saleen and her athletic gifts. Her parents have never-ending stories about how well she does at all of her soccer games, how she's excelled since she was very young and continues to make it into teams of girls a few years older than her. She's also quite the gymnast!
She usually has a soccer ball that she's kicking around and when she isn't in (soccer/gymnastics) uniform, she is a total girly girl dressed in the latest trends! Enjoy a mini Q&A below between Saleen's Mommy (Q) and Saleen (A).
Q: WHAT IS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF GOALS THAT YOU HAVE SCORED IN ONE GAME?
A: In Recreational soccer I scored 19 goals in one game. In Crossfire Select Soccer I have scored 14 goals in one game! Now in Crossfire Premier A team, The most I've scored is 3 goals in one game.
Q: WHO IS THE BEST SOCCER PLAYER IN THE WORLD?
A: Lionel Messi #10 Argentina's striker!! My family calls me mini Messi and I picked number 10 jersey just like his!
Q: IF YOU COULD CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT SOCCER, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
A: Mean girls
“Saleen started walking at 9 1/2 months and running by 10 1/2 months! And she’s been running ever since. Then around 2 we really starting noticing she loves to dribble and kick a soccer ball. So we encouraged her and played lots of “soccer” with her. At 3 she started competitive gymnastics and excelled. And because she has Romanian genes we cheered her on and she is stilling doing that today at 7 1/2z.
At 5 years old a good friend and soccer coach asked Saleen to join her Rec team! From the moment her cleats hit the ground she was non-stop! She was really good. Her touches were so natural and instinctual! Coach Melissa saw something special in her!! She scored 19 goals in one game once! That poor opposing team felt so defeated, that they asked Saleen to play on their side for the rest of the game and then she scored some goals for them too...haha. Again they were 5.
From there she blossomed and played another year of recreational soccer, then a few seasons of Crossfire Select Soccer! And most recently she made A team for girls 2008! A huge accomplishment! Her team is doing so well! They ended two touraments this summer with 2nd place and First place champions in the second. They are looking forward to winning the Redapt Cup and going to Surf Cup in San Diego in November to play with the best of the best! ”
