he coach of Millie Bright’s first crew has described how his daughter — additionally a defender known as Millie — has been impressed by the Lioness captain and desires to comply with in her “bootsteps” to be an England nice.
Bright will lead out the Lionesses within the World Cup semi-final towards Australia tomorrow and will likely be cheered on by gamers at Killa- marsh Dynamos.
The Chelsea participant, 29, is now a towering presence on the coronary heart of the England defence however when she first turned up for the Dynamos, close to Sheffield, she was “tiny but tough and brimming with potential”.
The present coach of the under-14s crew, Paul Oades, stated she had impressed a era of women, together with his daughter Millie, 13, to imagine in themselves.
He advised the Standard: “My daughter is not the biggest but neither was Millie Bright early on. My Millie is also a defender and everything about the other Millie’s game makes her the perfect role model, that’s off the pitch as well. Our girls were invited to watch the England team train by her ... she offered the girls tips, she really is the most humble, lovely person. My daughter would like to be a professional and play for England and Millie Bright has been a trailblazer for her and so many other girls.”
The Killamarsh crew have been watching the video games collectively as they cheer on Bright. In her first season for her childhood membership, she scored 80 targets. Mr Oades stated she “has been fantastic and grown into the tournament having carried an injury at the start. She has done so much for us including fund- raising and even given one girl her boots. I think England can go all the way... if she has to take a penalty she will score. Her shot is so hard she’ll probably break the net!”
Bright’s first coach on the membership, Andy Poulsen, beforehand advised the Standard of Bright’s expertise as an under-12 and stated: “We won everything with her.”
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