# @emilynboyd on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C3Y7SOkpcI5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/17677330-emilynboyd-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-02-16T01:11:58.000+00:00

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Dear 4 year old Emily, girl….We did it 🥳
High level soccer has been our dream since we saw Molly playing. We looked up to her and wanted to do everything she did. And what she did was soccer so we did it too :) 
We went to one of the best academic schools in the world (because we both know we weren’t getting in with just grades) and soccer helped us! You fell in love with soccer and realized there was a whole other level we’d never seen before. 
WE GOT DRAFTED! OUR DREAM! And we moved across the country to Chicago and spent 6 amazing, beautiful special years in a city we soon would fall in love with. 
We represented our country at the youth level and got to travel the WORLD! Can you believe it?? From the Space Dragons to here? We also played in Denmark for a few months with our best friend from college!!!!! Can you believe all these blessings happened to us .. 🤍
We did have a lot of injures on the journey though, it wasn’t a perfect path but we pushed through together :) 2 ACL surgeries and 4 knee scopes. But we never gave up on the game. 
We came to a decision of what was most important in life- it was hard missing out on special life moments with everyone you loved. We are in love with our best friend, we made so many precious lifelong relationships from this game…Our sister has a 4 year old son who’s going to be the ring barrer in our wedding, we’re getting married in a few days to our college sweetheart 🫶
So don’t worry girl, we did it. But now we have to say goodbye to cheer on everyone who has cheered us on for the last 24 years of our career. 
Thanks soccer 🤍 and everyone who has been a part of this special - unforgettable journey - xo EB

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| National Women's Soccer League | @NWSL | https://gondola.cc/NWSL | Professional Soccer League |
| Cody Cervenka | @crvnka | https://gondola.cc/crvnka | Photographer |

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