Ashleigh Goddard, a 17-year-old attacking midfielder from Edgware, was one of the only girls to attend the trials that day.
arrive at a Powerleague pitch in the suburbs of North London. It's the height of summer in 2009 and hundreds of talented young footballers are desperate to impress onlooking scouts.Just a few months ago, Travis Beckford, a 16-year-old from West London, inspired a generation when he was crowned the winner of series one. After kicking balls into car windows and dribbling through tyres, the teenager was invited to attend trials at Leeds United in the weeks after his on-screen success.
"It all escalated quickly. I was suddenly holding up a Coca-Cola trophy but ultimately, it was the positive comments that outweighed the negative that got me through and I sincerely appreciate all the people who reached out with positivity. "It had always been a dream of mine to play football in America. I picked up the connection through one of my coaches at the time and it just went from there. I loved it at DePaul, the coaches and Athletic Department in particular were incredible.After graduating from DePaul university, the attacking midfielder decided it was time to return to England, where she joined Championship side Reading on a short term deal before signing permanently for FA Women's Championship side London Bees.
The attacking midfielder joined FA Women's Championship side Crystal Palace in August 2019 – a club that were aiming to gain promotion to the Women's Super League. "I went to receive the ball from a throw-in and I think her forearm hit me in the back of the head or the neck and I was unconscious for a few seconds," she toldAshleigh suffered with a 'small lingering headache' following the concussion, so in January 2020, she went to the hospital to get it checked out. The scan highlighted a brain arteriovenous malformation, which is a tangle of abnormal and poorly developed blood vessels connecting arteries to veins.
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