To All the Footballers I Loved Before

AUTHOR’S NOTE Hello! Because this is a fictional world (and I do what I want), I created the Women’s Prime League (the top tier professional league for female footballers), and its male counterpart, the Men’s Supra League. In the following pages, you’ll learn some of the team names that I’ve created for these two leagues, a lot of these just being plucked from city names in the English countryside. I am aware that most of these counties/towns/cities have amateur football clubs, but I included them as part of my fictional professional leagues. I hope you don’t mind. If there is any offense to anyone, please be so kind as to let me know at: cmk (at) authorcmkars (dot) com. I played soccer (what we call football here in Canada) my entire childhood and teenage years and loved it. I have a great amount of respect for the sport and its players of any gender. All mistakes are my own. As it stands, each team competes for three cups during the regular season: The League Cup (whoever gets first place within the Prime League or the Supra League in a round-robin style) Winner of the European Football Association Cup (where all club teams across Europe compete against one another in a knockout competition) Victor’s Cup (where all the top-tier teams across Europe compete against one another in a knockout competition) The regular league season is played from August to May for a total of 36 games for the men and a total of 22 games for the women, along with all other games (or fixtures) in competing for different cups. I hope that despite the new language of sorts, if you’re not familiar with football, you can still find enjoyment from this story where a female professional footballer and a male professional footballer fall in love and get their own happily ever after. Enjoy, C.M. Kars MEN’S SUPRA LEAGUE (some team names) Southgate FC Mitcham United Queen’s Park FC Reading FC Nottingham Forest FC WOMEN’S PRIME LEAGUE (some team names) Southgate FC Mitcham United Queen’s Park FC Reading FC Nottingham Forest FC POSITIONS STRIKER – player who scores the goals, center forward FULLBACK – defenders (protecting their goalie from the opposition scoring goals) MIDFIELDER – players play the middle of the field, playing both offensively and defensively SWEEPER – the last line of defense, behind the fullbacks WINGER – an attacking player (offense) on either the left wing or right wing of the field. DEFENSE OFFENSE