On board of flight from Wichita to Dallas for my connecting flight to Las Vegas. First time in my life I'll be going there, gonna spend 6 days 5 nights there, so obviously I'm going to be spending Xmas over there. My family flies in two days after I land and we're going to stay at the Mandalay Bay. As for the first two days I don't know where I will be staying just yet...Plan on just going and see what I like and go with it, you know? Whatever we'll see wassup. I'm extremely excited about it, and to see my family who I haven't seen since I left Miami in October. Should be a fun & new experience, I know don't post pics on here but I do post them on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram so add me on any of those or follow @Villegas1919.
Anyways aside from my vacating this upcoming week. I returned to action last week in Milwaukee against the Wave. I only played the second half, and I felt I did okay but my fitness is not even close to what it used to be, but I'll keep working on that. I had a big scare when I guy landed on my leg rolling on top of me, but thank God I didn't sustain an injury. Anyways the Wave gave it to us and we lost to them. Give them credit though they play really well, and movement off the ball is almost machine like, very good tough team to beat. My knee is still hurting in my training sessions but enough that I can still play through the pain. Our next 4 games are against rivals Missouri Comets. It's gonna be a crazy four game stretch that could make or break our season, we will see. I can promise you that the team, and I though are busting our ass and working hard to get better with every session to compete at the highest level in the MISL. Besides that the only other soccer related news I have about me is that I've been accepted into the USL combine at the end of January and plan on attending it in Bradenton, FL. I'v very excited about it, and it should give me a great chance of being noticed and being offered a contract to play in the USL, then once the season is done, I would come back straight to play with the Wichita Wings.
On a God related note, my constant everyday struggle in battle against sin, has been an up and down these past few months. I progress but fall into sin way too much, it is not easy given the influences around me. But I must attempt to continue to bettering not only myself but my relationship w God each and everyday. And instead of having such a roller coaster relationship, have a constant steady one that will get stronger. Pray for me readers :)
In speaking about relationships Wichita, KS has brought me a lot of fun, new, and even special relationships. I didn't think much of this city coming here like I said, but it has definitely been a pleasant surprise and a lot of fun. The focus though still remains all the same, soccer soccer soccer. Giving God the glory for the talents which He blessed me with. Well I'm about to land in Dallas, for my connection to Vegas. Will blog maybe after Xmas if not next year ;)
God Bless!!!!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Wichita, KS
So I've been living here now for a little over 2 months now, and I gotta say I've pleasantly pleased with this city, besides the weather! It's only December and its in the 30s already the cold months over here are January and February though so, brrrrrrrrr....Anyways nightlife in comparison to Miami would obviously be a dumb thing, as far as the people and socializing and just having goes Wichita is alright. People here are kind, fun, outgoing, and actually pretty spontaneous. I've met a lot of cool people here so far who I still plan on maintaining a friendship with once I leave Wichita. I doooo gotta admit though, that the way they talk over here gets to me, not in their accents but more so in the I guess midwest slang you can call it. LOL I don't know what it is exactly, but I have noticed there are things that the midwest people just do, like say "really?" after anythingggg you say almost. I mean I laugh it now, cause I just always notice it. Don't take my stats and believe them, but for me I think about 70% of the women you'll meet in this town who are 19-26 are either married, or have kids. They just don't like to wait over here, and I'm guessing when the snow piles up there isn't much to do here....But honestly it's a cool town, I've enjoyed it so far and it's actually a lot bigger and more populated than what I had envisioned. Hopefully Wichita keeps being good to me as it has been besides from my injury of course, and I will get to enjoy my time here, make more friends, and create lasting memories. I'm done blogging for the day this is my third post!!! Enjoy look forward to blogging maybe after the Milwaukee game, for now gotta pack my bags and prepare for the trip.
God Bless
God Bless
USL/NASL
I been trying to prepare or at least get a contract for when I enter the outdoor season at the end of March. I'm looking to play in the USL or NASL for this year. I have spoken with many coaches, and have had trials set up that I have unfortunately been unable to attend because of conflict with my seasoning schedule with the Wichita Wings. Anyways I feel very blessed and thankful for the opportunity to play for the Wings, but the season only runs from October-March, I need to be playing somewhere else during those 6 months. I have gotten an official invitation to the USL combine at the end of January and hopefully there I will earn my contract to play with a team. I know there are coaches who specifically have my profile and know that I'm going, so really the rest is up to me. So that's just a quick little update as far as outdoor soccer goes, and what's to come with that...I might be going to the Philadelphia Union/Harrisburg FC trial in like less than a week, but it really depends on how my knee feels, I would hate to go and perform lousy because of my injury. So that timetable is running out, and I need to decide on that quickly, VERY quickly! I'll post about the USL/NASL whenever any more news comes as far that goes.
God Bless!!
God Bless!!
Hiatus?
Lol I'm sure there was plenty people who were disappointed by me not posting any posts over a month into the season, some of you did let me know that via email, text, etc. lol BUT IM BACK....I hope so at least.
The reason I momentarily stopped blogging was cause after a strong first showing in our first game as a team (and myself individually I feel) I ended up getting injured in the second game of the season getting a level 2 LCL sprain on my left knee. Anyways obviously I was extremely disappointed and didn't really know what to do...I mean i've never had a serious injury, serious being an injury that forces me to sit out, for more than two weeks, or something I can't play through physically. This injury did both of those things to me. I was scheduled to be out 4-6 weeks after getting an MRI check. The date of the injury was November 4th. I remember being in my room after getting the MRI results that night, and doing sprints, cuts, & jumping in the hallways of my hotel telling myself I'll work all day if it'll allow me to get back sooner. I told my trainer the next day what I did and that I wanted to train and he made me do certain movements and kick the ball lightly which showed me, I would have to sit out and do nothing pretty much, because the pain that I really felt kicking a ball, or doing a certain cut was pretty bad. So I went on and I did some exercises, was on meds, and was constantly icing it, and in a brace. But as far as it goes for physical work, I would not be allowed to. I felt like some diva, just sitting on the sideline not training while the rest of my teammates are working hard, I don't know it's just not like me to sit out and watch. I'm a guy who loves to play the game, whether it be a professional match, or pick up in the parking lot back home.
Anyways through this process I wouldn't say I handled it appropriately or was to positive throughout, I was more angry at the situation than anything. I'm also away from home, so that family physical support wasn't there anyway I settled on some temporary satisfactions which got me no where. Thankfully I realized it soon enough, and got back to my roots, prayer, speaking with my family and focusing on getting back. I watched all my teams games live, or online when on the road, which just is torture in a way. I mean you see your teammates playing and you just want to be out there to help them, even when we won 20-4 one game, I wanted to go out and help get a shutout. Nonetheless it has been a long process of recovery, with some setbacks, but more progress than anything thank God. I trained my first full session yesterday, and followed that up with another one earlier today. I'm clearly not 100% I don't have a ton of confidence on the ball, and my thought process is taking a little more time, as I'm getting used to the indoor game again. Thankfully I have greatly experienced teammates who are helping me get back on track right away.
Finally today I get to travel with the team on my first road game, and it won't be an easy one, in fact it'll be the hardest one. Facing the defending champions and currently 6-0 Milwaukee Wave we have lost to them twice so far by a total of 5 points in games that could've gone either way. This will be the third time we face them and I'm excited to make an impact on the game, and do my part in helping the team pull out our first road victory.
Our game is on Friday December 16th you can catch it live on MISLLiveSoccer.com I think coverage for the game starts @ 7PM central time.
God Bless!!!
The reason I momentarily stopped blogging was cause after a strong first showing in our first game as a team (and myself individually I feel) I ended up getting injured in the second game of the season getting a level 2 LCL sprain on my left knee. Anyways obviously I was extremely disappointed and didn't really know what to do...I mean i've never had a serious injury, serious being an injury that forces me to sit out, for more than two weeks, or something I can't play through physically. This injury did both of those things to me. I was scheduled to be out 4-6 weeks after getting an MRI check. The date of the injury was November 4th. I remember being in my room after getting the MRI results that night, and doing sprints, cuts, & jumping in the hallways of my hotel telling myself I'll work all day if it'll allow me to get back sooner. I told my trainer the next day what I did and that I wanted to train and he made me do certain movements and kick the ball lightly which showed me, I would have to sit out and do nothing pretty much, because the pain that I really felt kicking a ball, or doing a certain cut was pretty bad. So I went on and I did some exercises, was on meds, and was constantly icing it, and in a brace. But as far as it goes for physical work, I would not be allowed to. I felt like some diva, just sitting on the sideline not training while the rest of my teammates are working hard, I don't know it's just not like me to sit out and watch. I'm a guy who loves to play the game, whether it be a professional match, or pick up in the parking lot back home.
Anyways through this process I wouldn't say I handled it appropriately or was to positive throughout, I was more angry at the situation than anything. I'm also away from home, so that family physical support wasn't there anyway I settled on some temporary satisfactions which got me no where. Thankfully I realized it soon enough, and got back to my roots, prayer, speaking with my family and focusing on getting back. I watched all my teams games live, or online when on the road, which just is torture in a way. I mean you see your teammates playing and you just want to be out there to help them, even when we won 20-4 one game, I wanted to go out and help get a shutout. Nonetheless it has been a long process of recovery, with some setbacks, but more progress than anything thank God. I trained my first full session yesterday, and followed that up with another one earlier today. I'm clearly not 100% I don't have a ton of confidence on the ball, and my thought process is taking a little more time, as I'm getting used to the indoor game again. Thankfully I have greatly experienced teammates who are helping me get back on track right away.
Finally today I get to travel with the team on my first road game, and it won't be an easy one, in fact it'll be the hardest one. Facing the defending champions and currently 6-0 Milwaukee Wave we have lost to them twice so far by a total of 5 points in games that could've gone either way. This will be the third time we face them and I'm excited to make an impact on the game, and do my part in helping the team pull out our first road victory.
Our game is on Friday December 16th you can catch it live on MISLLiveSoccer.com I think coverage for the game starts @ 7PM central time.
God Bless!!!
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
So excited!!
I can't get ready for bed, I feel so good, happy & excited for tomorrow season opener versus the Comets! It's gonna be a packed, and loud arena! Man I feel so privileged and blessed to have this opportunity! God is tooooo GOOD, it's amazing. I'm gonna blog up again after we finish our back to back games this weekend. Tomorrow @ home versus the Comets, then away in KC versus the Comets again the next day!! God is with me!!
Philippians 4:19 - But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Grasp that !! That's powerful!!
God bless!
Philippians 4:19 - But my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Grasp that !! That's powerful!!
God bless!
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Pre Season Support. Wings
My last post was October 14th. Since then we've had 25 training session and signed 6 new players to fill up our team roster. We also had a inter squad scrimmage which ended in a 17-16 final score, with a lot of good things coming from the game. The best? The fact that 3,000+ fans showed up for a scrimmage. It's the most amount of fans I've played in front of in my short career indoor/outdoor. And I gotta say this community has truly embraced the Wings coming back and I'm grateful and feel privileged to be apart of it.
As a rookie stepping into the MISL I think I've made a decent transition of being able to understand the rules, and the style of play, I've also been very lucky, excuse me, blessed to have teammates who are not only veterans but highly respected in the league. I've been able to learn tricks, tendencies, and certain players style of play thanks in big part to these guys and watching some game film. We also have a great coach who is leading our team, and has me feeling confident. One thing I love about this organization although they're in their expansion year there not coming out with a "lets build for the future" attitude. Instead they've come out to the contrary of what most new teams do & that is to win right away. I've read the blogs doubting us saying "teams will win easily against them" but we don't have to respond to those blogs, doubters, or haters, our performance on the field will speak for itself.
Personally I'm not sure what my role on the team is yet exactly but I plan on being a piece of the puzzle to winning this year. I'm busting my ass off, I'm taking no days off, and I'm hungry. November is two days away. In November we begin the season November 3rd to be exact at the Hartman Arena @ 7:00pm come out and see for yourself what were about.
On to a little about me, so far Wichita has been great, nice people, I've gotten recognized at the mall and stuff pretty cool. Tomorrow we got two a days still, and after our second session I got a radio interview. I've gone out to check out the city it's a nice city not too populated but it has a good young crowd, the food is pretty decent. We've hit up some hispanic places out here, if you got any recommendations let me know! I'm so excited to start playing already, the team to beat is Milwaukee and we play them twice in the first month of the season! We open up with a back to back against the Kansas City Comets which is our cross city rival. I'm thankful for this opportunity and got to make the most out of it. There are a lot of people I miss & wish I could be with. But honestly this is where I want to be and while everyone is doing their own thing. I'm out here doing me and chasing mine. I didn't hop on a plane and leave Miami to eat shi* out here, I came chasing a bigger picture, this is only the stepping stone. God bless everyone hope to see you locals there on Thursday!
For my Miami people, go to the team website to watch the games streamed online live! WWW.WichitaWingsIndoorSoccer.Com
Also check out Peter Espinosa's blog on the Wings, he put up a pretty cool post about me. Appreciate the support Peter!
Will update probably after out first back to back game. I'll leave y'all with this Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
God Bless
As a rookie stepping into the MISL I think I've made a decent transition of being able to understand the rules, and the style of play, I've also been very lucky, excuse me, blessed to have teammates who are not only veterans but highly respected in the league. I've been able to learn tricks, tendencies, and certain players style of play thanks in big part to these guys and watching some game film. We also have a great coach who is leading our team, and has me feeling confident. One thing I love about this organization although they're in their expansion year there not coming out with a "lets build for the future" attitude. Instead they've come out to the contrary of what most new teams do & that is to win right away. I've read the blogs doubting us saying "teams will win easily against them" but we don't have to respond to those blogs, doubters, or haters, our performance on the field will speak for itself.
Personally I'm not sure what my role on the team is yet exactly but I plan on being a piece of the puzzle to winning this year. I'm busting my ass off, I'm taking no days off, and I'm hungry. November is two days away. In November we begin the season November 3rd to be exact at the Hartman Arena @ 7:00pm come out and see for yourself what were about.
On to a little about me, so far Wichita has been great, nice people, I've gotten recognized at the mall and stuff pretty cool. Tomorrow we got two a days still, and after our second session I got a radio interview. I've gone out to check out the city it's a nice city not too populated but it has a good young crowd, the food is pretty decent. We've hit up some hispanic places out here, if you got any recommendations let me know! I'm so excited to start playing already, the team to beat is Milwaukee and we play them twice in the first month of the season! We open up with a back to back against the Kansas City Comets which is our cross city rival. I'm thankful for this opportunity and got to make the most out of it. There are a lot of people I miss & wish I could be with. But honestly this is where I want to be and while everyone is doing their own thing. I'm out here doing me and chasing mine. I didn't hop on a plane and leave Miami to eat shi* out here, I came chasing a bigger picture, this is only the stepping stone. God bless everyone hope to see you locals there on Thursday!
For my Miami people, go to the team website to watch the games streamed online live! WWW.WichitaWingsIndoorSoccer.Com
Also check out Peter Espinosa's blog on the Wings, he put up a pretty cool post about me. Appreciate the support Peter!
Will update probably after out first back to back game. I'll leave y'all with this Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
God Bless
Friday, October 14, 2011
Kansas!
New journey, new players, new people, new team, same mentality..I landed in Kansas City on the 12th at around 6. Coach Hollimon was there to pick me up and bring me to the hotel where I'll be living with about 4 other players each of us in our own room. First off what a blessing to be here, I'm so excited to get the season underway! November 3rd is our season/home opener against rival Kansas City Comets. A lot of their players from last years roster have actually joined us so it should be a heated, passionate game! My room set up is really cool, I'm really chilling and don't have much to worry about my former teammate and now current teammate Bryan Perez is living at the same hotel and we've decided he's gonna be Mr. Cook cause Lord knows I can't cook haha...
Well anyways I wanna kinda do some name dropping real quick then get back to the soccer. I have to thank these people for all their support, and help in my personal life. These people have helped me not only progress my soccer career, but my life as a Christian, and personal battles. I wanna thank my parents, brothers, cousins, mentor Douglas, leader Albert, friends Nick, Danny, my second family the Pitman's and for the soccer people who helped me such as Allie, Aidan, & Josh. Anyone I forgot you know I'm very thankful for your help. Of course I got to thank my Lord & savior Jesus Christ, He is the reason I play & I do everything I do.
Anyways soccer wise we have preseason starting on Monday and will be doing two a days to start out, I'm not so thrilled about two a days but I'm so excited to just start training and playing that I can careless! I'm really looking forward to a season filled with good things! I'm excited to use Gods blessing for the glory of His kingdom and advancing it. God bless everyone, miss my people in Miami already but I'm out here chasing dreams and advancing the kingdom of God! Glory....
God Bless
Well anyways I wanna kinda do some name dropping real quick then get back to the soccer. I have to thank these people for all their support, and help in my personal life. These people have helped me not only progress my soccer career, but my life as a Christian, and personal battles. I wanna thank my parents, brothers, cousins, mentor Douglas, leader Albert, friends Nick, Danny, my second family the Pitman's and for the soccer people who helped me such as Allie, Aidan, & Josh. Anyone I forgot you know I'm very thankful for your help. Of course I got to thank my Lord & savior Jesus Christ, He is the reason I play & I do everything I do.
Anyways soccer wise we have preseason starting on Monday and will be doing two a days to start out, I'm not so thrilled about two a days but I'm so excited to just start training and playing that I can careless! I'm really looking forward to a season filled with good things! I'm excited to use Gods blessing for the glory of His kingdom and advancing it. God bless everyone, miss my people in Miami already but I'm out here chasing dreams and advancing the kingdom of God! Glory....
God Bless
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