Final evening, the U.S. girls’s nationwide subject hockey crew performed its opening spherical pool match within the FIH Nations Cup match, an eight-nation competitors whose winner is eligible to ascend to the FIH Professional League.
You may need seen that one participant’s uniform was barely totally different from all the remaining. Positive, the uniforms, supplied by Capelli, all had the requisite sponsor logos in addition to the FIH brand.
However in case you regarded on the quantity and title fonts on the again, one uniform regarded totally different. Reese D’Ariano, a 16-year-old sensation, made her senior worldwide debut in opposition to Canada. Contemporary off representing the USA on the FIH Indoor World Cup, was sporting the identical equipment she wore throughout that competitors, with stylized block numerals and lettering on the again. In the meantime, the remainder of the crew had rounded title and quantity fonts:
She could have regarded a bit totally different if you noticed at her from the again, however that was about it.
Reese D’Ariano appears like she belongs in a U.S. shirt, it doesn’t matter what the lettering is. She is the newest of various youngsters who’ve been given the chance to excel on the world stage.
There have been others, like Tracey Fuchs and Amy Stopford and Katie O’Donnell and Katelyn Falgowski and Erin Matson and Mackenzie Allessie. Some have had nice success internationally after success on the scholastic and collegiate ranges.
However D’Ariano is taking the street less-traveled. Like Matson and Madison Orobono earlier than her, she has opted out of scholastic subject hockey. She is homeschooled, one thing she is used to due to the COVID-19 period of training. She might have opted to play for one of many public or non-public colleges situated close to her Chester County dwelling, however has been coaching full-time. She has educated with W.C. Eagles membership crew in addition to the senior nationwide crew.
About the one time you get to see her play nowadays are in a U.S. shirt, and you may’t blame her wanting to search out one of the best competitors out there. She is a really fast participant with nice expertise and a devil-may-care angle in entrance of cage.
Final night in opposition to Canada, D’Ariano regarded very harmful in a roaming central attacking place, typically being the purpose of the arrow as a full ahead, typically monitoring again to be the latecomer filling an area left vacant by the Canadian protection.
Within the closing 10 minutes, the wunderkind nearly acquired a objective on her worldwide debut, however she cranked a forehand excessive and large with the goalkeeper at her mercy.
One way or the other, I get the sensation she’ll get extra possibilities.
