For This Pro Athlete, Soccer Is an ‘Act of Worship’
By Movieguide® Contributor
Pro soccer player Aubrey Kingsbury is trusting God as she leads the Washington Spirit to another NWSL Championship.
“In 2021, she and the Washington Spirit won the NWSL Championship after holding a lead during normal time in just one of their three playoff games. They came from behind in the semifinal and the final,” Sports Spectrum reported.
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Now they’re back in the championship game.
After the semi-final win over Gotham FC, Kingsbury told the Washington Spirit, “I have similar feelings, honestly, as ’21. Kind of like, that felt like destiny, and I would say the same thing [this season]…There’s just this belief, similarly as ’21, this belief that we’re never out of it. That whatever you throw at us, we’re going to find a way to win.”
Kingsbury made three back-to-back-to-back stops in the semifinal game to send her team to the finals.
“I wasn’t nervous at all,” she explained. “It’s just like another day at training. I’ve made those saves many times in our trainings, so I think that then helps prepare me emotionally for those big moments when the season is on the line.”
Faith is a priority for the soccer star.
Kingsbury includes Ephesians 2:8-10 in her social media bio, which reads:
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith — and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
In an issue of the 2024 Sports Spectrum Magazine, Kingsbury expounded upon her faith, saying, “Having made the World Cup roster not being willing to compromise who I am as a person, as a Christian, being called to love and serve one another, I think that’s kind of an important theme in my life.”
“I think that’s important for people to know, that you can be successful in your career — whatever that may be — and you don’t have to compromise your values,” she continued. “It kind of took the pressure off, knowing that the Lord gave me these gifts, and I was going to use them to glorify Him and make it my act of worship…I just have always kind of seen my faith and soccer intertwined.”
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