Dibana noDani Rylan, uMseki we-NWHL

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UDani Rylan ngu-5'3'', okanye 5'5'' kwizityibilizi zomkhenkce. Akayifaki i-axels ephindwe kabini okanye iingubo ezilandelelweyo, nangona kunjalo; Umsebenzi kaRylan wokutyibiliza wawusoloko umalunga nehoki-kunye neqela lamakhwenkwe, hayi ngaphantsi. Ukukhula, ibiyiyo yonke into endiyaziyo, utshilo. "Kwaye loo nto yenza ukuba kube mnandi."

Abo bafana babengavumeli nje intombazana entle entle ukuba igudle emva kwabo. Emva kweminyaka edlala neTampa Bay Junior Lightning kwisikolo samabanga aphantsi, wayezimisele ngokwaneleyo ngemidlalo yakhe yokuba abazali bakhe bamvumele ukuba abhalise kwisikolo sokubhoda esingaphezu kweekhilomitha eziliwaka ukusuka ekhaya laseFlorida. Isikolo iSt. Mark's sidume eNew England ngenkqubo yaso yehoki yomkhenkce, evelise abadlali abaliqela abaqeqeshiweyo, kwaye uRylan watyunjwa njengokapteni weqela lamantombazana. Wadlala namakhwenkwe kwakhona kwiqela leklabhu yeYunivesithi yaseMetropolitan State eColorado. (IHockey ayisiyiyo kuphela imidlalo eyindoda enobuhlobo yabasetyhini; Fumanisa ukuba kutheni amaQela eSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo esamkela iimbaleki zabasetyhini.)

"Emva kokuzama, abaqeqeshi beza kum bathi, 'Uqinisekile ufuna ukudlala uqhagamshelwano ihoki?’” URylan, ngoku oneminyaka engama-28 ubudala, uyakhumbula. Ndiyayazi into endingena kuyo. "

Ube nenkalipho yokubetha emva kokubethwa kumaqabane akhe amakhulu, anamandla ekholejini- “Emva komdlalo ngamnye, bendiziva ngathi ndibethwe yilori encinci,” utshilo-kodwa ubukhulu babo ibingeyiyo yodwa umahluko obuhlungu phakathi kwabo. Amakhwenkwe aphupha ngokudlala kwi-NHL, okanye nokutshintshela ukudlala isikolo se-D-1. URylan, ewe, ebengenako.

Uthi: “Ukuba ukhe wadlala umdlalo ubomi bakho bonke, uba yinxalenye yesazisi sakho,” uyachaza, “ngoko xa kufuneka uwuxhome, ngumzuzu olusizi.”

Uthi iimbaleki zabasetyhini zifikelela kwi-27 yobudala, okanye isiqingatha seshumi leminyaka emva kwekholeji. Ke emva kokuphumelela kukaRylan, wayengekakulungeli ukurhoxa kwizityibilizi zakhe. Wathuthela kwisiXeko saseNew York, apho wavula khona ivenkile yakhe yekofu (Vuka kwaye usile eMpuma Harlem) kwaye uqhubeke nokudlala ngokuzonwabisa kumaqela eeklabhu zamadoda amabini. Ugqibelele kum, kodwa kubadlali abasakhuphisana kwinqanaba lesizwe, eyona njongo yabo ephambili kukudlala kwi-Olimpiki rhoqo kwiminyaka emine, utshilo. Kwakungekho lukhetho lobuchule, akukho ligi yaseMelika, kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo akukho thuba labadlali ababhinqileyo ukuba bahlawulwe. URylan ukhale ngawo onke amathuba awaphosiweyo, zonke ezo mbaleki zingenanjongo zishiyekileyo.

Ingcinga yanamathela kuye kubomi basemva kokufumana isidanga, njengoko wayevuka kwaye esila emhlabeni. Kwaye ngexesha le-Olimpiki ka-2014, xa amaqela e-ice hockey asuka e-U.S nase Canada ayokulwa ngexesha elongezelelweyo ngexesha lokugqibela, uRylan waphefumlelwa ukuba enze iligi yelizwe lonke-eyedwa. "Ukubukela obu bunzima behoki kunye nokuqonda ukuba alikho ithuba elinjengaleli kubahlobo bam, bekubonakala ngathi yinto engekhoyo," utshilo. "Andizange ndikholelwe ukuba ibingekho kakade." (Dibana nabasetyhini abaninzi abaTshintsha ubuso baMandla amantombazana.)

Ngelixa wayephanda ngeli linge litsha leshishini, imidlalo yabasetyhini yayisonwabisa ngendlela engazange ibonwe ngaphambili, iqela lebhola ekhatywayo laseMelika laphumelela iNdebe yeHlabathi kunye noSerena Williams phakathi kwexesha elimangalisayo. Yonke ingqwalaselo yamnceda kuphela kwisizathu sakhe, ucacisa uRylan.

Ke ngoku umntu uqala njani ukwenza iligi yezemidlalo yesizwe? Ngokuthatha ifowuni. Okuninzi. "Abantu bahlala besithi ilizwe leHockey lincinci, kwaye injalo le nto ikhawuleze kangaka," utshilo. "Ndifikelele kusapho lwam lwehoki, kwaye wonke umntu wayesemva kwayo. Bonke bathi 'Dani, kufuneka uyenze le nto!" Ivenkile yayimfundise izakhono zorhwebo. Kwisithuba esingaphantsi konyaka, iligi yayiqhuba kakuhle.

URylan wafumana abadlali, wabamba iinkampu zoqeqesho, waphanda izixeko, wenza amaqela, kunye neendawo ezicwangcisiweyo. "Nabani na owenza ishedyuli yokuphila, umnqwazi wam uphelile," uhleka. Ukufumana indawo, wakhetha ukugxila kumntla-mpuma. “Amashumi amathathu anesithathu eepesenti abo bonke ababhalise kwihoki esemantla-mpuma,” uyacacisa. "Ukugcina iindleko zethu ziphantsi, sikhethe ezona marike zine zisebenza kumantla mpuma." Izixeko zokugqibela, kunye namaqela azo, yiBuffalo Beauts, New York Riveters, Connecticut Whale, kunye neBoston Pride.

Kakade ke, ukufumana imali kwakunzima ngakumbi. “Abaxhasi bafuna amanani abambekayo: yintoni idemo yethu, bangaphi abalandeli abaya kwimidlalo, njalo njalo,” utshilo uRylan. "Ukuba awukadlali isizini okwangoku, awunawo loo manani. Ngethamsanqa, besinabo abatyali mali kwasekuqaleni abaxhasa kakhulu le ligi, kunye nemidlalo yabasetyhini. Ishishini elingafakwanga!"

Imali yayiyeyona nto ibalulekileyo kwi-National Women's Hockey League, kuba ngokungafaniyo nabanye abantu bezama ukwenza iiligi zobungcali, uRylan wayejolise ekufumaneni abadlali bakhe. kuhlawulwe. Kuya kuthatha ixesha ngaphambi kokuba aba badlali benze umvuzo wokuphila kwimidlalo yabo - singasathethi ke ngokutsala iikhontrakthi ezinamanani asibhozo njengeeLebron zehlabathi-kodwa kanye kanye banokwenza ntoni aba bafazi? Ngokwenyani, eli lixesha elihle lokuba ubuze lo mbuzo kuba umvuzo wokuqala uphumile namhlanje, utshilo uRylan ngokuzingca. "Umvuzo ophakathi uyi $ 15,000." (Wonke umntu kufuneka aqale ndaweni ithile; nantsi indlela Ezona Mbaleki ziPhakamileyo eziHlawulwayo zenza ngayo imali.)

Kwelo xabiso, iimbaleki ze-NWHL zizibophelele kwimikhwa emibini yeveki, imidlalo yasekhaya elithoba, kunye nemidlalo esithoba ekude. URylan waqinisekisa ukuba ucwangciso lwexesha lonyaka lufanelekile kangangoko kunokwenzeka kubafazi, abanokuba nemisebenzi esisigxina kunye neentsapho. Ukuziqhelanisa kubanjwa emva kweeyure zomsebenzi, kwaye imidlalo yenziwa kuphela ngeeCawa. "Sineqela labasetyhini abahlukeneyo kwiligi," utshilo, ukusuka kootitshala ukuya kubakhi bezakhiwo, ukusuka kwiigali zalapha ekhaya ukuya kubafazi abaqeshwe e-Austria, Russia nase Japan.

Umdlalo wokuqala wexesha lokuqala le-NWHL uya kubanjwa ngo-Oktobha 11, i-2015, kwi-1: 30 ntambama, xa i-puck yehla phakathi kwe-Riveters kunye ne-Whale kwi-Chelsea Piers e-Stamford, CT. URylan akakhange abenalo nexesha elininzi lokubulela impumelelo yakhe, okanye acinge ngelifa lakhe njengomkomishinala wokuqala we-NWHL. Ngapha koko, uhleka nalo mbono.

“Ndixakene nento yonke ngoku, andazi nokuba ndiyayiqonda na,” utshilo. "Emva kwempumelelo yalo nyaka, [kulapho] ndiphefumla khona ndithi, 'Wow.'"

Okwangoku, uyayixabisa "impumelelo encinci." "Abazali beza kuthi, besithi, 'Kuyamangalisa ukuba intombi yam iphuphe ngokuba ngumdlali oqeqeshiweyo," uyabelana. "Bathi, 'Unyana wam ufuna ukuba nguRanger. Ngoku intombi yam ifuna ukuba nguRiveter.'

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