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30 - WA” toot) CHRONICLE - Wednesdav. ”(tuber H.101) O ’ I I Alexandra Salvador follows m her fathers footsteps, represents her family heritage BYADAM Jason ,, ' Chronicle Slafl' ? t 1 For most l8»year-olds. moving away front home in the fall includes textbooks and classes. But for Alexandra Salvador. it's a chance to name sent her family's history and heritage by playing for the Ecuadorian national women's soccer team. While in Ecuador with her father. Gianni Salvador, in early July. Salvador was being scouted â€" unbe» knownst to her. Salvador. a centrerdefender. joined in friendly matches against Ecuadorian teams with the group Gianni coaches ~ and she seemed to catch the eye of Ecuadorian coaches. ' “No one really told me, just to calm my nerves. i guess." said Salvador. “When l first found out, i was kind of shocked. but happy. it's another step towards what I love doing.” Salvador moves to Ecuador in about a week and will sd'end the nenux months there, but it won't all be ‘ foreign to her, . she mll be staying With her grandparents. ' lady in her life Salvador lived in Ecuador. but ‘. understandably. she doesn't remember much ofit. ' Her first task. essentially the five nations cup, will . tome in December, then in February. the rebuilding v .. ' / l truadorian team will tackle the South American (up, :5" if" Whlt‘l‘l is a qualifier for the FIFA U20 Women's Worid 3;} ( up ' While soccer. lzt‘uador‘s national sport. is huge in A the country and region. women‘s soccer is a new -â€" ‘9 i, but growmg -. trend. ’ -’\t cording to (.Ianni. who played ftir the men's fl ' national team. \t)('(t‘r is considered a man's sport in ' " lt tl.t(lt)r ‘thh In“ “It“ ”Ml lht‘) “W I“ d” Pm ”WWW!” in about a week, Alexandra Salvador will board a plane to Ecuador to represent her famity‘s heritage on the women's national soccer down hi sottt-r. us Just a matter of time that It team mmixnm-ww grows " said (ildltltl “in the next number of years. one of the south "lttt'rltiili teams should be in the top It) “ the thrltll. she says the processes involved in working up the played for the national team as well down there so it means ti While \alizitlor has the choice of either going for system were cumbersome lot." said \alvador the t aiiiidiiin national team t‘t'urrentl) ranked No 8 to “I'm kind of followmg in mi dad's footsteps because he (kintinued on page 34 o o o o l f o o , 1i Undrscrplined penalties to b ame or Siskins th tee-game s de Bi ADAM In itso's work i-thit need to be addressed than trying to place it " going into the third period ”mm“ 11' VIII? lbe Siskins are at the bottom of the [hit it lo give the Siskins some t red” in the t i After the second intermission. the mood 4 in penalty killing in the (yOllll anti set ond loss on Sunday. they did battle but k After of the game changed tomplett-Is Both the f the Waterloo Siskins Let-p t.ikmg midis worst in the Midwestern (niiferent e early in three goals on lust st-it-n shots iii/art Siskins and ( ullitons had taken slll‘y, thipp\ It Iplined penalties thwi isill have to on the season lhe liraiitforil ‘Nr'is art-dead List pulled starting goalie Ryan llt-rgott. repliii penalties in the first two petiods. hut thm for it in pH“ (It t', sins lituid (Milt lt ( hris mth .i M 7? kill pert i-niage. mg him with Russian import leo l.i/.irev both seemed to settle down .mtl tot us on [.1/‘Ir\ hut on the other side. the Siskins him- the "He didn't have unit it help in front of him plating hot kes iii the third ‘Its iiii.iiti'ptiibh'." said Iii/nit tillt'l .i t! t lit-st pth-rpliit In the (.f)llll. with it in ”H .iiid I think sometimes when you pull lht' After a \trr} t‘Vt‘Hl\ lilillt ltt‘tl hatk iHHI shootout loss to the \tmtfivtdt ullitons on per t em 1 limit e of t apltalizing \sith the mint goalie like that. it‘s totigh for the goalie. but It lorth third period. l.tl1lft'\ “ho had stopped \iilitlat at the-Waterloo Memorial Ri‘t rt‘.tltt)tt advantage st'ntls a message to the team." said lit/an .ill 5] shots he fated in his Ti minutes or tomplm‘ All three of the \iskiiis' goals on \iind.i\ ‘lt wasn‘t so niuth about “vim. htit we were plat. let iii shootout goals from Devin ktopt ‘()iir dist lpllrlt' is tostiiig Us Xiililt‘\41n(l more on the powerpliii llut does that mean trtiiig to get a spark and tlttftirllltt.lit‘l\ he ,iud \hnut- t t‘lirit'n leading to do i lllliltilis tlii-\ .tl’l‘ going to learn this week in pim in e the team's even strength appoint h needs to was thegiiy who had to t time out ‘ \l( ton th.it it is iiiidt't'i'ptiihlt‘.' the that h added improve? [alaty doesn't thipk so lhi- Siskins took until I‘ lhi' \iskiiis t.iki~ on the ”lltllt .tllt'\ Ill [timing off a three game did". whit It “(hit Five on fite is fine. vu- lt‘ getting lk'fentt'mati I (It ( iltimo piti lied iii isith (itielph on liiil.i\‘ lheii .is ii pint ot the includes it 2 l loss to the (ambridge Winter opportunities. but they‘re just not going iii ii goal eight minutes itito the set ond petiod (it )llll ‘showt use in St ( dlhtllllllW tlit‘ lt'illll Hawks, .i ‘3 J loss tti the l istowel ( yt loot-s the net," said lauary then With less than four minutes left in the plays \(‘lrltld on \Itllttlin and a 4 ,t shootout loss to the Stratford( u|li "When we get opportunities. we need to set 0nd. Andrew Hrubat her bad the team tiins on Sunday. la7arv says discipline and focus on putting it through the net. rather right bat k m the grime. knottmg it up in i t (oniiniii-d on page it __._ .â€"_â€"â€"â€".-