Win or lose, Luisa Argento de Almedia said the Brock Badgers are her second family.<\/p>\n
Argento de Almedia didn\u2019t take the 1-0 home loss to Laurier on Wednesday, Oct. 6, lightly. She paced the sidelines after the game and reviewed with her coach, John Di Pasquale, what more she could have done.<\/p>\n
She felt compelled to leave everything on the field for her teammates after experiencing what she called one of the most \u201cheartfelt moments\u201d of her life.<\/p>\n
She joined the team in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, so she hasn\u2019t fully experienced what it\u2019s like to be a Badger, yet the night before Brock\u2019s match with Laurier, she did.<\/p>\n
A few weeks ago, Argento de Almedia, a second-year international student from Brazil, received a bike from her parents. They wanted their daughter to have a mode of transportation to get from her residence across campus to Alumni Field and to meet up at the Pen Centre with her friends and teammates.<\/p>\n
But recently, the bike went missing, and Argento de Almedia found its lock cut.<\/p>\n
\u201cLuisa came to practice sad one day,\u201d said third-year midfielder Arnelle Douglas. \u201cI asked her what happened. She explained how she just got a bike and it was stolen. My heart broke for her, as her experience in Canada hasn\u2019t been the smoothest so far.\u201d<\/p>\n
Douglas and the Brock women\u2019s soccer team pooled their money to buy their teammate a new bike.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs her teammates, we are her new family and we need to look out for her,\u201d Douglas said.<\/p>\n
The team chose to surprise Argento de Almedia after training on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
She couldn\u2019t believe her eyes when a teammate rolled up with a brand new bike as a gift for her.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was not expecting that at all. I got so emotional when I saw them roll in with the bike,\u201d Argento de Almedia said. \u201cI almost cried on the spot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her mother reached out to Douglas and Adrianna Belfer-Marin, the teammates who spearheaded the cause.<\/p>\n
\u201cLuisa\u2019s mom personally reached out and was put in tears with this gesture,\u201d Douglas said. \u201cSeeing how easy it was to co-ordinate with the teammates to get this going showed how loving and family-oriented we are, and that is what Brock women\u2019s soccer is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n
Argento de Almedia and the Badgers look to bounce back when they visit Wilfrid Laurier on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve never experienced anything like that from a team before. My time at Brock and with this team so far has been such a special experience,\u201d said Argento de Almedia. \u201cWe\u2019re only three games into the season and this is the best squad I\u2019ve ever been on in my life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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