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Sports Spectrum Podcast

Pro soccer player Annika Schmidt on trusting in God's plan after a serious knee injury

Sports Spectrum Podcast

Sports Spectrum

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4.9684 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Annika Schmidt is a professional soccer player with the Houston Dash in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). In college, she was a three-year starter at Butler University and selected to the All-Big East First-Team three consecutive years.

In 2020, she signed to play soccer overseas in Sweden with Goteborg FC and then in January 2021, she signed with the Houston Dash and the NWSL. In May 2022, she tore her ACL and meniscus while training for the upcoming season and missed the entire year.

Today on the podcast, we talk to Annika about her soccer career, her faith in Jesus, the knee injury she suffered in May 2022 and how she's trusting God to guide her in he midst of this setback.


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Hey guys, here at Sports Spectrum, we know that athletes and coaches face unique spiritual

0:04.6

challenges every single day.

0:07.6

Coaches often need to offer guidance to athletes who face difficulties of all kinds.

0:13.5

And likewise, athletes need to help their own teammates who ask questions about their

0:17.9

spirituality and faith and love those who even mock them for following

0:22.6

Christ. There are countless situations that require trustworthy resources to ensure that

0:28.9

coaches and athletes are equipped for these type of challenges. Jane Albright, former head

0:34.9

women's basketball coach at Wisconsin and Northern Illinois,

0:39.1

described her relationship with her players like this.

0:42.5

Quote, in addition to being a great coach, I was also focused on a specific pursuit.

0:48.8

I wanted the characteristics from 1st Timothy 611 to describe me when my players looked back on their time with me.

0:56.6

I pursued my players with the same intensity as when I taught a new offense.

1:01.7

I wanted to impact their hearts.

1:03.8

I believe Christ is much more concerned with our character and virtue than he is with our

1:10.0

successes.

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Don't get me wrong.

1:11.8

When I coached, we fervently pursued wins and championships,

1:15.0

but there was always something more important pursuing righteousness.

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Close quote.

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And that's why the fellowship of Christian athletes guys

1:24.3

and the Christian Standard Bible have partnered

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to make the brand new CSB-E-3

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