My support and development worker at Centrepoint told me about it. There are some great players and it was a tough assessment process where they test things like your attitude as well as your fitness and skill. But I have been working hard training four days a week. I feel so proud that I was selected.
Football is my life - I have always wanted a career in football and have worked hard at finding a way to do it, on and off the pitch. Centrepoint gave me the stability and focus to be able to study sports science, which is something I have always wanted to do. Now I have made the squad I hope this will be a platform to be signed to another team. I can't believe I am going to be playing in Australia in December.
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