Former England captain and coach Casey Stoney takes over the Canadian women's national soccer team, aiming to build on the team's positive culture and help it succeed after a turbulent year. Stoney is known for her hard work ethic and dedication to the sport, having overcome financial challenges and setbacks during her playing career.
Manchester United manager Casey Stoney talks to her players during their English Women's Super League soccer match with Aston Villa in Walsall, England, Dec. 5, 2020.From doing the laundry at Arsenal to having to use her vacation days to play for England at the 2007 World Cup while coaching at the David Beckham Academy, Casey Stoney has paid her dues.“I think we all have a responsibility to the game,” the 42-year-old former England captain said in an interview.
“One of the real reasons I was really interested in the job was how much I had heard about the positive culture – the humility of the people, the hard work,” said Stoney, who coached Canadian No. 1 goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan at San Diego. In 1994, at the age of 12, she joined Chelsea. She had to pay to play there, £3 on a training night and £5 on match day.
“But I’m really pleased I went through that era,” she added. “Because I think I've got the work ethic I've got now because I had to get up at 4:30 in the morning and train before I did a full day’s work or do a full day’s work and then go training. So for me, coming into management, it’s hard work, it’s a hard job. But it’s nothing I haven’t been doing for so many years.”
At Chelsea, defender John Terry paid for the women’s tracksuits after the club would only provide “hand-me-downs from one of the academy teams.” Stoney is not about to ask her players to do something she wouldn’t do herself. At Manchester United, as part of a team-building exercise with her players to face their fears, she had someone bring in “huge snakes, giant-sized cockroaches and tarantulas.”
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