Place of Birth:  Queens, NYimage
Current Residence: Somewhere on a Long Island.
Profession:  Special Education Mathematics Teacher
Favorite Footy Team:  The Magpies, duh
How did you get involved in footy?:  Once Melo told me he played, I knew this was something I had to see. Of course, he wouldn’t allow me to watch unless it was while I was practicing on the field with them. I was hooked. Being able to tackle as a form of stress releasing therapy seemed like a sweet deal…the rest was history.
What do you like most about footy?:  Play hard, party hard!
Position:  Anywhere I can put my booty booty booty in the face.
Aspirations:  Stunt woman in the next Tomb Raider movie.
Favorite Drink:  Gatorade, Corona to be casual, and Cuban rum when mama needs to go hard.
Favorite Food:  Pineapple shrimp with fried rice, lasagna, and mushrooms
Favorite Movie:  Pineapple Express and Wall-e
Most Favorite Things: Turtles, the YouTube clip of Treadmill Fail, and Dos Equis’ most interesting man in the world.
Random Piece of Info:  Was a firedancer for the New York Dragons, plus I got to shoot the t-shirt cannon.

Screen Shot 2013-04-23 at 10.52.08 AMPlace of Birth: Toronto, Ontario
Current Residence: Brooklyn, NY
Favorite Footy Team: Brisbane Lions
Position: Anywhere I’m tackling
Aspirations: To tackle you in the near future
Favorite Drink: Tequila & Ginger
Favorite Food: Mexican
Favorite Show: Homeland!
Most Favorite Thing: My Lady Pies <3
Random Piece of Info: I will make you the best roasted marshmallow you’ve ever put in your face.

JanetPlace of Birth: Midland, Michigan
Current Residence: A basement in South Brooklyn
Profession: Hopefully, this will say High School History Teacher really soon.
Favourite Footy Team: North Melbourne
How did you get involved in footy?: I lived in Melbourne as a kid and then we moved (back) to the U.S. and my dad got involved in the USAFL. I moved to Brooklyn last summer and found out that these awesome women had a team and immediately jumped on that wagon.
What do you like most about footy?: Is it too cheesy for me to say “everything!”…? Because I love everything.
Position: I just want to play! But… I’ll tentatively say Full Forward.
Aspirations: I aspire to have a real job so I can spend more time playing footy and less time putting pieces of fruit on sticks into Edible Arrangements.
Favourite Drink: Water! And coffee.
Favourite Food: I like to eat as long as it isn’t meat.
Favourite Movie: Picking a favorite movie is like the day of the week. It’s always changing. But I love Planet Earth and my Presidents documentaries series from PBS.
Most Favourite Thing: I have two dogs who I love more than life.
Random Piece of Info: I sleep in a hammock and it’s amazing.

Rob Donner
Place of Birth: A small town in south Florida, but I grew up in Santa Barbara, CA
Current Residence: Long Island City
Favorite Footy Team: San Diego Chargers. Pardon?
Position: Full forward
Aspirations: Realistically, there are few left. However I would like to see the Magpies win a national championship with me up front.
Favorite Drink: Champagne. Was there any doubt?
Favorite Food: Pizza and sushi, but obviously not at the same time.
Favorite Movie: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Most Favorite Thing: My prized possession? The sit-down Ms. Pac Man/Galaga that I wired myself.
Random Piece of Info: Where do I start? Pick one:

1. When in my early 20s, I was in a rock band that played the Whisky-A-go-go in LA, which is the club featured in The Doors movie.
2. Ironically, I’ve been to all the major continents EXCEPT Australia.
3. I hate condiments. And coffee.
4. I am a member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.

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