Fiona Morgenstern (29) was the Amsterdam participant who shed probably the most tears Sunday afternoon. In fact there was the ache after the second defeat towards Den Bosch (3-0), however the unhappiness was primarily in the truth that she simply performed her final sport ever for Amsterdam. The striker is leaving for Hurley.
‘It’s simply completed with Amsterdam now. Completed with the excellent buddies with whom I’m on the sphere. That’s the place my emotion comes from.’
As soon as her tears have dried and he or she has been hugged extensively by her mother and father, boyfriend and buddies, Morgenstern solely desires to start out an interview. One she doesn’t really really feel very similar to doing. In spite of everything, she would have preferred to finish her final sport within the Amsterdam tenure a lot otherwise. To increase her season by at the least per week. However that was not within the playing cards for the quick striker with Brabant roots.
For as hopeful because the outward sport in Amsterdam was towards Den Bosch (2-3 loss), issues went so arduous on the Oosterplas. In fact it was at the back of my thoughts right now that it may very well be over. You don’t have that feeling through the sport, however in fact it comes on the finish,’ Morgenstern mentioned. ‘We simply ought to have scored extra through the first sport,’ her easy conclusion echoes. ‘We believed in it for a very long time and had been combative. But it surely grew to become an more and more troublesome story.’
Fiona Morgenstern cries out within the arms of Anne Veenendaal. Picture: Willem Vernes
Her gigantic transfer from Oranje-Rood to Amsterdam
Her journey with Amsterdam is over after three seasons. In the summertime of 2022 Morgenstern turned her complete life round. She left her acquainted Oranje-Rood, for which she performed for ten years, and moved from her hometown of Eindhoven to the capital. An enormous step in her profession, whereas within the meantime she made her debut within the Dutch nationwide group. Amsterdam introduced in a world, with eight caps and two objectives within the Dutch group.
In her first 12 months with Amsterdam, she instantly grew to become nationwide champion. The distinction with a season earlier was nice, as a result of twelve months earlier she relegated with Oranje-Rood to the Promotion League, the league she by no means performed in due to her change. Her first prize with Amsterdam was incredible and for her virtually as lovely because the direct return to the massive league of her group from Eindhoven.
‘I loved my time right here immensely. I received the EHL, grew to become nationwide champion and actually developed myself as a area hockey participant and as an individual,’ she says. ‘I’m going to overlook my teammates. With Freeke Moes, for instance, I already performed collectively at Oranje-Rood. I’m very shut with Ground de Haan and Ilse Kappelle. They are surely my buddies, additionally off the sphere. So I’m certain that can keep that manner. Even in case you are not collectively within the group.
Picture: Willem Vernes
The Amsterdam board lower the knot
Morgenstern is among the key gamers within the rebuilding of Amsterdam. The place in latest weeks 5 kids had been recruited and the identical variety of regulars from the previous made manner. Morgenstern is leaving for Hurley, its neighbor within the Amsterdamse Bos. ‘I began fascinated with what I needed through the winter. I wasn’t the one one. There have been extra fascinated with their future. There have been some doubts. I knew adjustments had been coming. I’m additionally 29, what do I nonetheless need? How lengthy do I nonetheless need to play area hockey?” she says.
Within the winter she sat down with Amsterdam’s board. ‘They then made the selection to not lengthen my contract,’ Morgenstern says. ‘I discovered it very troublesome to start with. Had a extremely arduous time with it. It was unclear then what I used to be going to do. The place I used to be going to go. Or that it might immediately be over. But it surely actually didn’t really feel completed but.’
Morgenstern began in search of a brand new membership. A spot that will undoubtedly give her two extra years of vitality. Though a number of golf equipment had been , the puzzle needed to be proper. In spite of everything, she thought-about her working life as an orthopedagist at a psychological well being establishment at the least as vital as her beloved sport. A area hockey membership within the Amsterdam space, the place she lives and works, was due to this fact vital.
The hugs of her household. Picture: Willem Vernes
‘I’m going full steam forward’
‘Hurley matches very properly with what I’m in search of now,’ she says. However undoubtedly don’t see it as winding down, as a result of she says that’s undoubtedly not the case. ‘I nonetheless love the sport manner an excessive amount of. It felt removed from completed. I’m doing nicely and I’m match. I’m going full steam forward, however with Hurley. That membership has a pleasant ambition. Full assault the fourth spot.’
Morgenstern leaves, similar to her pal Joren Romijn, who will defend the Amsterdam purpose within the closing of the playoffs subsequent week. ‘It’s really fairly coincidental that we’re each leaving. For me it’s good this fashion. I stand behind the selection. It was troublesome for some time, however I actually threw off the shyness within the second half of the season,’ she says. She proved that with eleven objectives this season, which earned her ninth place within the high scorers’ classification. At Amsterdam, solely Agustina Gorzelany (18 objectives) made extra.
She couldn’t rating throughout her final play-offs, however afterwards she acquired all of the love that softens a goodbye. Form phrases, flowers and appreciation. And eventually a hug from Romijn. We knew one another from the previous, however our love blossomed once more in Amsterdam. We discovered one another once more right here.’
