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 in opposition to Den Bosch (3-0), however the disappointment was primarily in the truth that she simply performed her final recreation ever for Amsterdam. The striker is leaving for Hurley.
‘It’s simply completed with Amsterdam now. Achieved with the superb 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 dad and mom, boyfriend and buddies, Morgenstern solely needs to begin an interview. One she doesn’t truly really feel very like doing. In any case, she would have appreciated to finish her final recreation within the Amsterdam tenure a lot in a different way. To increase her season by at the least every week. However that was not within the playing cards for the quick striker with Brabant roots.
For as hopeful because the outward recreation in Amsterdam was in opposition to Den Bosch (2-3 loss), issues went so exhausting on the Oosterplas. In fact it was behind my thoughts in the present day that it could possibly be over. You don’t have that feeling through the recreation, however after all it comes on the finish,’ Morgenstern stated. ‘We simply ought to have scored extra through the first recreation,’ her easy conclusion echoes. ‘We believed in it for a very long time and have been combative. However it turned an more and more tough story.’
Fiona Morgenstery cry out within the arms or Anne Venenendal. Photograph: Willem Verns
Her Gigantic Transfer from Oranje-Pink to Amsterdam
Her journey with Amsterdam is over after three seasons. In the summertime of 2022 Morgenstern turned her entire 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. A large step in her profession, whereas within the meantime she made her debut within the Dutch nationwide staff. Amsterdam introduced in a global, with eight caps and two objectives within the Dutch staff.
In her first 12 months with Amsterdam, she instantly turned 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 swap. Her first prize with Amsterdam was implausible and for her virtually as lovely because the direct return to the massive league of her staff from Eindhoven.
‘I loved my time right here immensely. I gained the EHL, turned 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 may keep that means. Even if you’re now not collectively within the staff.
Photograph: Willem Vernes
The Amsterdam board minimize the knot
Morgenstern is without doubt one of the key gamers within the rebuilding of Amsterdam. The place in latest weeks 5 kids have been recruited and the identical variety of regulars from the previous made means. Morgenstern is leaving for Hurley, its neighbor within the Amsterdamse Bos. ‘I began eager about what I needed through the winter. I wasn’t the one one. There have been extra eager about their future. There have been some doubts. I knew modifications have 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 tough to start with. Had a extremely exhausting 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 abruptly be over. However it actually didn’t really feel completed but.’
Morgenstern began in search of a brand new membership. A spot that will positively give her two extra years of power. Though a number of golf equipment have been , the puzzle needed to be proper. In any case, she thought of her working life as an orthopedagist at a psychological well being establishment at the least as necessary as her beloved recreation. A area hockey membership within the Amsterdam space, the place she lives and works, was due to this fact necessary.
The hugs of her household. Photograph: Willem Vernes
‘I’m going full steam forward’
‘Hurley matches very properly with what I’m in search of now,’ she says. However positively don’t see it as winding down, as a result of she says that’s positively not the case. ‘I nonetheless love the sport means an excessive amount of. It felt removed from completed. I’m doing properly 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 buddy Joren Romijn, who will defend the Amsterdam purpose within the ultimate of the playoffs subsequent week. ‘It’s truly fairly coincidental that we’re each leaving. For me it’s good this manner. I stand behind the selection. It was tough 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 prime scorers’ classification. At Amsterdam, solely Agustina Gorzelany (18 objectives) made extra.
She couldn’t rating throughout her final play-offs, however afterwards she obtained all of the love that softens a goodbye. Type phrases, flowers and appreciation. And at last 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.’
