Young Indo-Canadian Soccer Player May Be Headed State Side

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NEWTON — Simmrin Dhaliwal, a Whitecaps Girls Elite squad member, aims to lace up for university in Chicago and score starting spot on Northwestern roster.

Dhaliwal could be looking at her future when she attends the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final at BC Place this summer.

The Grade 12 Panorama Ridge Secondary student spent March of 2014 in Costa Rica with the Under-17 national soccer team as the starting right back at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, reported the Now newspaper.

Now, Dhaliwal has made the decision to play National Collegiate Athletic Association Division 1 soccer with Northwestern University after signing her letter of intent on Wednesday (Feb. 4).

However, the Whitecaps Girls Elite squad member had plenty of options of where she wanted to attend post-secondary school. Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Memphis, the University of Nebraska, Georgetown, Iowa, Kentucky and Oregon State were a few of the schools interested in signing Dhaliwal.

Northwestern’s campus, located 22.5 kilometres north of Chicago, and her new coaches were some of the reasons why she chose to be a Wildcat.

“The campus is just perfect, not super big but not too small either,” Dhaliwal said. “(They had) such a nice coaching staff. They were really nice to me and really nice to their players. They had all of the right intentions for all of their players. I could see myself here for four years and really developing not just as a soccer player, but as a person too.”

She committed to Northwestern the day after she came home from her visit last January. When she spoke to her coaches at Northwestern, they gave her confidence that if she impressed them, she could win a starting spot as a freshman.

Dhaliwal will be bringing versatility to the Big Ten Conference, as she can play right back and right midfield, but was scouted as a midfielder for Northwestern.

Courtesy Now Newspaper