![]() “I always understood the importance of being sharp with my handling, being clean with my touches and being accurate with my distribution,” Murphy states. ![]() The biggest growth she saw due to that period in her life was her technical ability. That time in France molded her as a goalkeeper and as a professional. “I understood their non-verbal cues but for the first time in my career, I had to coach myself, analyse myself, instead of relying on my goalkeeping coach to tell me what to do.” Murphy notes that her time with Montpellier really pushed her development forward Photo credit should read SYLVAIN THOMAS/AFP via Getty Images “I didn’t speak the same language as them and didn’t always understand fully what they wanted from me so it forced me to problem-solve on my own,” Murphy notes. It made Casey Murphy become more self-sufficient with how she herself trained and developed as a goalkeeper. The adjustment of going from college to becoming a professional also coincided with the adjustment of a different language and culture to navigate in and around of. “I came from being a collegiate player to being a professional one and I had come from a system in the US to a different system in France.” Murphy recalls all the obstacles she had while adjusting to her new surroundings in France. Murphy spent two years in France, playing in the Champions League as she had hoped and also playing in the Division 1 Féminine. It was an opportunity that I couldn’t pass up and within a few weeks of getting the email, I got on a plane to France and didn’t look back.” “After speaking with my college coaches, they supported me in starting my professional career there as they knew that this is what I had dreamed of doing since I was a kid. “I had all the intention to stay and play in the NWSL but the opportunity to play in the UEFA Women’s Champions League with Montpellier HSC came up instead.” Murphy comments as we discuss her move to France. “I always volunteered to be in goal as well so the coaches would put me there.”įrom then on, with a possible future in the NWSL beckoning, Murphy made a different career choice. “I started out playing half the time on the field, half the time in goal mostly because I was taller and I enjoyed being in goal.” Murphy says. Photo by Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Imagesīefore becoming Rutgers’ all-time career shutout leader with 45 saves (also making her the second highest in the Big Ten), Casey Murphy spent most of her soccer career at the youth level with her local talent team at first, and at 12 or 13 years old, became a full time goalkeeper with her travel soccer team. Ancin still trains Murphy during the off season because of his influence on her game and is someone she still looks up to and trusts. His guidance and trainings for me were specifically geared towards me and helped me improve tremendously.” Murphy says. “He’s a coach that’s able to coach individual goalkeepers and cater his coaching and advice to them. That coaching staff included Lubos Ancin, Rutgers now Assistant Head Coach who was her goalkeeping coach at the time. “My parents could also come to all my home games as well so that was a big reason why I decided to go there for college.” They were calm and seemed like one big family,” Murphy states as we talk about her collegiate career. “The coaching staff really made me want to go there. It’s not a surprise that when she finally had to pick a university to go to for her collegiate career, Rutgers was her first choice. ![]() No matter the sport, she and her family would make the 20 minute drive to the university to watch the games. Growing up in New Jersey, Casey Murphy was born and raised as a Rutgers University fan.
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