Bella Flanigan on Community Building and FIFA Futsal World Cup preparations | She Speaks S2 Ep7

In this episode of She Speaks Season 2, we sit down with Bella Flanigan — a trailblazing Filipina football and futsal player who has represented the Philippines on the biggest stages. ⚽🇵🇭 From debuting at the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 to preparing for the first-ever FIFA Women’s Futsal World Cup, Bella opens up about her growth, leadership, adaptability, and passion for the game. She shares how she balances pressure, builds community abroad, and continues to inspire the next generation of Filipina athletes. In her experience of playing abroad and preparing for the upcoming FIFA Women’s Futsal World Cup, Bella highlights the following: ✨ Life as an athlete playing abroad ✨ Importance of finding a community in new environments ✨ Being a leader is more than just the title, but how you grow individually and with your team ✨ Losing can just be rewritten as learning ✨ Exposure and coverage of the football and futsal community is integral in starting one’s support to the sport 💬 ""I would say one of the biggest lessons I'm learning right now is that nothing's black and white and that not everything's just it's not always about just winning and losing."" 🔔 More episodes on our Filipina athletes on She Speaks by Atleta Filipina: #SheSpeaks #AtletaFilipina #BellaFlanigan #PhilippineFootball #Futsal #WomensSports #FilipinaAthletes #FIFAWorldCup #FutsalWorldCup