American midfielder Brookelynn Entz completed an impressive college soccer career at Kansas State University with the honour of being drafted to the NWSL. Lucky for us though, she started her professional journey in Iceland, winning a double with Valur. In 16 appearances across all competitions, she got a first taste of Champions League football, and the team were undefeated when she saw the field. Coincidence? HK didn’t seem to think so, as they signed Brookelynn up for the 2023 season in which she would be their top scorer with 14 goals and receive their player of the year award.
When I asked Brookelynn to take part in this photo diary, her HK team had just won their first League Cup match 3-1 against Grindavík, and she had opened her 2024 goal scoring account after just 15 minutes. The diary takes off the following morning and runs until the day of their next match, in which they were beaten 2-0 by an Afturelding side that had won their own opener 9-2. Brookelynn shows us the personal side to her life as a professional footballer on a short recovery period between two games.
Day 1
“Always start recovery day with a coffee and cinnamon roll from my favorite bakery.”
“Recovery time”
“Some fun with friends to end the day”
Day 2
“My daily lunch”
“Relax and watch a little footy”
“Enjoying a beautiful sunset from my balcony”
Day 3
“At the facility for training”
“Made dinner for myself”
“Footy to end the night”
Day 4
“On my daily walk (no matter the weather)”
“Coach 2 flokkur and 3 flokkur kvenna” [that’s the two oldest categories of the women’s youth team]
Day 5
“Always start off gameday with coffee and reading”
“Getting ready for the game in the locker room at Afturelding”
“Always pizza after the game”
Thank you to Brookelynn for doing this inaugural photo diary with me. If you’re a player in any of the men’s and women’s divisions of Iceland’s meistaraflokkur, and you’d like to have a photo diary of your own on the site, send me a message…