Isabella 'Bella' Black is attending the Homeless World Cup this week as a goalkeeper for the USA women's team. I spoke to her following a narrow 6–5 defeat to the Welsh team. Unfortunately a knee injury has curtailed Black's involvement, but she gives greats support to her teammates as we watch the game unfold.
Bella, who tells me she is an open book and happy to talk me about anything, goes on to tell me that she had major problems with her own family. "Growing up with a family of nine, it's kind of hard to get attention to yourself. With them hating me for who I am, they decided to kick me out so I moved to San Francisco by myself.
A period of homelessness followed for Bella—couch surfing, staying in homeless shelters. Happily that's not where her story ends.
In terms of Glasgow, she tells me she has made lots of friends. She has a particular affinity for players in Welsh team.