NYC Footy's 1st NYCFC Captain of the Match! Emily Li!

Emily is the captain of NoHands FC, a team which would not have existed if they all hadn't serendipitously joined a BetterPlayer practice together last year.

From day 1 it was clear that they all understood the assignment, that Footy, and BetterPlayer, are about doing something fun with people you love.

There is no better team that exemplifies that than NoHands and It's been amazing to watch them grow, in no small part because of Emily.

You can find the tight-knit but open to all NoHands FC all over the city, at Gov Cup, and Footy Fest (last year they even made an amazing documentary about it), with their patented pink kit and custom banner, all thanks to Emily's leadership. 

When Emily is not wrangling NoHands players onto the pitch, she dances and volunteers.

She has two performance intensives coming up this spring, and volunteered with CAAAV doing public housing outreach and organizing of tenants in Mandarin, as well as with a program that helped formerly incarcerated folks learn how to code and transition back into the workforce while she was in school.

We're so proud that people like Emily are a part of our community, and who can create such a wonderful place for so many people to simply come, be together, and have fun.

Thank you, Captain Emily!