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106 BCBUSINESS JULY/AUGUST 2019 BA in pre-medicine and anthropoloy. After being treated by a chiroprac- tor for Achilles tendon problems in her senior year, she was so intrigued that she did her thesis on the subject and obtained her doctorate of chiro- practic from Missouri's Logan University in 2014. She began practising two years later, once she'd retired after competing in the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics. Inspired to become a physiotherapist because of treatment she'd received for numerous soccer inju- ries, Iacchelli got her mas- ter of physiotherapy from the University of Alberta in 2012, after graduating with a BSc in nutrition, exercise and health sci- ence from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. U.S. educational institutions that get federal funding are required to provide as much money for women's as men's sports programs, "so you can just imagine our facilities and our equipment and the support we got," Iachelli says. Tancredi credits her parents for encouraging her to go to school in the States. "My life would have been so diŒerent," she observes. "At that time, that's where the national teams were pulling from. That's where the exposure was: you're on TV, you're all over the media." Both now play soccer recreationally for the North Shore Renegades in the premier division of the Metro Women's Soccer League. Iacchelli joined in 2015 and persuaded Tan- credi to enlist two years later. "I waited a year [after retiring] and then, peer pressure," Tancredi says. Tancredi is a striker, a position she had always played until tearing her anterior cruciate liga- ment right before college. Although recruited as a forward, because the injury slowed her down she played her college career as a centre-back before gradually moving back up the –eld. By 2008, she was a striker again— her favourite position "by far," she con–rms. "Very glamorous." Iacchelli is a mid–elder. "I never changed positions," she says. "I was always attacking-minded." There are two practices a week, which they tend to skip, and a game on Sunday. "It's recreational, but it's not," Iacchelli explains. "Everyone who plays in premier league has played soccer at a high level, whether a little bit professionally, in the Canadian college system or in the States. That's why we get our –x—we love the game still, so it's good enough to be competitive, but it's not too much of a commitment." ( quality time ) Play Time Bard on the Beach is in full swing, celebrating its 30th season. Shakespeare in Love, based on the original screenplay for the 1998 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes, runs until September 18, and a Wild West interpretation of The Taming of the Shrew barrels along until September 21. All's Well That Ends Well, set in India, ends August 11, followed by a modern version of Coriolanus until mid-September. Vanier Park, Vancouver Tickets start at $26; 50-percent discount for youth The Beat Goes On For 40 years, the annual Kamloopa Powwow has celebrated the Secwepemc people's culture and heritage. The colourful mix of storytelling, food, song and dance in traditional regalia attracts performers, craftspeople and spectators from all over North America. Dancers and drummers compete for thousands of dollars in prizes in categories that include Chicken, Fancy Feather, Fancy Shawl, Grass, Jingle and Traditional. Tk'emlups te Secwepemc Powwow Grounds, Kamloops; August 2-4 $10 per day, $20 weekend pass A F T E R HO U R S BCBUSINESS provides quality, need-to-know business content, reaching busy professionals when and how they need it. BCBUSINESS.CA TWIT TER FACEBOOK LINKEDIN eNEWSLET TER MAGAZINE EVENTS

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