Athens to Athens: Iro Fakinou rules the field

Iro Fakinou began her soccer career in the Athens over 5,000 miles from the home of the Bobcats — Athens, Greece.

Raised among the crumbling marble pillars and stark white statues depicting the gods and beasts of a time almost as many years away from the present as she is miles from home, Fakinou came to Ohio with one goal: to represent her country professionally on the field.