From one volleyball star to a different, Alyssa Valdez shared a light-weight second with USA captain Micah Christenson on the sidelines of the USA vs. Colombia match within the 2025 FIVB Males’s World Championship on Saturday on the Mall of Asia Enviornment.
In a photograph posted by the Philippine Nationwide Volleyball Federation, Valdez and Christenson have been seen smiling and chatting within the viewers space.
This isn’t the primary time the 2 volleyball stars have met.
They also crossed paths last year during the Volleyball Nations League.
“Yeah, we met one another final yr throughout VNL. We talked a bit bit. I acquired to fulfill not solely her, however a handful of the Filipino ladies’s nationwide staff and a bit little bit of the lads’s staff as properly,” Christenson recalled.
In accordance with the USA staff captain, they’ve saved in contact by means of social media.
“She’s been tremendous form. She advised us that if there’s something we want, they’re right here to assist, and that’s simply an embodiment of Filipino tradition, so form and beneficiant. We’re going to do our greatest to reciprocate that.”
The USA defeated Colombia in their opening match, 25–20, 25–21, 25–14.
—JKC, GMA Built-in Information