http://hppr.org en http://hppr.org/post/soccer-star-soap-opera-roots-aims-olympics Indiana University soccer star Orianica Velasquez is on a mission — to get to the London Olympics with Colombia's women's soccer team. And she wants to send a message about the country where she was born.<p>"My dream is to get a medal for Colombia," she says, adding that she wants to show the world "it's just not violence, it's just not drugs — we can play soccer and we can do great things because we have great people there."<p>The coach of the Colombian women's team, Ricardo Rozo, says he didn't discover Velasquez's raw athletic talent on the field — he discovered it on TV. Mon, 07 May 2012 23:11:00 +0000 Jessica Naudziunas 435 at http://hppr.org Soccer Star With Soap Opera Roots Aims At Olympics