Dadekian Returns Home, Regains Confidence with Redbird Soccer

NORMAL, Ill. — For Sosi Dadekian, confidence used to be fragile. One mistake could change the course of an entire practice. A missed pass or misplaced touch could linger in her mind long after the play was over. At Illinois, where she spent her freshman season, she was at the highest level she had experienced, but she wasn’t playing much. She saw just 12 minutes of game action, spending most of her freshman season learning from the sideline and competing in practice. The experience showed her what it would take to play at a high level, but it also took…