Through my research, the main theme that I see is a team. But instead of everyone being best friends with everyone, there are some cliques. Even though there aren't multiple people on the team that absolutely don't like each other, you can still tell who is close and who isn't by body language and overall communication. Although I see these friendships, it is only off of the field. When they are at a game or practice they all unite as one and there is no evidence of any dislikes.
Obviously everyone knows who they get along with and who they don't get along with, but the question of if this theme runs through the fieldsite by the members is absolutely yes. I mean since they are girls and girls seem to have to tendencies to gossip or talk a lot, if you ask a player how they feel about another player they will give you the truth. But since they are a tight knit group because they are always together, it is only natural for not everyone to get along and since they are a team, I received the vibe from them that even though they have disputes they are still closer to each other then they are to outsiders.
In the subculture I feel like I am closer in status to being an insider, but obviously I will never be called one of them. They seem to have gotten used to seeing me around and now they know me pretty well and I know everyone on the team opposed to my first couple days when I knew only a hand full and hadn't even seen some of the girls before.
I would say that my place in the subculture is basically self explanatory. I'm the sister of a player and a fan. Every one of the players knows each others families and they are all pretty comfortable being around each other. So, since I am a sibling they know me, but since I have been around a lot they have noticed me as a fan that watches them and cheers them on, noticing everything during the games, and I am family meaning that I was a shoe in to knowing everyone.
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