Orange County Otters fullback Leandre Diarra always looks forward to the offseason because of the chances it provides to visit his family in Europe. Playing all the way on the west coast of the United States is the furthest he's ever lived from his home country of France, and has been an especially big change after the season he spent just across the English Channel playing for the London Royals in the DSFL. Diarra's wife, Helene, gave birth to the couple's first child during training camp this past season, and so the upcoming offseason is extra special to give her a chance to visit their extended families for the first time (when are ISFL players going to be able to get a bye week? smh). While Diarra was obviously excited about the potential to make the playoffs for the first time of his career, the week 16 games that eliminated OCO from the playoffs did give him a silver lining to plan their European travel earlier.
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