1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,720 Speaker 1: I still have a lot to learn, but I have 2 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 1: a lot to give, and I'm not going to be 3 00:00:03,760 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: able to play soccer forever. And it would be a 4 00:00:07,240 --> 00:00:09,399 Speaker 1: shame if I just left the game and just took 5 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,480 Speaker 1: all the knowledge right I had and didn't share it. 6 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 2: What's going on, everyone, Emily A Badi. 7 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:32,200 Speaker 3: Here You are listening to episode three seventy three of Hurdle, 8 00:00:32,520 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 3: a wellness focused podcast where I talk to inspirational people 9 00:00:35,720 --> 00:00:38,400 Speaker 3: about everything from their highest tides and toughest moments to 10 00:00:38,600 --> 00:00:42,279 Speaker 3: essential tips on how to live a healthier, happier, more 11 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 3: motivated life. 12 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 2: We all go through our fair share of hurdles. 13 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 3: My goal through these discussions is to empower you to 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,280 Speaker 3: better navigate yours and move with intention so that you 15 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 3: can stride towards your own big potential and of course 16 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:01,040 Speaker 3: have some fun along the way. Today I am I'm excited, amped, 17 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 3: geeked to bring you my conversation with Lynn Biandolo. Originally 18 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 3: coming onto the soccer scene as Lynn Williams. Lynn is 19 00:01:09,760 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 3: a forward for the Seattle Range. She's also the National 20 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,800 Speaker 3: Woman Soccer League's all time leading scorer. 21 00:01:17,240 --> 00:01:19,520 Speaker 2: Seriously, I hate, I. 22 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 3: Don't love the term fangirl, but that's really how I 23 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,839 Speaker 3: walked into this conversation with Lynn. We kick things off 24 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,959 Speaker 3: joking about her new YouTube project with her husband Marley 25 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 3: and what it was like picking up and moving to 26 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 3: Seattle to start a new chapter with the Rain. Of course, 27 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,320 Speaker 3: we dive into her backstory, talking about playing at Pepperdine 28 00:01:41,400 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 3: and the lessons that she's learned along the way as 29 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,960 Speaker 3: both the league and Lynn have evolved. We dive into 30 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 3: what it was like to go from alternate to roster 31 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 3: for both of the past Olympic Games, and of course 32 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 3: detailed the epic noss that was the win in Paris, 33 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,960 Speaker 3: something that I was absolute slutely geeked to be there 34 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:03,440 Speaker 3: for on the ground. 35 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 2: So many good takeaways in this episode. 36 00:02:05,720 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 3: If there's anything you can expect from Lynn, it's laughs 37 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 3: and of course a whole lot of grit. Make sure 38 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,680 Speaker 3: you're following along over on social It's at Hurdle Podcast. 39 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 2: I am over at Emily a body. 40 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 3: For all of you that are keeping up with my 41 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 3: travels in Tokyo, I appreciate you. It has been one 42 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 3: hell of a time out here cheering on all of 43 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 3: the team USA athletes as they take on the World 44 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 3: Athletics championships, and honestly, I'm just in my feels watching 45 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:37,240 Speaker 3: so many stellar humans chase their own potential. 46 00:02:37,240 --> 00:02:38,359 Speaker 2: I'm motivated, and. 47 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 3: I hope that you are too today listening to this. 48 00:02:41,320 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 3: With that, let's get to it, let's get it's a hurdling. 49 00:02:48,360 --> 00:02:48,720 Speaker 2: Today. 50 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 3: I am sitting down with Lynn Biandolo. She's the NWSL's 51 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:57,000 Speaker 3: all time leading scorer, a forward for the Seattle Rain, 52 00:02:57,040 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 3: a two time Olympian. Lynn, Welcome to hurdle. How are 53 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,080 Speaker 3: we Thank you so much for having me. I'm doing well. 54 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,799 Speaker 2: I'm so excited to have you here. I'm good. I'm good. 55 00:03:05,919 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 3: I'm better now that we're here together. And I have 56 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 3: a confession for you in that I am a fan 57 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 3: of this is cooked. 58 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: Oh my gosh, thank you so much, first and foremost, 59 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: but what a wild ride that. 60 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:26,360 Speaker 2: Is going to be so for those that are not 61 00:03:26,600 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 2: of my level of fandom. 62 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:33,240 Speaker 3: Lynn has a relatively new cooking show with her husband Marley, 63 00:03:33,400 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 3: and it's pretty good. 64 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 2: Thank you. Yeah. 65 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:40,280 Speaker 1: We started it back in like twenty eighteen, and then 66 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: he was in Australia, I was here and we were like, 67 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:47,840 Speaker 1: we can't obviously do it by continentally, and so we 68 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: started to do the show on TikTok and we're like, 69 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: well we should take it to YouTube, and so far 70 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: we've gotten really good reviews. But it's crazy it's Cozzy 71 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: in there. 72 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 3: Is YouTube like so much different than the other platforms 73 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 3: that you're used to. 74 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think it's well, first of all, he does 75 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:05,760 Speaker 1: like all the tech stuff, so I just show up 76 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: and do it and come up with like what we're 77 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 1: gonna cook and he does everything else. But I think 78 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: it's just like a way to get like long form 79 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,360 Speaker 1: videos out there, and with TikTok, they're just such a 80 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 1: small snippet that people aren't seeing actually what's going on 81 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: behind the scenes. 82 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:21,919 Speaker 3: This is just a way for them to do that. 83 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 3: So it's everyone needs a passion project, right, Yeah, exactly exactly. 84 00:04:26,839 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 3: We can't be like just working all the time. 85 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:31,119 Speaker 1: And I enjoy it, Like we don't really cook together 86 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 1: that often except for that one moment in the week, and. 87 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:39,679 Speaker 2: Every time I'm like, why are we like this? Why 88 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 2: are we like this? 89 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 3: Well? I always start off the show by level setting 90 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 3: and expectation. 91 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: How are you doing really today? Lynn? 92 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: Well, I'm good, I'm a little tired, not gonna lie. 93 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: We just had a game last night and we tied, 94 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 1: but we should have won, so a little disappointing. 95 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,560 Speaker 2: But other than that, I mean, life's good. 96 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 1: The sun is out, I'm breathing, you can't really can fly, 97 00:05:00,320 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: and I play soccer for a living. 98 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 3: You know, like, I'm fine, Everything is fine. How are 99 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 3: we liking this shift to Seattle? I love it. 100 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:12,160 Speaker 2: I honestly wasn't expecting it to like it so much. 101 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 2: I don't know why. 102 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,680 Speaker 1: When I like thought about Seattle as a place, like 103 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 1: the only thought I had was like people love hiking 104 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 1: or downtown and coming from like the New York, New 105 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 1: Jersey area, the downtown here is like not as robust 106 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: and thriving. But no, then I got here love it. It's 107 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,839 Speaker 1: it's amazing. The summertime has been amazing. Maybe I'm like 108 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:37,119 Speaker 1: a little naive. I haven't really spent a whole winter here, 109 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,080 Speaker 1: so come talk to me later about that. But you know, 110 00:05:41,200 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 1: the team is awesome, the girls have been amazing, and 111 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,440 Speaker 1: I'm really close to my family, So the kind has 112 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,040 Speaker 1: ticked all the boxes that anybody could want. 113 00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I'm sure that Megan gave you some tips 114 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 3: some things to do in Seattle. 115 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: Honestly, no like she's she she she was great of 116 00:05:59,240 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 1: like where I should live, but other than that, she's like, yeah, 117 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:03,280 Speaker 1: just like figure it out. 118 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 2: And you're like, okay, thanks, I will. 119 00:06:06,839 --> 00:06:08,680 Speaker 3: Well, I appreciate what you said. You were like, life 120 00:06:08,680 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 3: can't be that bad. I play soccer for a living. 121 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,960 Speaker 3: When you say sentences like that, now, is this what 122 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 3: you always foresaw yourself doing when you got to this 123 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:18,919 Speaker 3: point in your life? 124 00:06:19,400 --> 00:06:23,080 Speaker 1: No, well, I think that it's I mean, it's hard 125 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: because when I was growing up, first of all, I 126 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:27,560 Speaker 1: ran track and played soccer. 127 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,000 Speaker 2: I knew that I was like an active person. 128 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: I wanted to play sports, but at the same time, 129 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 1: there wasn't like a professional soccer league, so it was 130 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: like national team or bust. And I really wanted to 131 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: be on the national team, but I also like wasn't 132 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:43,719 Speaker 1: really getting recruited to play soccer. The only team that 133 00:06:43,760 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: wanted me was Pepperdine, and I love Pepperdine, but it's 134 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 1: not It's like a mid major school when it comes 135 00:06:48,760 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 1: to soccer, and they do well for the type of 136 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: team that it is, but it wasn't It's not like 137 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: your UNC R, UCLA at the time, Stanford, all those 138 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,080 Speaker 1: big schools, so I was like, well, what am I 139 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: going to do? And then I got to the league, 140 00:07:04,360 --> 00:07:08,080 Speaker 1: and now that the league has like taken off, I like, 141 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:10,560 Speaker 1: look at my life and me and my husband all 142 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: the time, we like pinch yourselves. 143 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 2: I'm like, I can't believe this is my life. I 144 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:14,119 Speaker 2: can't believe this is what I'm doing. 145 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 3: So fun to be able to do it not only 146 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:21,120 Speaker 3: and follow your passions, but then also make such lasting 147 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:25,200 Speaker 3: special relationships within the sport. Teamwork being such a major 148 00:07:25,280 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 3: cornerstone of what you get to enjoy as a player. 149 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 3: In the end of USL, what would you say from 150 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 3: the get go surprised you about getting into the league? 151 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 2: Oh? 152 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: Well, the league now that we're in is a very 153 00:07:38,360 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: different league than when I first started. I think that 154 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: what really surprised me is you expect to go to 155 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: the professional level and it's going to be like this 156 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 1: jump or this hurdle in all areas of professionalism, and 157 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 1: it really wasn't. 158 00:07:49,880 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 2: At the time. 159 00:07:50,560 --> 00:07:55,560 Speaker 1: The locker room wasn't great, the training staff wasn't great. 160 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 1: I washed all my clothes and as like a rookie, 161 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: we washed everybody's close. The travel, like everything across the 162 00:08:02,720 --> 00:08:06,480 Speaker 1: board was like subpar. And on top of that, like 163 00:08:06,840 --> 00:08:08,920 Speaker 1: I think my first contract, I was making like twelve 164 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,280 Speaker 1: thousand dollars a year. So I just remember being like, 165 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: I really can't live off of this, and I relied 166 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 1: on my family a lot. And so I think that 167 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:23,160 Speaker 1: that was the biggest hurdle first and foremost. And also 168 00:08:23,200 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: like the biggest shock is that I was like, I 169 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: want to be on the national team. I want to 170 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: have all these like dreams and goals and meet them, 171 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: and I want to be this amazing professional soccer player. 172 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 1: And they were asking you to do this on like 173 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,960 Speaker 1: such a small salary, and the conditions weren't great either, and. 174 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 2: So it was like, well, how are we supposed to 175 00:08:42,480 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 2: do both? 176 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 3: So were there moments early on that you were literally 177 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 3: debating like, even though I have this deep passion for 178 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 3: this sport and this dream of what could happen for me, 179 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 3: is it actually feasible? 180 00:08:55,480 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 2: Oh one hundred percent? 181 00:08:56,440 --> 00:08:58,480 Speaker 1: I think that I also on top of that, like 182 00:08:58,520 --> 00:09:00,319 Speaker 1: I was in Western New York, I was as the 183 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:01,439 Speaker 1: country for my family. 184 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:03,559 Speaker 2: This is naive, Lynn. 185 00:09:03,760 --> 00:09:05,600 Speaker 1: When I first got drafted to New York, I was like, 186 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: I'm going to the big city and it was in 187 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:11,160 Speaker 1: Buffalo and when I got there, I was like, I've 188 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 1: never seen so much snow on the ground in my life, 189 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:16,520 Speaker 1: and so I think I cried on the phone to 190 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:18,960 Speaker 1: my mom like once a week, being like I can't 191 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: do this. I don't know if this is for me. 192 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,120 Speaker 1: There was also some like our team wasn't very good. 193 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: There were some like issues within the locker room and 194 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: with the coach and all of that kind of stuff, 195 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 1: and so I was like, this isn't what I signed 196 00:09:31,480 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 1: up for. 197 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 2: I didn't this isn't what I thought I was getting 198 00:09:33,240 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 2: myself into. 199 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 1: And I think that I was really lucky to at 200 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 1: the time be amongst players that kind of had the 201 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:45,640 Speaker 1: same mindset as me and the same age. You know, 202 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,960 Speaker 1: I got drafted with Abby dal kepra Sam Muis, Jalen Hinkle, 203 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 1: Kristin Hamilton, and so all of us had the same 204 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 1: dreams and goals, but we're also going through all. 205 00:09:55,920 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 2: The same stuff and we were like, this isn't good enough. 206 00:09:58,280 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: And I think that that group of of women now 207 00:10:02,080 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: kind of tried to push and be like, how do 208 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:04,760 Speaker 1: we make this better? 209 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:12,079 Speaker 2: Do you remember when or where the turning point was? Yeah? 210 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:12,760 Speaker 2: We okay. 211 00:10:12,840 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 1: So I remember at the time they used to do 212 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: end of season surveys, and all of us in our 213 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: in our survey, I think wrote the same thing down 214 00:10:22,160 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 1: of like this isn't good enough. 215 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 2: Something needs to change. Blah blah blah blah. Who knows? 216 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:30,160 Speaker 2: That just feels like a lifetime ago. 217 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,520 Speaker 1: And then that next year we had a new coach 218 00:10:35,200 --> 00:10:39,200 Speaker 1: and we also had new players coming in and it 219 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 1: was kind of like a mosh posh of outcast players 220 00:10:44,360 --> 00:10:47,600 Speaker 1: that came together that like weren't having a lot of 221 00:10:47,640 --> 00:10:50,719 Speaker 1: success or fun in their previous clubs or on their 222 00:10:50,760 --> 00:10:54,840 Speaker 1: previous teams and kind of came together and we're like, well, 223 00:10:55,600 --> 00:10:57,520 Speaker 1: this is it. Like, look, let's look around. We're all 224 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 1: in Buffalo. If we want to have a better season 225 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:01,960 Speaker 1: we did last year and have more fun, something's got 226 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 1: to change. And so we had a new coach and 227 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 1: we kind of like bought into this idea that the 228 00:11:06,640 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: coach wanted us to do, and we ended up going 229 00:11:12,160 --> 00:11:14,600 Speaker 1: on and winning the championship and we had no business 230 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: doing that, but it was kind of just like we 231 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 1: got back to loving soccer and enjoying going to work, 232 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,160 Speaker 1: even though like the conditions still weren't great. It was 233 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:26,319 Speaker 1: it was just like we have to make the best 234 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 1: or the most of the situation we have. Yeah, and 235 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:32,199 Speaker 1: then also like at the time, there was this host 236 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 1: family in Western New York, the Maloys, and they had 237 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: five little girls, and one of our teammates lived with them, 238 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: and they kind of just like took us in as well, 239 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 1: and it was like a little home away from home 240 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,520 Speaker 1: where you could go and get a home cooked meal, 241 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 1: you could play with the kids and really feel like 242 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: you're like living life and not just like a soccer 243 00:11:52,320 --> 00:11:53,120 Speaker 1: player all the time. 244 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 2: And I think that that was the first time of like, 245 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 2: oh we can have like we can do both. 246 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:58,559 Speaker 1: We can like be a soccer player and you could 247 00:11:59,240 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: have a life outside and everything can be good. You know. 248 00:12:03,559 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 2: It's so interesting. 249 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,640 Speaker 3: I've heard of like host families abroad, but I don't 250 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 3: know if I realized that that was something that players 251 00:12:08,640 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 3: did domestically. 252 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:10,680 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, there. 253 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 1: When the league first started, it was like you had 254 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 1: a couple of options. You either had shared housing a 255 00:12:15,880 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: host family, or a couple of players had team housing 256 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 1: that the league and the team paid for. 257 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 2: But that was like a select few. Yeah, that's wild, 258 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:27,400 Speaker 2: that's absolutely I know. 259 00:12:28,960 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure like this is rare, but like Jess 260 00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: Fishlock still lives with her host family from like thirteen 261 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 1: years ago, So it's. 262 00:12:35,960 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 3: That is so rare, I mean, and I feel like 263 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,560 Speaker 3: that's definitely not something really that you hear of much 264 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 3: more like talk about how far things have gone. 265 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 1: No, definitely, I mean, I think that was my choice 266 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: now with her, she like loves them and their house 267 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:49,480 Speaker 1: is beautiful, but why not? 268 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 2: This league is very different than the league that I 269 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 2: first started in, which is a good thing. It is 270 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 2: a good thing. It is a good thing, and it's 271 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:57,840 Speaker 2: so interesting to me. 272 00:12:57,880 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 3: I think a really good point that you made is 273 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 3: like you all consciously made the decision. 274 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:03,520 Speaker 2: You were like, what is within our power to make 275 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 2: this better? 276 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 3: And I think that oftentimes, when you're going through a 277 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:09,120 Speaker 3: challenging situation or a hurdle, you can get kind of 278 00:13:09,160 --> 00:13:11,679 Speaker 3: wrapped up in your circumstance. You can get frustrated, you 279 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:15,880 Speaker 3: can embody, maybe unintentionally, this victim mindset, right, And so 280 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 3: until you can get to this place where you're like, 281 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 3: what can I take ownership out of here, that's when 282 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:22,440 Speaker 3: things are really going to change. 283 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 2: Oh one hundred percent. 284 00:13:23,679 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that, Like, obviously you need to be 285 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: able to reflect and say, like, what is something that 286 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:32,840 Speaker 1: is like my own issue that I need to work on, 287 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 1: or what is like a larger issue that every single 288 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:35,959 Speaker 1: person is going through. 289 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, like what can 290 00:13:37,840 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 2: I control? I can't. 291 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 1: I can't harp on for example, like if there's a 292 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,680 Speaker 1: coach that I don't like, I can't just harp on that. 293 00:13:45,080 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: It's like can I can I change that situation? 294 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 2: Probably not? But what can I change? 295 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:52,000 Speaker 1: And that was something that we did in Western New 296 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 1: York at the time, Like there were some things that 297 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: we were like this just isn't good enough, and what 298 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,720 Speaker 1: can we do as young twenty one year old twenty 299 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 1: two year olds that don't really know anything just yet 300 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:05,199 Speaker 1: and what this league is about just yet? 301 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 2: How can we try to implement change? And at that time, 302 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 2: like the league was. 303 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,240 Speaker 1: Only it had only been two years old, and so 304 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: it was kind of ground up. It's like, if we 305 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:15,719 Speaker 1: want to change things, we have to do it right 306 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 1: now when it's starting. Then things to get worse and 307 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,240 Speaker 1: worse and worse, and then five years down the road 308 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 1: is going to be harder to change. 309 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 3: I know that Typically speaking athletes, when they're young in 310 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 3: their career, they're really dialed in on the physical, the 311 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 3: performance side of things. When would you say, in your 312 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,040 Speaker 3: professional career you started to really have a good understanding 313 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 3: that the mental really is just as important. 314 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 2: Oh, that's a great question. 315 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:44,440 Speaker 1: I think that after twenty nineteen I really started to 316 00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: take it seriously. So by that time, I was playing 317 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: in North Carolina, and I was in and out of 318 00:14:51,600 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: the national team, and I was trying to make the 319 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:58,480 Speaker 1: World Cup roster. But I was failing miserably at it 320 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: just because I want it so bad. I describe it 321 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 1: as like when you're holding the bar soap so tightly 322 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: that it like slips from your grass. 323 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 2: And that's how I felt with the World Cup. 324 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: I wanted it so badly that I was holding on 325 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: so tight that I wasn't even playing like myself. I 326 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: wasn't being my personality. I wasn't being myself on the field. 327 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:23,440 Speaker 1: I was afraid to make a mistake, and then in turn, 328 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: I made all of the mistakes, and so I realized, like, Okay, 329 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:29,480 Speaker 1: I can't do that again. 330 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:30,480 Speaker 2: That was horrible. 331 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,960 Speaker 1: Go back play with my club team and thought, well, 332 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 1: I need to do something to change, And I went 333 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: to Australia played soccer there for a bit, and I 334 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: got called back into the national team after being out 335 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,240 Speaker 1: for like I think it was like almost a whole year, 336 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 1: and then it was time to like go for the Olympics. 337 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: This is right before COVID hit and I could see 338 00:15:51,280 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: myself doing it again and I was like, oh my gosh, 339 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:56,840 Speaker 1: I want this Olympic so bad, and I was like 340 00:15:56,960 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 1: holding on again so tightly, And in that moment, I said, 341 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: you know what, when you need to get a sports 342 00:16:02,600 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 1: psyche because I could. I was like recognizing this pattern 343 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:07,760 Speaker 1: in myself and it was probably the best thing I 344 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 1: ever did for my career. 345 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:13,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's really impressive, this moment where you're like, okay, again, 346 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 3: it's up to me to make a change, and how 347 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:19,560 Speaker 3: I talk to myself here matters, and also being to 348 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:23,000 Speaker 3: being able to identify like, hey, this really isn't working 349 00:16:23,040 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 3: for me. 350 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 2: That's super impressive. Oh thank you. 351 00:16:25,880 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: Yeah. I think that like when when you're a professional athlete, 352 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,960 Speaker 1: you're like super self critical anyways, Like we're getting feedback 353 00:16:32,000 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: all the time from whatever your coaches online, how you perform, 354 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: and so we're again being self critical on ourselves. And 355 00:16:41,120 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: I think in those moments is when I realized, like Okay, 356 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,960 Speaker 1: let me reflect, let me watch film on myself, what 357 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:49,920 Speaker 1: is going on? And again I was like, I'm this 358 00:16:49,960 --> 00:16:51,880 Speaker 1: is a pattern. This isn't like a one off. I 359 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: just experienced this a year ago. So how do I 360 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: get myself out of this? I clearly can't do it 361 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:57,480 Speaker 1: by myself. 362 00:16:58,120 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 3: On the topic of feedback, would you say, now you're 363 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 3: at a place where you know, like what feedback is 364 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:08,159 Speaker 3: helpful feedback versus like maybe how to let unsolicited feedback go? 365 00:17:09,119 --> 00:17:11,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean early on in my career, I think. 366 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:16,160 Speaker 1: I mean, especially with social media now it's like crazy. 367 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 1: You have a good game, you get on there and 368 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:20,120 Speaker 1: you like scroll and you're like, what is everybody saying 369 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:22,119 Speaker 1: about me? And you have a bad game and you're like, 370 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 1: what is everybody saying about me? Like I and and 371 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,919 Speaker 1: it's almost like this addictive thing that's happening. Now, I'm like, 372 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:32,439 Speaker 1: not on social media at all until I have to be, 373 00:17:32,640 --> 00:17:33,280 Speaker 1: and I don't. 374 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:37,360 Speaker 2: I don't go into the comments. Look like, you could 375 00:17:37,520 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 2: be the best person. 376 00:17:38,800 --> 00:17:40,840 Speaker 1: For example, you could give a million dollars to like 377 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:42,959 Speaker 1: cancer research, and somebody's gonna come out and say, well, 378 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:46,000 Speaker 1: why aren't you giving to MS research? 379 00:17:46,040 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 2: And you're like sorry, Like there's. 380 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 1: You're never gonna please everybody and you're gonna have people 381 00:17:51,960 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: who like you as well. And so I found that 382 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:57,360 Speaker 1: you can't get your validation from people online of if 383 00:17:57,400 --> 00:17:59,200 Speaker 1: they hate you or if they like you. Like it's 384 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:02,960 Speaker 1: it's dangerous both ways. I think I learned that a 385 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 1: while ago as well. It's just it's like a toxic environment. 386 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: So if I'm not coming to you for advice, like 387 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:12,879 Speaker 1: I don't care what you have to say, and that 388 00:18:13,000 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: sounds and that sounds like harsh, but it's the truth. 389 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 3: I think that's brilliant. Yeah, It's something that I really 390 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:20,040 Speaker 3: try to keep like. 391 00:18:20,000 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 2: In the back of my mind as well. 392 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 3: I remember that I had Tunday oion A and on 393 00:18:24,359 --> 00:18:26,000 Speaker 3: the show a while back, and she said to me 394 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 3: that when she first got onto the Peloton platform, it 395 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 3: was so hard for her because so many people had 396 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 3: an opinion. And a colleague of her said to her, 397 00:18:34,520 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 3: would you ever go on someone's social media page and 398 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,679 Speaker 3: say something nasty? And Tunday was like, absolutely not, and 399 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,320 Speaker 3: she was like, then why would you ever take someone 400 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 3: seriously that would do that to you? 401 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:51,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, And I'm like, I'm imagine nobody would ever 402 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:53,080 Speaker 1: come up to me in person and say that either. 403 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 1: And so that's like hiding behind a keyboard, hide behind 404 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 1: your phone, and it's like easy to say it when 405 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 1: you don't have that personal connection. And then obviously there's 406 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,239 Speaker 1: like lovely messages too, which don't get me wrong, I 407 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: love them and I think they're amazing, and I like 408 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 1: try to show like that I love that and that 409 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:13,240 Speaker 1: I love like fans and coming out when I see 410 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,720 Speaker 1: them in person. But like again, I can't get my 411 00:19:16,000 --> 00:19:18,679 Speaker 1: validation from that, Like you have to get that from within. 412 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 1: And that's the thing about sports is like you can't 413 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: get too high and you can't get too low. You 414 00:19:23,119 --> 00:19:25,240 Speaker 1: just have to stay in this middle ground. And that's 415 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 1: like part of it. 416 00:19:25,920 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 2: Too, staying neutral. Babies. 417 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:31,840 Speaker 3: So you talked about working with that sports psychologist or 418 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 3: seeking out a sports psychologist to really get your mind right. 419 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,159 Speaker 3: What did you notice changed for you when you started 420 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 3: consciously working on your mind. 421 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 2: Oh? Everything. 422 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: I think like the way that I was approaching the game, 423 00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:46,679 Speaker 1: being able to like just do breath work of just 424 00:19:47,200 --> 00:19:50,479 Speaker 1: when we get up tight, our shoulders get high, and 425 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:53,760 Speaker 1: then we perceive that we're tired when we're not actually tired. 426 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,280 Speaker 1: It's because our heart is racing and our everything is 427 00:19:56,320 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 1: going on, So being able to like take a deep breath, 428 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,399 Speaker 1: being able to like visualize what is going on or 429 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:05,200 Speaker 1: what I envision myself doing. So it's not the first 430 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: time I'm seeing it when I'm out there and then 431 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 1: going down like if I'm having a really big spiral, 432 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,880 Speaker 1: going down the whole spiral path of well what if 433 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:14,960 Speaker 1: that happens? 434 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 2: Okay, and then what if that happens? 435 00:20:16,520 --> 00:20:18,639 Speaker 1: And then what if and then you get down to 436 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: the very end and you're like, well, what's what was 437 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: the biggest or the worst thing they possibly happened. And 438 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,399 Speaker 1: it's like, well, the first thing that possibly happened is 439 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 1: you get cut from the team and then you're done 440 00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 1: playing soccer and you're like, well, your life's not over. 441 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:32,080 Speaker 1: Like that's what suck, but you'll figure it out, you 442 00:20:32,119 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 1: know what I mean, like entirely. So I think that 443 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 1: that was part of it. It's like, take me down 444 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:42,639 Speaker 1: to like deepest fears in this moment, and I realized 445 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 1: that they weren't that deep, and so so that was 446 00:20:47,280 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: like an ability to like let go and just perform 447 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:53,920 Speaker 1: and just play and love the game. And I'm really happy. 448 00:20:53,920 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 1: I got back to that moment because yes, it's a job, 449 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:59,440 Speaker 1: and yes it's stressful and you feel like the weight 450 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: of the world is on you. But when you like 451 00:21:01,359 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 1: look up and actually like look at it as a 452 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 1: whole picture, it's you're fine. 453 00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 2: We're all fine. 454 00:21:06,640 --> 00:21:10,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, you're fine. Every real's fine. It's not the world ending. 455 00:21:10,240 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 2: Yeah. 456 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:12,480 Speaker 3: No, I totally relate to you on that, like allow 457 00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 3: yourself to go through the spiral, because yes, that's scary, 458 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 3: but also you get to this point where you realize 459 00:21:18,119 --> 00:21:21,000 Speaker 3: that this quote unquote worst case scenario that you've been 460 00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 3: building up in your head really isn't going to be 461 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:25,600 Speaker 3: the worst thing that could ever happen to you. 462 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:27,000 Speaker 2: Exactly. Yeah. 463 00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: And again, like I kept saying to myself too, like 464 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:33,920 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, I'm I'm gonna fail in front of 465 00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,359 Speaker 1: the world, like everybody's gonna. 466 00:21:36,119 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 2: Talk about it, blah blah blah blah blah. 467 00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:40,119 Speaker 1: And then I had to kind of remind myself of 468 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,000 Speaker 1: like Lynn, you were cut from the national team for 469 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 1: a year, anyways, you were fine. 470 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:45,719 Speaker 2: Also, it was like a spotlight effect. 471 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:47,840 Speaker 1: People talked about it for like maybe point five seconds, 472 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: and then nobody cared, like you care about your career 473 00:21:49,840 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: way more than anybody else, So like, relax, girl. 474 00:21:54,600 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 2: But it's entirely understandable because it's your career and you're 475 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,160 Speaker 2: putting so much time and energy into. 476 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: It, oh d percent, And I'm not saying my feelings 477 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:03,840 Speaker 1: aren't valid and anybody else going through that their feelings 478 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 1: aren't valid, and it's like real emotion. 479 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 3: Where are you then when you learn that you made 480 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:09,920 Speaker 3: your first Olympic team. 481 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,680 Speaker 1: Well, I, first of all, it's so funny because I'm 482 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 1: like two for two and Olympic alternates turned to Olympian 483 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 1: turned medalists, which is like crazy. 484 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 2: But I remembered that I was told that I was. 485 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:24,879 Speaker 1: Going to be an alternate, and I was obviously like 486 00:22:24,920 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: disappointed in the moment, but then I was really proud 487 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,119 Speaker 1: of myself because again I recognized that I was like 488 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:36,439 Speaker 1: spiraling and the last couple of camps that leading up 489 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 1: to Olympics, like I was in the camps, but I 490 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 1: didn't play a single minute. So I was like, there's 491 00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:44,200 Speaker 1: no way I'm making this Olympic roster. And you start 492 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 1: like counting numbers right like you're like there's going to 493 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 1: be six defenders, There's going to be six forwards, there's 494 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:52,120 Speaker 1: gonna be five midfielders, and then you start like going 495 00:22:52,119 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: and you're like which one am I what is player for? 496 00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:56,800 Speaker 1: And start freaking yourself out a bit. And I was like, 497 00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 1: I'm not stubbing into games. And then the very last 498 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: before the roster is going to be announced, I wasn't 499 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:06,920 Speaker 1: supposed to go in, and then all of a sudden, 500 00:23:07,680 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 1: vlack coat goes Linn go in the game and I 501 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 1: didn't even warm up yet, and there was like three 502 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 1: minutes left, and I said to myself, well, when you're 503 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 1: going to have to show all that you can in 504 00:23:17,880 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: these three minutes. And I remember defending hard, getting a ball, 505 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,159 Speaker 1: laying it off, scoring a goal when I was like, 506 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:25,600 Speaker 1: that's all I got? Like, I scored a goal quickly, 507 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 1: I defended as hard as I could, I kept the 508 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:31,040 Speaker 1: ball whatever. And so when I was told I was 509 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:35,240 Speaker 1: an alternate, I was proud because I had gotten myself 510 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 1: out of this like rut that I had been in 511 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:40,800 Speaker 1: for months, and I think I switched it around within 512 00:23:40,880 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 1: like a month too, was the month amount of time 513 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 1: I was spending with my sports sy like, and so 514 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: I was like, okay, here we go, Like I'm proud 515 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,520 Speaker 1: and then I had heard whispers around that like, no, 516 00:23:52,640 --> 00:23:55,679 Speaker 1: you need to be ready because they might be opening 517 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 1: up this roster. And then that kind of went into 518 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: a different mindset of Okay. 519 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:08,959 Speaker 3: Well, here we go, taking a break from today's episode 520 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,320 Speaker 3: to give some love to my sponsor at inside Tracker. 521 00:24:12,640 --> 00:24:16,120 Speaker 3: Inside Tracker analyzes your blood, DNA and fitness tracking data 522 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:20,160 Speaker 3: to deliver a personalized, science backed action plan to help 523 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:23,680 Speaker 3: you feel stronger, perform better, and live longer. 524 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 2: You know that saying coaches need coaches. 525 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:28,440 Speaker 3: Well, even if you think that you have a great 526 00:24:28,560 --> 00:24:32,200 Speaker 3: understanding of your body, there is no such thing as 527 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 3: having too much information to feel your best. 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Are you someone that really believes 566 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,160 Speaker 3: at all in like manifestation or I know we talked 567 00:27:07,160 --> 00:27:09,880 Speaker 3: about how you were working on visualization and so it's 568 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:11,639 Speaker 3: not the first time you experienced it when you're in 569 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:13,600 Speaker 3: the game, But were you doing any of that before 570 00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:14,199 Speaker 3: this happened? 571 00:27:15,160 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 2: Not really. 572 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: I wouldn't consider myself like a manifestation. I am more 573 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: of like positive energy attracts positivity and negative energy attracts negativity. 574 00:27:26,040 --> 00:27:28,400 Speaker 2: That's like how I live my life. 575 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 1: So if you want to call that manifesting, sure, but 576 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,119 Speaker 1: I'm just more like be positive and positive things will happen. 577 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 2: Yeah. No, and I think that's so important. 578 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,760 Speaker 3: Energy Energy attracts like energy, right, So if you're willing 579 00:27:39,800 --> 00:27:41,400 Speaker 3: to put that goodness into the world, then you can 580 00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:45,080 Speaker 3: hope that goodness will find you again. So you go 581 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:47,840 Speaker 3: to your first Olympics, you make that team, you get 582 00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 3: your bronze medal. I want to talk to you about 583 00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 3: how you feel navigating What was an outcome that was 584 00:27:57,480 --> 00:27:59,280 Speaker 3: exciting but probably. 585 00:27:58,880 --> 00:27:59,880 Speaker 2: Not what you had hoped for? 586 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:05,119 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, one hundred percent. Look, the Tokyo Olympics was hard, 587 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,560 Speaker 1: like for a plthor of reasons that we had no fans, 588 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: Tokyo was locked down, we weren't able to go outside. 589 00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,159 Speaker 1: We had to eat meals with the same three people 590 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,720 Speaker 1: every single day there, and so when you're trying to 591 00:28:17,720 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: like connect as a team, it's really hard to do 592 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: that when you can't really connect with the whole team. 593 00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 1: On top of that, we got rocked our very first 594 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:32,400 Speaker 1: game against Sweden. Tactical adjustments were happening, like everybody kind 595 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,800 Speaker 1: of had like a different idea of how to be 596 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,040 Speaker 1: successful in that moment, and. 597 00:28:37,920 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 2: It was like a very hard situation to be in. 598 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 1: And mind you, at the same time, now the roster 599 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:48,480 Speaker 1: is open and before that people. People normally had their 600 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 1: spot solidified and everybody was making the roster, and now 601 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: it was you have to leave four people off the 602 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,280 Speaker 1: roster every single game, which it was is a new 603 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: added element to the Olympics and how it had run previously. 604 00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:01,960 Speaker 2: And so. 605 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:05,840 Speaker 1: I think that our team really had a hard time 606 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:09,280 Speaker 1: navigating all of those situations. And at the end of 607 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,920 Speaker 1: the day, I think that we should honestly be really 608 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 1: happy for getting our bronze slash Rose gold medal and 609 00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:21,040 Speaker 1: being able to put some performances together and get a medal. 610 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: And obviously we're always driving for gold, and I think 611 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 1: that our expectation is gold. The world's expectation of us 612 00:29:30,240 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: is gold. But to have a bronze medal is also 613 00:29:34,520 --> 00:29:39,280 Speaker 1: a really incredible achievement. And if we were any other country, 614 00:29:39,280 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: people would say that's a really incredible achievement. 615 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:45,360 Speaker 3: So, yeah, you mentioned that valuable word here, the word team. 616 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 3: What do you think are some of the habits or 617 00:29:48,320 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 3: maybe the daily occurrences that have the biggest impact on 618 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:53,680 Speaker 3: a team's culture. 619 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:55,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, I think being able. 620 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 1: To connect with each other. Look, you're a team of 621 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:04,640 Speaker 1: twenty eight women. Let's say not everybody is gonna connect 622 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 1: with each other the same and sometimes you'll have band 623 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 1: like some disagreements and that's fine. But the ability to 624 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 1: truly try to understand each other off the field and 625 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:20,280 Speaker 1: what makes people tick, I think leads to stuff on 626 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 1: the field as well. How do people like to be 627 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: talked to? How do people like to receive information? How 628 00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 1: do people like to give information? You're going into like 629 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: battle quote unquote with each other every single day. So 630 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 1: if if I feel like you have my back, I'm 631 00:30:35,720 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: going to have your back as well. And I think 632 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: that that starts off the field of like trying to 633 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,520 Speaker 1: connect with your teammates, trying to see what makes everybody tick, 634 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 1: and that translates on and so I think like that's 635 00:30:46,040 --> 00:30:48,640 Speaker 1: the biggest bit of being a teammate, is actually putting 636 00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: the team before yourself. 637 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 3: And is the coaching staff the ones that like facilitate 638 00:30:53,080 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 3: like basically communication work between the women off the field. 639 00:30:57,520 --> 00:31:01,920 Speaker 1: I like hate when we have four force team building, 640 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:04,320 Speaker 1: Like I hate that, but I think that like at 641 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: the very beginning of the year, especially as as our 642 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:10,600 Speaker 1: season has gone on and gotten longer, we we do 643 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:13,720 Speaker 1: have like a bit of forced team building when we 644 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:15,719 Speaker 1: go to pre season because we're with each other all 645 00:31:15,760 --> 00:31:18,640 Speaker 1: the time, Like most teams go off somewhere, so then 646 00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 1: you're you're in a hotel with each other or you're 647 00:31:20,920 --> 00:31:24,000 Speaker 1: doing whatever, so you have all your meals together and 648 00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:26,040 Speaker 1: it is like a little bit of force family fun, 649 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 1: which is fine. 650 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 2: But as the season goes on, you just naturally. 651 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 1: Are gonna start to, like one gravitate towards people, but 652 00:31:34,760 --> 00:31:38,080 Speaker 1: also get to know each other. Like you are spending 653 00:31:38,240 --> 00:31:41,040 Speaker 1: so much time with each other at training, but you're 654 00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,200 Speaker 1: also going when you go on away trips, you're like 655 00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:46,080 Speaker 1: in the hotels again, you're eating every meal together. Like 656 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 1: you don't really have to do that after a while 657 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 1: because it's it's just naturally occurring. 658 00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that makes sense. 659 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:57,240 Speaker 3: So obviously communication is super important, and when you don't 660 00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 3: have that, that can bring about a fair amount of challenges. 661 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:03,160 Speaker 3: When you look back on your professional career thus far, 662 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 3: what would you say has been one of the biggest 663 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,440 Speaker 3: challenges that you faced as a player. 664 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:12,040 Speaker 2: That's a good question. I mean, injuries have been big challenges. 665 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:16,880 Speaker 1: Those obviously sideline you and you're like away from the 666 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,120 Speaker 1: team and you want to be a part of the team, 667 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,400 Speaker 1: but you're off on the side and you're not getting 668 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 1: to do what you love. And I honestly think the 669 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:27,080 Speaker 1: people that are doing rehab are probably working harder than 670 00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:30,480 Speaker 1: the people that are healthy just to try to get back. 671 00:32:30,520 --> 00:32:32,480 Speaker 2: So I would say that that has been a big hurdle. 672 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,360 Speaker 1: And then, like I said, getting cut from teams and 673 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 1: then having to show up still with your club team 674 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:43,680 Speaker 1: and put your personal failures quote unquote what you find 675 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 1: as a failure to the side for the betterment of 676 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:49,320 Speaker 1: the team. And I think that that's like selfless and 677 00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 1: it's hard to do, but it has to be done 678 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:52,080 Speaker 1: if you. 679 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,160 Speaker 2: Want to have a successful outcome. 680 00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 3: What does the inner dialogue look like for you after 681 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 3: get cut from a team? How do you now, with 682 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,320 Speaker 3: the experience that you've had with your sports psychologists. I'm 683 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,560 Speaker 3: sure that's helped so much flip the script so that 684 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 3: you can then be a little bit more selfless and 685 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:12,280 Speaker 3: show up where you're needed. 686 00:33:12,360 --> 00:33:13,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that you have to start to like 687 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:18,320 Speaker 1: reevaluate what your goals are first and foremost. I think 688 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 1: that like for myself, I have been fortunate to be 689 00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:26,560 Speaker 1: like very successful in my club career and wanted and 690 00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 1: need it there and in my national team career have 691 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: been cut a couple of times, and so in my 692 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 1: mind I have said, Okay, do you want to be 693 00:33:35,760 --> 00:33:37,760 Speaker 1: back on the national team or do you not want 694 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:39,320 Speaker 1: to be on the nation team? And it's always been 695 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 1: I want to be back there, and so how do 696 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,240 Speaker 1: I get back there? It's going back to my club 697 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 1: team and showing up there. If I just sit down 698 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: and accept my faith and crumble, it's only hurting me. 699 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: It's not hurting anybody else. It's only going to hurt 700 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 1: my career. And so that's how I've done it, and 701 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:01,920 Speaker 1: it's fun. Things is one my club team needs me. 702 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 1: I have shown that they're counting on me. And two, like, 703 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:09,000 Speaker 1: I'm going to show up for myself as well. 704 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:13,239 Speaker 2: And that has been a really good mindset for me personally. 705 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:17,440 Speaker 3: It's so impressive to be able to take that step 706 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 3: back and say, okay, this is again what is within 707 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 3: my control right now? Fast forward getting ready for the 708 00:34:26,560 --> 00:34:30,399 Speaker 3: Paris Olympics. Would you say that there's a vibe that 709 00:34:30,719 --> 00:34:33,280 Speaker 3: were coming in it's gold or bust? 710 00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,320 Speaker 2: Well, definitely, yeah, I think. 711 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,600 Speaker 1: Well, after the World Cup, so we had two back 712 00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:44,960 Speaker 1: to back games that were not what we expected. The Olympics, 713 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,799 Speaker 1: obviously we got bronze, and then with the World Cup, 714 00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 1: we got out in the round of sixteen and that 715 00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 1: was like a huge crush to us because we had 716 00:34:52,800 --> 00:34:56,200 Speaker 1: not been playing well either, and so going into the Olympics, 717 00:34:56,239 --> 00:34:58,239 Speaker 1: it was like, we need to change something. We need 718 00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:02,120 Speaker 1: to be the US, we need to be the United 719 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:05,759 Speaker 1: States women's national team. But personally going into that, like 720 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:08,799 Speaker 1: I was coming off of an injury. I wasn't in 721 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:12,200 Speaker 1: the last camp before the roster was named. I went 722 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:14,080 Speaker 1: out on a limb and called Emma and was like, 723 00:35:14,120 --> 00:35:16,000 Speaker 1: I know I'm injured now, but don't count me out. 724 00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:18,880 Speaker 1: And I was then named an alternate again. So my 725 00:35:20,320 --> 00:35:24,160 Speaker 1: like mindset going in was much different than the teams 726 00:35:24,200 --> 00:35:26,680 Speaker 1: originally until I was named to the full. 727 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:29,640 Speaker 3: Roster and so getting named to the roster and being 728 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:31,600 Speaker 3: able to play in Paris, I mean I was there 729 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,680 Speaker 3: for that final match in the stadium and it was 730 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:38,880 Speaker 3: one of my top witness sports moments of all time. 731 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:43,279 Speaker 2: Bring me to what that was like for you? Oh, 732 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:44,160 Speaker 2: it was incredible. 733 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:47,560 Speaker 1: You know. It's like that was the dream moment that 734 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 1: you like dream of when you say, like I want 735 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:53,040 Speaker 1: to go to the Olympics, and the stadium was amazing. 736 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:54,360 Speaker 2: The crowd was awesome. 737 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:59,320 Speaker 1: Mal scoring that goal and having everybody just like erupt 738 00:35:59,560 --> 00:36:02,440 Speaker 1: in crazy was awesome. And then being able to like 739 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 1: be on the field when the whistle blue. 740 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:08,200 Speaker 2: You know, Brazil's a really. 741 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,000 Speaker 1: Tough team to play against and you never know what's 742 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:12,600 Speaker 1: going to happen, like they were fighting to the last minute, 743 00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:13,879 Speaker 1: and so to be able to be on that field 744 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,200 Speaker 1: with the whistle blue knowing we won, like I didn't 745 00:36:16,239 --> 00:36:19,040 Speaker 1: even know what to do. I just jumped on Lindsey, 746 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,560 Speaker 1: Like words can't describe the feeling, but I know it's 747 00:36:22,640 --> 00:36:24,759 Speaker 1: like a feeling I'll just like cherish and have for 748 00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:25,400 Speaker 1: a lifetime. 749 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:29,680 Speaker 2: It was such just unrivaled moment within the sport. 750 00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:33,279 Speaker 3: And then for you as you get to celebrate that 751 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,160 Speaker 3: in Paris and come home, is there a come down period? 752 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:37,920 Speaker 2: Oh yeah? 753 00:36:38,160 --> 00:36:41,600 Speaker 1: First of all, like partied really hard at the night 754 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:45,680 Speaker 1: of the championship game, and then me and my husband 755 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,880 Speaker 1: went to MAYERCA for like four days to just like relax. 756 00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,799 Speaker 1: I think that what I've learned in my career is 757 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:55,880 Speaker 1: that because our season is different than other Olympic sports, 758 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:58,239 Speaker 1: like we have to come back and play again, Like 759 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,760 Speaker 1: you really need to take time yourself to allow yourself 760 00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:06,360 Speaker 1: to debrief and like decompress, and if not, then it 761 00:37:06,440 --> 00:37:08,279 Speaker 1: might not catch up with you like the first week 762 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:10,040 Speaker 1: or the second week. But as the weeks go on, 763 00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:12,080 Speaker 1: you're like, wow, I wish I like took a break 764 00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:14,479 Speaker 1: and so me and my husband went to my Erica 765 00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,880 Speaker 1: and just like kind of relaxed, and then I got 766 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,200 Speaker 1: so sick, so sick there and. 767 00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:22,480 Speaker 2: And it's fine, Like I knew that was going to come. 768 00:37:22,520 --> 00:37:24,160 Speaker 1: It's kind of like when you like study for an 769 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:27,239 Speaker 1: exam and then you like crash, and I really crashed, 770 00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:30,320 Speaker 1: so yeah, and then I went back and played soccer. 771 00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:33,960 Speaker 2: Got got right back into this of things. Yeah, exactly. 772 00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:36,600 Speaker 1: There's like you you take like a moment and then 773 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:37,759 Speaker 1: you're like, all right, I got to get back to 774 00:37:37,760 --> 00:37:38,400 Speaker 1: my team again. 775 00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,759 Speaker 3: When you're let's say like conventually during the season, you're 776 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,560 Speaker 3: trying to make time for recovery and resetting. 777 00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:47,359 Speaker 2: What does that look like for you? How do you 778 00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:48,440 Speaker 2: give back to Lynn? 779 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:51,000 Speaker 1: It's so funny, you asked, because I have been talking 780 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:55,080 Speaker 1: to a younger teammate here about she has shared that 781 00:37:55,120 --> 00:37:56,880 Speaker 1: she's like, I feel a little bit burnt out. I 782 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,040 Speaker 1: feel like I went from season to season all these things, 783 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:04,920 Speaker 1: and one thing that I have learned is one this 784 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,200 Speaker 1: job is weird because people think, like, oh, you go 785 00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:11,640 Speaker 1: to training from nine point thirty to two and then 786 00:38:11,680 --> 00:38:13,520 Speaker 1: you have the rest of the day off, and you're like, well, yes, 787 00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:16,640 Speaker 1: technically I do, but like, I'm also recovering for the 788 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:19,879 Speaker 1: next day. So like all my day is making sure 789 00:38:19,960 --> 00:38:22,520 Speaker 1: I'm fueling, resting to be prepared for the next time 790 00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:25,080 Speaker 1: I go out and train. That doesn't mean that you 791 00:38:25,120 --> 00:38:27,000 Speaker 1: don't like also live life and see friends and all 792 00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:30,680 Speaker 1: that stuff. But what I do is like, if I 793 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,279 Speaker 1: made plans with a friend, I'm not canceling on them. 794 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,120 Speaker 1: So I need to like make plans with myself and 795 00:38:35,160 --> 00:38:37,720 Speaker 1: I'm not canceling on myself. And if there's a moment 796 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:41,400 Speaker 1: where I have people calling me or people want to 797 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:43,880 Speaker 1: hang out or whatever, and it's like the time that 798 00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,560 Speaker 1: I've allotted for myself, I'm like, no, this isn't this 799 00:38:46,640 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 1: is my time. And the feedback sometimes you get it's like, well, 800 00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 1: you're not doing anything, and you're like I am. 801 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:57,200 Speaker 2: I'm I'm being with myself. I have plans with myself. 802 00:38:57,239 --> 00:38:59,239 Speaker 1: With me, I have plans with me, And that is 803 00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:03,160 Speaker 1: something that I really think I'm good at I'm like 804 00:39:03,160 --> 00:39:05,760 Speaker 1: an introvert, extrovert, like I love hanging out with people, 805 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:08,040 Speaker 1: I love talking, but like I love being by myself. 806 00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:11,640 Speaker 3: But it's important, right, And it's something that I'm sure 807 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:14,239 Speaker 3: it took time for you to understand and learn and 808 00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:18,680 Speaker 3: like prioritize. If you don't treat these recovery moments like 809 00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:21,839 Speaker 3: an important meeting, then something's going to fall by the wayside. 810 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,480 Speaker 2: One hundred percent. Yeah. And it's so funny because like 811 00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:25,520 Speaker 2: when my mom. 812 00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:28,880 Speaker 1: First would like come visit me, she'd be like, I 813 00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:30,200 Speaker 1: want to go on this hike or I want to 814 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:31,000 Speaker 1: do that, blah blah blah. 815 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,080 Speaker 2: And I'd be like, I can't do that. I'm going 816 00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:32,719 Speaker 2: to sit at home. 817 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,440 Speaker 1: And she she would always be like, why are you 818 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,360 Speaker 1: doing that? And I'm like, well, I have to I 819 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:39,440 Speaker 1: have to be ready for training tomorrow. I can't just 820 00:39:39,520 --> 00:39:41,640 Speaker 1: go out and do all these things. But if you 821 00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:42,799 Speaker 1: want to come hang out with me, we can hang 822 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:44,080 Speaker 1: out on the couch. I would love that. 823 00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:47,719 Speaker 3: It's a boundary, That's what I fact is the boundary exactly. 824 00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:52,560 Speaker 3: You mentioned talking to a younger teammate and offering her advice. Obviously, 825 00:39:52,640 --> 00:39:54,600 Speaker 3: now having been in the league for a minute. You 826 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,239 Speaker 3: are certainly looked to by many as a bit of 827 00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:59,320 Speaker 3: a role model or a mentor. 828 00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:00,919 Speaker 2: What does that mean to you? 829 00:40:01,760 --> 00:40:03,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's so funny, Like you just wake up one 830 00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:05,520 Speaker 1: day and you're like, Wow, I've been here forever. 831 00:40:06,160 --> 00:40:07,880 Speaker 2: I mean, I take you out with a lot of pride. 832 00:40:07,960 --> 00:40:13,200 Speaker 1: I think that when I was coming up, I had 833 00:40:13,200 --> 00:40:16,399 Speaker 1: a lot of questions and I wanted to look for 834 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,640 Speaker 1: somebody to like answer those questions and help me. And 835 00:40:19,719 --> 00:40:22,200 Speaker 1: I want to be that person for anybody else who 836 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:24,800 Speaker 1: is willing to come up and talk to me as well. 837 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:28,840 Speaker 1: Like I think that I still have a lot to learn, 838 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:30,920 Speaker 1: but I have a lot to give, and I'm not 839 00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:32,480 Speaker 1: going to be able to play soccer forever. 840 00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:34,720 Speaker 2: And it would be. 841 00:40:34,600 --> 00:40:36,680 Speaker 1: A shame if I just left the game and just 842 00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,000 Speaker 1: took all the knowledge I had and didn't share it. 843 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:41,080 Speaker 3: What would you say, has been one of the most 844 00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:44,040 Speaker 3: helpful lessons that you've learned from a mentor of yours? 845 00:40:44,280 --> 00:40:47,440 Speaker 1: I think about it's like surrounding yourself with people that 846 00:40:47,560 --> 00:40:52,319 Speaker 1: have like minded goals and want to reach those same 847 00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:56,200 Speaker 1: goals and outcomes. I think that this is an interesting sport, 848 00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:59,200 Speaker 1: especially as you get higher, like your friends on the 849 00:40:59,239 --> 00:41:01,759 Speaker 1: team or all the also the same people you're competing 850 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:05,239 Speaker 1: against for spots, and as hard as that is, it's 851 00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,320 Speaker 1: also the same people that like they're the only people 852 00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,640 Speaker 1: that know what's going on or understand the environment that 853 00:41:11,680 --> 00:41:15,960 Speaker 1: you're in. And so finding your core group of people 854 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:19,719 Speaker 1: who you can lean on, who can put their arm 855 00:41:19,760 --> 00:41:21,839 Speaker 1: around you when like things are tough, but also can 856 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:24,400 Speaker 1: push you when they know that you're not being your 857 00:41:24,440 --> 00:41:27,120 Speaker 1: best self has been the greatest advice and also has 858 00:41:27,160 --> 00:41:30,200 Speaker 1: been like the biggest blessing I have had coming out 859 00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:33,080 Speaker 1: of this for is that I have like the best 860 00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:36,279 Speaker 1: friends and friends that I'll have for a lifetime, no 861 00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:38,200 Speaker 1: matter where we are in the country or the world, 862 00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:42,239 Speaker 1: and I like owe a lot of my success to them. 863 00:41:42,640 --> 00:41:47,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, and again, that's like why soccer is so such 864 00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:53,040 Speaker 3: a just different level of camaraderie and being on a team, right, 865 00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,360 Speaker 3: because you not only have each other, but then just 866 00:41:56,400 --> 00:41:58,680 Speaker 3: all these different opportunities to come back to one another 867 00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:00,000 Speaker 3: throughout the calendar year. 868 00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:01,120 Speaker 2: Exactly. 869 00:42:01,239 --> 00:42:04,120 Speaker 1: No, it's really cool to see the people that like 870 00:42:04,680 --> 00:42:07,640 Speaker 1: I grew up playing with what they're doing now because 871 00:42:07,800 --> 00:42:09,880 Speaker 1: most of us aren't on the same team anymore. And 872 00:42:09,880 --> 00:42:12,920 Speaker 1: what I find actually really cool is like here in Seattle, 873 00:42:12,960 --> 00:42:15,400 Speaker 1: we have such a young team and I see the 874 00:42:15,520 --> 00:42:18,600 Speaker 1: girls that are so young kind of like bonding with 875 00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:21,239 Speaker 1: each other like I did when I was first coming up, 876 00:42:21,280 --> 00:42:22,680 Speaker 1: and I'm like, those are going to be your best 877 00:42:22,719 --> 00:42:24,719 Speaker 1: friends for ever, and I'm excited for you. 878 00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,800 Speaker 2: It's just it's like a cute vantage point. 879 00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:29,799 Speaker 3: Does it feel weird for you that so many of 880 00:42:29,840 --> 00:42:32,160 Speaker 3: the people that you came up with in the sport are, 881 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:34,520 Speaker 3: you know, moving on and graduating In some. 882 00:42:34,560 --> 00:42:38,080 Speaker 1: Way, yes, I'm like, WHOA, what am I still doing? 883 00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:42,200 Speaker 1: But no, I think that it's like really cool. It's 884 00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:45,120 Speaker 1: just like natural and it's awesome. I think it's a 885 00:42:45,160 --> 00:42:46,960 Speaker 1: privilege to be able to be in this league for 886 00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:50,279 Speaker 1: as long as I have and how and this league 887 00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:53,080 Speaker 1: is crazy, anything can happen, and so to be able 888 00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:56,239 Speaker 1: to still keep up with the twenty. 889 00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:59,160 Speaker 2: One year old's, nineteen year old, eighteen year olds. 890 00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:02,160 Speaker 1: Now every single day I get to put on boots, 891 00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:03,560 Speaker 1: I think it's just a privilegeon of blessing. 892 00:43:03,960 --> 00:43:05,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's so awesome now. 893 00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:07,399 Speaker 3: I know at the top of this we were talking 894 00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:10,319 Speaker 3: about just so much has changed since those years where 895 00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:13,480 Speaker 3: you were making twelve thousand dollars and asking yourself, like 896 00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:16,480 Speaker 3: what am I doing here? How do you feel about 897 00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:20,120 Speaker 3: the investment that we're seeing within both the NWSL and 898 00:43:20,120 --> 00:43:22,319 Speaker 3: then women's sports as a whole, And does that make 899 00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,279 Speaker 3: you hopeful for where the league is going? 900 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:27,120 Speaker 1: Oh one hundred percent. Yeah, I'm like very excited. I 901 00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:31,200 Speaker 1: think that there is still so far to go. I 902 00:43:31,239 --> 00:43:34,680 Speaker 1: would love to see more teams own stadiums that are 903 00:43:35,120 --> 00:43:38,000 Speaker 1: women's specific, soccer specific. I know that's like so much money, 904 00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,759 Speaker 1: but for example, like we still play on turf, and 905 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:42,560 Speaker 1: I know the men still play on turf too, but 906 00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,600 Speaker 1: like can we get off turf in general? And there's 907 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:49,000 Speaker 1: like so many other things that we can always strive 908 00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:51,960 Speaker 1: to be better, But to see teams coming in, to 909 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:56,600 Speaker 1: see a league that is stable, to see other nations 910 00:43:56,719 --> 00:44:00,080 Speaker 1: wanting to be here and play in this league, it 911 00:44:00,120 --> 00:44:02,799 Speaker 1: wasn't like that when I first got here. And then 912 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,200 Speaker 1: also to like go you go to la you go 913 00:44:05,239 --> 00:44:09,000 Speaker 1: to the Bay, you go to Portland, and there's thousands 914 00:44:09,040 --> 00:44:12,759 Speaker 1: and thousands of fans screaming against you. But it's like 915 00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:16,839 Speaker 1: it's really cool to see where soccer is where it's 916 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:20,600 Speaker 1: going to go, that there's young girls and young boys 917 00:44:20,600 --> 00:44:23,080 Speaker 1: that can look to this league and look and be like, 918 00:44:23,200 --> 00:44:24,839 Speaker 1: that is what I want to strive and that's what 919 00:44:24,880 --> 00:44:27,520 Speaker 1: I want to do and I didn't have that, and 920 00:44:27,600 --> 00:44:28,960 Speaker 1: so yeah, it's. 921 00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:30,440 Speaker 2: Just really cool to see. 922 00:44:30,800 --> 00:44:33,120 Speaker 1: Always I know people want to strive and be on 923 00:44:33,160 --> 00:44:35,920 Speaker 1: the national team. It's like another avenue too though. 924 00:44:35,920 --> 00:44:36,200 Speaker 2: It's that. 925 00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:38,839 Speaker 1: But if you don't get it on the national team again, 926 00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:41,040 Speaker 1: it's not like a national team or nothing. There is 927 00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:44,359 Speaker 1: a thriving league where you can be here and have 928 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:47,560 Speaker 1: a really good career and also make a good amount 929 00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:50,640 Speaker 1: of money and actually live. I think that that is 930 00:44:50,719 --> 00:44:54,600 Speaker 1: just like a really amazing thing because let me tell you, 931 00:44:54,680 --> 00:44:56,000 Speaker 1: twelve thousand dollars a year was tough. 932 00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:00,200 Speaker 3: You would live on that, not you're over the age 933 00:45:00,200 --> 00:45:02,480 Speaker 3: of sixteen years old, No, it was tough. 934 00:45:02,800 --> 00:45:03,080 Speaker 1: I know. 935 00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:07,040 Speaker 3: Right now, someone comes to your Instagram page, they see 936 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,400 Speaker 3: the end of USL's top leading scorer. They see a 937 00:45:10,440 --> 00:45:12,879 Speaker 3: woman who is now a two time Olympian. But when 938 00:45:12,920 --> 00:45:15,600 Speaker 3: you look in the mirror, what is it that you 939 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:17,080 Speaker 3: see looking back at you? 940 00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:20,799 Speaker 1: Lynn Oh, I still just see the same wind of 941 00:45:20,920 --> 00:45:27,200 Speaker 1: like growing up in Fresno. I see a wife, a friend, sister, 942 00:45:27,440 --> 00:45:31,680 Speaker 1: a daughter, like I just am, you know. I like 943 00:45:31,719 --> 00:45:33,640 Speaker 1: to think of myself as an average person who just 944 00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:35,320 Speaker 1: has a lot of good soccer qualities. 945 00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:38,080 Speaker 2: I put on my shoes just the same as you. 946 00:45:38,200 --> 00:45:41,600 Speaker 1: I get dressed like you, and being humble has always 947 00:45:41,800 --> 00:45:45,080 Speaker 1: what's got me here, and that's what I'm going to 948 00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:46,759 Speaker 1: do for like the rest of my life. 949 00:45:46,800 --> 00:45:50,600 Speaker 2: I just am always going to be Lynn and I 950 00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:52,440 Speaker 2: just see that, see me. 951 00:45:52,800 --> 00:45:57,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, humble being something that's definitely helped you. What other 952 00:45:57,200 --> 00:46:00,479 Speaker 3: qualities would you say that you have that really help 953 00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,040 Speaker 3: you be a leader for your teams. 954 00:46:03,880 --> 00:46:09,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, it's stubborn, being really stubborn and being really competitive. 955 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:12,240 Speaker 1: I think that I am somebody who by nature leads 956 00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:15,560 Speaker 1: by example, and later on my career have learned to 957 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:18,760 Speaker 1: like find my voice and vocalize when I think something 958 00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:22,000 Speaker 1: is wrong, when I think something is right, trying to 959 00:46:22,040 --> 00:46:24,319 Speaker 1: help everybody get on the same page. But I think 960 00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:28,239 Speaker 1: that comes with being really stubborn and not taking no 961 00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:31,680 Speaker 1: for an answer any at any time, and always wanting 962 00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:34,920 Speaker 1: to if the coach says something and I think it's wrong, 963 00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:36,960 Speaker 1: I'm like gonna ask a question because I need to 964 00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:37,839 Speaker 1: know why you think that. 965 00:46:38,320 --> 00:46:40,600 Speaker 3: Okay, yes, ask a question, But when was the last 966 00:46:40,600 --> 00:46:42,040 Speaker 3: time that that got you into trouble? 967 00:46:44,040 --> 00:46:46,959 Speaker 2: Oh, you're like, it's always getting me a trub and 968 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:47,960 Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know. 969 00:46:48,040 --> 00:46:51,799 Speaker 1: I think the people probably like, could she shut off? 970 00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:53,920 Speaker 2: So it might give me in trouble every day. But 971 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:55,759 Speaker 2: again I'm stubborn and don't care. 972 00:46:57,360 --> 00:47:01,680 Speaker 3: But being stubborn knowing that your goals are the same, 973 00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:04,560 Speaker 3: I think that that's actually like, what's really important to 974 00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:08,680 Speaker 3: reiterate is that when you recognize, like, Okay, we actually 975 00:47:08,719 --> 00:47:12,160 Speaker 3: both want the same thing, then that gives context and 976 00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:14,719 Speaker 3: understanding to why you might act a certain way or 977 00:47:14,719 --> 00:47:16,279 Speaker 3: why someone else might act a certain way. 978 00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:17,440 Speaker 2: Oh, one hundred percent. 979 00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:19,239 Speaker 1: And again, like, I think you have to have some 980 00:47:19,400 --> 00:47:22,880 Speaker 1: humility to say, like I might be wrong in this position, 981 00:47:23,360 --> 00:47:25,399 Speaker 1: but can you please explain to me why you think 982 00:47:25,440 --> 00:47:29,239 Speaker 1: you're right so I can potentially change my mindset or 983 00:47:29,320 --> 00:47:31,680 Speaker 1: change my point of view. And I don't think that 984 00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:36,000 Speaker 1: stubborn always means like I'm right one hundred percent of 985 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:39,480 Speaker 1: the time. I just think it means I'm going to 986 00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:42,920 Speaker 1: continue to fight for whatever is happening or what I 987 00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:46,840 Speaker 1: think needs to happen until you maybe sway my perception. 988 00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:50,680 Speaker 2: What are you excited about right now. Ellen, Oh, I'm 989 00:47:50,719 --> 00:47:53,400 Speaker 2: excited for the playoff push. Right now. I think that 990 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,520 Speaker 2: the table's tight, We're in a good position. We need 991 00:47:57,560 --> 00:47:58,200 Speaker 2: to win a game. 992 00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:02,040 Speaker 1: We have had a tough back to back weekend, But 993 00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:05,280 Speaker 1: I think that that's what's so exciting about this league. 994 00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:07,719 Speaker 1: Look like, I feel like we're in a position where 995 00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:10,160 Speaker 1: we can push for playoffs and then from there anything 996 00:48:10,160 --> 00:48:10,600 Speaker 1: can happen. 997 00:48:10,640 --> 00:48:12,160 Speaker 2: So I'm like really excited about that. 998 00:48:12,480 --> 00:48:14,920 Speaker 3: I'm so excited that we had the opportunity to chat today, 999 00:48:15,120 --> 00:48:17,960 Speaker 3: and I'm hoping that I get to see you over 1000 00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,280 Speaker 3: here in my neck of the woods in New Jersey 1001 00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:23,759 Speaker 3: quite soon. Right now, Lynn, you have an opportunity to 1002 00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:25,560 Speaker 3: give yourself a piece of advice. I know you talked 1003 00:48:25,560 --> 00:48:27,680 Speaker 3: about some of the most difficult moments to you in 1004 00:48:27,719 --> 00:48:29,799 Speaker 3: your career being ones when you are down and out, 1005 00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:31,280 Speaker 3: ones when you were injured. 1006 00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:34,160 Speaker 2: Right now, knowing what you know, now. 1007 00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:37,800 Speaker 3: What advice would you offer yourself during that hurdle moment? 1008 00:48:38,960 --> 00:48:40,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, just to enjoy it. 1009 00:48:41,640 --> 00:48:45,560 Speaker 1: I think that there are times where we're like I 1010 00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:48,200 Speaker 1: can't wait for this and I can't wait for that, 1011 00:48:48,360 --> 00:48:51,239 Speaker 1: and it's like you're wishing the time away, and so 1012 00:48:51,320 --> 00:48:53,600 Speaker 1: my advice would be like even in the struggle, even 1013 00:48:53,640 --> 00:48:56,640 Speaker 1: in the hurdle, even in the whatever, like it's always temporary, 1014 00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:59,600 Speaker 1: and then just enjoy the moment right now because it's 1015 00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:02,640 Speaker 1: going to get better or it's gonna whatever. And I 1016 00:49:02,680 --> 00:49:05,279 Speaker 1: think there's beauty in the journey. And so just like, 1017 00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:07,279 Speaker 1: be where your feet are, Be. 1018 00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:09,480 Speaker 2: Where your feet are. I am so happy that we 1019 00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:10,080 Speaker 2: were able to do this. 1020 00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:12,360 Speaker 3: Lynn, thank you so much for those that aren't following 1021 00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:15,040 Speaker 3: along with you just yet, give me the details. 1022 00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:17,719 Speaker 2: Where do they find you online? You can find me 1023 00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:23,920 Speaker 2: on Instagram at Lynn Williams nine. And you can find me, oh, 1024 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:25,920 Speaker 2: you can find me on YouTube on This is Cooked 1025 00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:29,320 Speaker 2: with Me and Marley will you? Will you spoil alert? 1026 00:49:29,400 --> 00:49:33,359 Speaker 2: What are what's the next recipe? I cannot spoilert because 1027 00:49:33,360 --> 00:49:37,200 Speaker 2: it does not exist yet. Like we haven't gone to 1028 00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:39,760 Speaker 2: whole to figure out what we want to cook exactly. 1029 00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:42,000 Speaker 1: I'm like, do we do we need to like put 1030 00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:44,799 Speaker 1: something elaborate together or we need to like maybe tone 1031 00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:45,600 Speaker 1: it down. I don't know. 1032 00:49:45,600 --> 00:49:47,520 Speaker 2: I don't know if the lobster roll was pretty good. 1033 00:49:47,960 --> 00:49:50,800 Speaker 2: Honestly it was. It was really good if you like 1034 00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:52,200 Speaker 2: slightly spoiled lobster. 1035 00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:57,520 Speaker 3: Oh, my god, I'm over at a hurdle podcast and 1036 00:49:57,560 --> 00:50:00,520 Speaker 3: at Emily Abodi another hurdle conquered. 1037 00:50:00,760 --> 00:50:01,879 Speaker 2: Catch you guys next time.