WEBVTT - Big Manifestation Energy with Croix Bethune

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to good game with Sarah Spain, where we wish

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<v Speaker 1>more people in Aspanya would comment on my name being Spain.

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<v Speaker 1>Come mon, it's cool right See It's Tuesday, November nineteenth.

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<v Speaker 1>Today we're talking to Washington Spirit midfielder Croyd Bethune about

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<v Speaker 1>her incredible debut season, how she stays positive during injury rehab,

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<v Speaker 1>taking herself on bowling dates and a safe place for

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<v Speaker 1>her Olympic gold medal, plus travel trinkets and turkey time.

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<v Speaker 1>It's all coming up next. Welcome back Slices, niche has

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<v Speaker 1>your need to know today.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much, Sarah and NWSL Soccer News. The

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<v Speaker 2>Washington Spirit and the Orlando Pride have punched their tickets

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<v Speaker 2>to the league final in Kansas City. The Spirit advanced

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<v Speaker 2>in comeback fashion yet again on their home field Saturday,

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<v Speaker 2>going down one nil in the fifty six minute when

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<v Speaker 2>Gotham FC's Estere Gonzalez put a header home off across

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<v Speaker 2>from yasmine. Ryan Audifield stayed on pins and needles until

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<v Speaker 2>the third minute of stoppage time, when hal Hirshfelt was

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<v Speaker 2>the hero. She netted a header of her own to

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<v Speaker 2>tie the score at one. No goals were scored an

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<v Speaker 2>extra time and it all came down to penalty kicks.

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<v Speaker 2>The Spirit converted on their first three, and goalkeeper Aubrey

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<v Speaker 2>Kingsbury delivered the performance of a lifetime, saving all three

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<v Speaker 2>of Gotham's attempts to seal the deal for Washington. And

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<v Speaker 2>on Sunday, the Pride in the Kansas City Current put

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<v Speaker 2>together an electric match. Debinia struck first for KC in

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<v Speaker 2>the thirty third minute, but the advantage didn't last long.

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<v Speaker 2>Orlando's Hayley McCutcheon answered in the forty first to tie

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<v Speaker 2>things up going into the half. In the fifty third minute,

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<v Speaker 2>it was Barbara Bandit time.

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<v Speaker 3>Baby.

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<v Speaker 1>The forward fired a.

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<v Speaker 2>Laser of a strike into the bottom left corner that

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<v Speaker 2>probably would have taken Kansas City's goalkeeper's hand off had

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<v Speaker 2>she been able to make contact with it. The score

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<v Speaker 2>stayed still at to one Pride until the eighty second minute,

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<v Speaker 2>when Marta made her mark like only she can.

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<v Speaker 1>The goal she.

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<v Speaker 2>Scored can only be described as the most beautiful piece

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<v Speaker 2>of soccer I've personally ever seen. She dropped not one,

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<v Speaker 2>but two defenders plus the Current's goalkeeper, straight up diabolical.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll link to the highlight in the show notes, MARTA's

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<v Speaker 2>gold put the Pride up three to one. Kansas City

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<v Speaker 2>made things interesting with a Vanessa de Bernardo penalty during

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<v Speaker 2>a lengthy stoppage time, but they just ran out a runway.

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<v Speaker 2>Orlando took the dub three to two. The NWSL final

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<v Speaker 2>between the Spirit and the Pride takes place on Saturday

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<v Speaker 2>at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City at eight pm Eastern.

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<v Speaker 2>Sarah and I will be there and we hope to

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<v Speaker 2>see some use license there too.

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<v Speaker 1>DMV stand up. We about to get another one maybe elsewhere.

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<v Speaker 2>In pro soccer news, we want to say a huge

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<v Speaker 2>congratulations to west Ham FC midfielder Christy Lewis and Chelsea

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<v Speaker 2>FC forward Sam Kerr, who announced.

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<v Speaker 1>That they're going to be parents.

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<v Speaker 2>The two posted a collajah photos to Instagram in which

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<v Speaker 2>Kerr holds up an ultrasound scan and Ewis reveals her belly.

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<v Speaker 2>The caption reads quote mwis her baby coming twenty twenty five.

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<v Speaker 1>End quote footy and gay shit. Gotta love it. Congrats y'all.

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<v Speaker 2>In golf news, Nellie Korda is back in her first

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<v Speaker 2>competition in almost two months due to a minor neck injury.

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<v Speaker 2>She won the Anica on Sunday. Corda trailed entering the

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<v Speaker 2>final round and it took five straight birdies on the

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<v Speaker 2>back nine to get the job done. It was the

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<v Speaker 2>fourth time this year that she won when trailing entering

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<v Speaker 2>the final round, and she's had a great twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>four overall. Earlier this year, she tied an LPGA record

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<v Speaker 2>with five straight victories and became the first American to

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<v Speaker 2>win seven times in a season since Beth Daniel in

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<v Speaker 2>nineteen ninety. In tennis News, the second semifinal of the

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<v Speaker 2>Billy Jean King Cup is today. It'll be Great Britain

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<v Speaker 2>versus Slovakia. Slovakia has made waves in the tournament, already

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<v Speaker 2>upsetting the US in its opener. The winner of today's

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<v Speaker 2>match will play in the BJK Cup Final on Wednesday.

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<v Speaker 2>In WNBA News, the twenty twenty five draft lottery took

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<v Speaker 2>place on Sunday and the Dallas Wings won the number

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<v Speaker 2>one overall pick. The La Sparks will have the number

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<v Speaker 2>two pick, followed by the Chicago Sky at three in

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<v Speaker 2>the Washington Mystics at four. Now, this is a big

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<v Speaker 2>win for a Dallas franchise that's in the midst of

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of change. They've got a new GM and

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<v Speaker 2>Kurt Miller and a head coaching vacancy to fill. Wingstar

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<v Speaker 2>arique A Gumbuwale was pumped about the lottery win, posting

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<v Speaker 2>on Twitter, quote, I just fell.

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<v Speaker 1>To my knees. Thank you Lord end quote.

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<v Speaker 2>Will the Wings select projected number one overall? Pick Page

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<v Speaker 2>Becker's out of Yukon. We'll see when the twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five WNBA Draft goes down.

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<v Speaker 1>On April fourteenth, more WNBA news.

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<v Speaker 2>The Women's Basketball Hall of Fame announced it's twenty twenty

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<v Speaker 2>five class over the weekend, and it's full of WNBA grades.

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<v Speaker 2>Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowls, Cappy Pond Dexter, and Elena Beard

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<v Speaker 2>all made the cut, as they should because these resumes

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<v Speaker 2>are impeccable. Bird is a five time Olympic gold medalist

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<v Speaker 2>and four time WNBA champ with the Seattle Storm. Fowls

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<v Speaker 2>is a four time gold medalist, two time WNBA champ

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<v Speaker 2>with the Minnesota Lynx and two time Finals MVP. Beard

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<v Speaker 2>won a championship with the LA Sparks and is a

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<v Speaker 2>two time Defensive Player of the Year. And Pondexter is

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<v Speaker 2>an Olympic gold medalist, two time WNBA champion with the

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<v Speaker 2>Phoenix Mercury, and Finals MVP. Congratulations to these living legends.

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<v Speaker 2>I am so so grateful I got to grow up

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<v Speaker 2>watching y'all hoop. In college Hoops News, Yukon head coach

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<v Speaker 2>Gino Oriama tied Tara Vanderveer's record for total NCAA wins

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<v Speaker 2>on Friday night. His Number two Huskies sixty nine to

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<v Speaker 2>fifty eight win over number fifteen ranked North Carolina was

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<v Speaker 2>the one thousand, two hundred and sixteenth of his career

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<v Speaker 2>to go with only one hundred and sixty two losses.

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<v Speaker 2>He's now on the precipice of setting the new record

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<v Speaker 2>regardless of gender. He'll have his first chance to become

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<v Speaker 2>the winningest coach in NCAA college basketball history on Wednesday

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<v Speaker 2>when Yukon plays Fairleigh.

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<v Speaker 1>Dickinson. Thanks me. We gotta take a break when we

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<v Speaker 1>come back. It's Kroy Bethune. We caught up with her

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<v Speaker 1>last week before the playoffs got underway. That's coming up next.

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<v Speaker 1>She's an Olympic gold medalist, an attacking midfielder for the

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<v Speaker 1>US women's national team, and the Washington Spirit of the NWSL.

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<v Speaker 1>She played college soccer for the USC Trojans and the

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<v Speaker 1>Georgia Bulldogs twice was named First team All American. She

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<v Speaker 1>was selected by the Spirit third overall in the twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty four NWSL draft and tied the single season assist

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<v Speaker 1>record in this rookie season despite missing more than two

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<v Speaker 1>months of the season to injury. She loves a fit

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<v Speaker 1>pick and she'll beat your ass in bowling. It's Kroy Bethune.

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<v Speaker 1>What's up, KROI?

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<v Speaker 3>Hey, how are you?

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<v Speaker 1>I'm good? First, congrats on an absolutely incredible rookie season,

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<v Speaker 1>even despite the time, missed five goals, a league leading

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<v Speaker 1>tennis sists in just seventeen appearances, four NWSL Rookie of

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<v Speaker 1>the Month honors every single month in which you played.

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<v Speaker 1>That's unreal. Did you have specific goals that you wrote

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<v Speaker 1>down before the season that you look back at now

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<v Speaker 1>and see how your sort of reality matched her expectations?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Thank you, and yeah I had a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>goals written down. I'm big on manifestations, so I feel

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<v Speaker 3>like whatever energy I put down, I can succeed and

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<v Speaker 3>accomplish those goals.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I'm a big manifestation person too. I've gotten into

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<v Speaker 1>all the sciencey side of it, of the neuroplasticity of

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<v Speaker 1>actually training your brain to like start practicing doing the

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<v Speaker 1>things you want to you want to do. There's a

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<v Speaker 1>difference though, between thinking it and doing it. I think

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes when people have these incredible accomplishments so early on,

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<v Speaker 1>it feels almost like, what like it's hard, like legally blonde?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you able to put in perspective? How like what

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<v Speaker 1>you just I was just listening to Sammy Muis talking

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<v Speaker 1>about how like I never had ten assists, not once

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<v Speaker 1>in my career, and you just did that in your

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<v Speaker 1>rookie season. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean I'm strong and like believing in myself, in

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<v Speaker 3>the power of the tongue, like whatever you speak into positivity.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like I can do it. These are goals

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<v Speaker 3>that I wanted to accomplish, and within the first half

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like I did so looking back sometimes it

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<v Speaker 3>seems a little unreal. But I believe that I can

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<v Speaker 3>do it, and then actually doing it, it's it's great.

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<v Speaker 1>To whom do you attribute that belief system? Is that

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<v Speaker 1>someone that comes from family, from coaches, from mentors, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>From my parents. My dad actually wrote this out. If

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<v Speaker 3>you don't mind me reading it. Yeah, it's watch your

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<v Speaker 3>thoughts they become your words. Watch your words they become actions.

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<v Speaker 3>Your actions become habits. Habits become character. Character becomes destiny.

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<v Speaker 3>All is thought, that is all. That's actually my screen saver. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>so I'm like, I believe in that heavily.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah that's a favorite. That's a really good one. Okay.

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<v Speaker 1>So you have this incredible rookie nwslc's and you also

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<v Speaker 1>got your first taste of national team play, little thing

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<v Speaker 1>called an Olympic gold medal. No big deal. You were

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<v Speaker 1>elevated to the main roster at the Olympics because of

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<v Speaker 1>an injury to Jaden Shaw, and you made your Olympic

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<v Speaker 1>debut in the seventy ninth minute of the third group

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<v Speaker 1>stage game against Australia. Take us back to that moment.

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<v Speaker 1>What are the feelings? Nerves, excitement, joy.

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<v Speaker 3>A little bit of nerves. I've been waiting for this

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<v Speaker 3>moment for so long, so for it to actually be here,

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<v Speaker 3>it was a little surreal. Going in as an alternate.

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<v Speaker 3>I didn't really have any expectations of like playing or

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<v Speaker 3>you know, actually having the chance to get out there.

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<v Speaker 3>But stay ready so you don't have to get ready

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<v Speaker 3>so when the opportunity came, I was excited. Before stepping

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<v Speaker 3>on the field, the nerves kind of just dropped a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit, and I've more so wanted to focus on

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<v Speaker 3>performing well and helping the team out as much as

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<v Speaker 3>I possibly could.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there a US Women's national team player in particular

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<v Speaker 1>that you went to for advice or maybe was helping

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<v Speaker 1>and preparing you for this big international tournament experience at

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<v Speaker 1>the senior level. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>So Lindsay actually reached out to me before the Olympics

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<v Speaker 3>and I think my first camp and was just like hey,

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<v Speaker 3>like it's Lindsay, hope you're doing well. I know you're

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<v Speaker 3>coming in the camp. Just kind of words of like

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<v Speaker 3>encouraging words letting me know that I do belong here

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<v Speaker 3>and if I mean anything, like she's there. That actually

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<v Speaker 3>meant a lot for me coming from her, especially like

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<v Speaker 3>she's the captain, she's one of the ogs and then

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<v Speaker 3>mal at the Olympics, I feel like she kind of

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<v Speaker 3>took me under her wing as like a big sis

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<v Speaker 3>in the college days, like we would have a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of comparisons and within our game, and I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>her as a player is amazing, but getting to know

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<v Speaker 3>her as a person like she's very well rounded, so

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<v Speaker 3>I have a lot of respect for her just looking

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<v Speaker 3>after me.

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<v Speaker 1>Those are two pretty good people to take advice from,

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<v Speaker 1>to get leadership from, you know, Lindsay hErenn got a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of criticism during the Olympics, but when you look

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<v Speaker 1>at the way her teammates speak about her, the way

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<v Speaker 1>Emma Hayes spoke about her, her leadership is quite clear.

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<v Speaker 1>Was that hard for you guys on the team to

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<v Speaker 1>experience that dissonance between what you feel about her versus

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<v Speaker 1>what was being said about her by some of the

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<v Speaker 1>media or fans personally?

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<v Speaker 3>No, I feel like everyone's always going to have something

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<v Speaker 3>to say, no matter what, whether it's positive or negative.

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<v Speaker 3>And we're inside the bubble, We're with her every day.

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<v Speaker 3>We actually know who she is and how she is,

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<v Speaker 3>so I feel like that's just people outside of the

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<v Speaker 3>bubble chatting. But her leadership is amazing and I love

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<v Speaker 3>how serious and focused she is and she wants to win,

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<v Speaker 3>but she can balance still being lindsay.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, where's your metal now?

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<v Speaker 3>It's hidden, It's in a safe, it's protected.

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<v Speaker 1>Not a sock drawer, not in the bathroom, no where. No,

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<v Speaker 1>we're weird. Just somewhere safe. Yeah, yeah, I heard you're

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<v Speaker 1>really into music, so I need to know if you

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<v Speaker 1>have a go to song for pregame to get hyped.

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<v Speaker 3>Not a song, more so like genres and artists. I'm

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<v Speaker 3>big on old school music R and B, so I

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<v Speaker 3>tend to listen to that on the way there, just

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<v Speaker 3>to enjoy the vibe, like.

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<v Speaker 1>Don L.

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<v Speaker 3>Jones, Gat Band, Lorn Hill Erica and There's a bunch

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<v Speaker 3>but those are a couple. Yeah. And then when I

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<v Speaker 3>get to like the locker room, I turn on some

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<v Speaker 3>rat some hip hop to really get me like focused

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<v Speaker 3>and locked in, ready to go.

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<v Speaker 1>Who are some of your fabs?

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<v Speaker 3>Young Thug, Future, maybe young Boy? Those three really get

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<v Speaker 3>me ants cool.

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<v Speaker 1>I heard you like a Thursday solo date night watching

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<v Speaker 1>live music, preferably R and B. Why solo?

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like self love is the best love. Sometimes

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<v Speaker 3>you just need to get away and enjoy your own company.

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<v Speaker 3>For me, it's very soothing and rejuvenating, and I found

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<v Speaker 3>that I enjoy being by myself sometimes, so I feel

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<v Speaker 3>like every once in a while, just spoiling yourself is

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<v Speaker 3>good for your energy.

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<v Speaker 1>I like that for concerts and music sometimes too, because

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<v Speaker 1>I hate when people try to talk to me during

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<v Speaker 1>live music. I'm like, that's not about you. I'm literally

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<v Speaker 1>here for the music. So the up. Yeah, I heard

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<v Speaker 1>you also do solo bowling dates, going out to the

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<v Speaker 1>lanes alone, working on your game. What's your best score?

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<v Speaker 3>I got like almost I think like two hundred ones. Whoa, yeah,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm getting up there. I'm trying to get a perfect score.

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<v Speaker 1>My bess is one eighty five, which is pretty good,

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<v Speaker 1>but not not two hundred.

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<v Speaker 3>No, that's still good.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have your own ball?

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<v Speaker 3>I do. My grandma actually passed away and they were

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<v Speaker 3>My dad was going through stuff and found the bowling ball.

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<v Speaker 3>Her and my grandpa they had bowling balls and I

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<v Speaker 3>actually took her bag in the ball that she uses. Ease.

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<v Speaker 1>I love that. So that's great. Are you Are you

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<v Speaker 1>right down right down Main Street down the middle or

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<v Speaker 1>do you.

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<v Speaker 3>Throw a curve herd ball all day?

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<v Speaker 1>I cannot do that? I okay, I'm jealous. I can't

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<v Speaker 1>extract this.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, you get there.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you're a young person to be so comfortable and

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<v Speaker 1>happy hanging solo. Has that always been the case or

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<v Speaker 1>do you think some of that is to offset the

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<v Speaker 1>amount of time you spend in a team situation where

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<v Speaker 1>you have to be thinking about the needs of everybody

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<v Speaker 1>else out on the field. That's a good question.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like as time has gone on and I've

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<v Speaker 3>matured and gone through certain situations or just life, I've

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<v Speaker 3>had to learn to enjoy my own company again. Also,

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<v Speaker 3>just being around a lot of people all day, all

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<v Speaker 3>the time, every day, sometimes it gets a little overwhelming

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<v Speaker 3>or too much, so you need an escape. So I

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<v Speaker 3>feel like it's a little bit of mixture of both.

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<v Speaker 1>It sounds like an introvert talking introvert. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like when I was younger, as an extrovert,

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<v Speaker 3>I enjoy people. I feel like I'm a people person.

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<v Speaker 3>But I don't know. I feel like I'm becoming a

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<v Speaker 3>little bit of both, and I'm enjoying it good.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm what they call an extroverted extrovert. Basically, the more

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<v Speaker 1>people I'm around, the more energy I have. Every once

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<v Speaker 1>in a while, I have to recharge. But that's great

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<v Speaker 1>that you can find a balance in both. You started

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<v Speaker 1>playing soccer when you were really young, and then your

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<v Speaker 1>family spent three years in England in your sort of

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<v Speaker 1>pre teen years. How do you think time in that

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<v Speaker 1>sort of soccer crazed country impacted your skill set or

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<v Speaker 1>your interest in the game.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think it grew the love that I have

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<v Speaker 3>for the game. Soccer is huge in Europe, but it's

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<v Speaker 3>a different there's a difference between soccer and Europe and overseas.

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<v Speaker 3>Actually being at some menu games, it showed me how

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<v Speaker 3>much fans loved soccer. It was dope. I have an

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<v Speaker 3>older brother, so playing with him and his team made

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<v Speaker 3>me a lot more competitive. It made me want to win.

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<v Speaker 3>It made me learn how much soccer is quicker and

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<v Speaker 3>stronger with boys compared to girls or women.

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<v Speaker 1>Growing up.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like it helped me a lot pre pro

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<v Speaker 3>or pre team in college life.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, in your household, is it soccer or football? Soccer? Soccer?

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<v Speaker 1>All right? Good?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Back in the States, you had.

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<v Speaker 1>A tremendous amount of success in high school and college

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<v Speaker 1>despite three ACL tears before you'd even graduated college. What's

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<v Speaker 1>it like doing three rehabs? And how do you stay

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<v Speaker 1>positive knowing the second and the third time? Okay, I've

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<v Speaker 1>already been through this. I know what I'm about to

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<v Speaker 1>have to do. How did you stay positive during that?

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<v Speaker 3>It sucks for sure, But I mean the support system

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<v Speaker 3>I had is amazing. My parents, my brother, the coaching

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<v Speaker 3>staff of Kadani, and the whole medical staff at USC

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<v Speaker 3>was amazing. The first time, it was scary because I've

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<v Speaker 3>never ever gotten hurt and for my first injury to

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<v Speaker 3>be so major was crazy, especially the time that happened.

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<v Speaker 3>I missed out on the World Cup for you some

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<v Speaker 3>team so in freshman year. But the first one I

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<v Speaker 3>got through, and after that the second one, I was

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<v Speaker 3>kind of like, okay, like I've been here before, I

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<v Speaker 3>know what's gonna happen. I know how to get through it.

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<v Speaker 3>But it was just kind of like Dan, like here

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<v Speaker 3>we go again, you know, But also just being surrounded

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<v Speaker 3>by amazing people, my teammates. I had a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>teammates that I grew up with and played with, so

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<v Speaker 3>it was kind of like I had multiple different families

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<v Speaker 3>around me at one time. And the third one was

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<v Speaker 3>really just unfortunate. It also stuck too, But I feel

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<v Speaker 3>like that one taught me the most about myself, how

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<v Speaker 3>patient I am, how strong I am, how much I

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<v Speaker 3>really do love the game and still want to play.

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<v Speaker 3>A lot of people don't know this, but it also

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<v Speaker 3>made the decision for me at the time I was

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<v Speaker 3>deciding whether I wanted to stay another year or go pro,

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<v Speaker 3>and I feel like that ACL kind of showed me, Okay,

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<v Speaker 3>stay another year, take more time, and then thrive after.

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<v Speaker 1>It's so hard watching ACL tears across soccer landscape, and

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<v Speaker 1>I feel like there's a disconnected part between what science

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<v Speaker 1>and medical experts say about some preventative things, like there's

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<v Speaker 1>something called the pet method that I've spoken to doctors

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<v Speaker 1>saying if every team did this for fifteen minutes before

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<v Speaker 1>every practice, it would help. And then the media, which

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<v Speaker 1>seems to think that we're sort of stuck in decades

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<v Speaker 1>old conversation about how we don't understand why there are

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<v Speaker 1>so many injuries. It just keeps happening on a team level,

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<v Speaker 1>both in collagen at the pros, Like how much conversation

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<v Speaker 1>is there amongst you and your teammates about the prevalence

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<v Speaker 1>of ACL injuries and trying to figure out how to

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<v Speaker 1>be preventative.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, it's it's thrown in the air sometimes here

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<v Speaker 3>and there, especially when someone does have the injury, then

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<v Speaker 3>the conversation is very hot in the moment. But I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>I agree, I mean there's a lot of confusion as

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<v Speaker 3>to why it's happening, especially in women, it's so common.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, you can tear your aco by doing something

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<v Speaker 3>so simple or literally being taken out. So we kind

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<v Speaker 3>of wonder, like, is it the way that our bodies

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<v Speaker 3>are made genetics, DNA or simply like you're saying, science,

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<v Speaker 3>do we need to prent more?

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<v Speaker 1>So?

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like it's up in the air. I mean,

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<v Speaker 3>at Spirit we have a great medical staff, but we

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<v Speaker 3>should still kind of figure out what's really going.

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<v Speaker 1>On, keep studying. That's where all the money should be

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<v Speaker 1>going in the women's studying right now. In terms of

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<v Speaker 1>sports science, you play such an audacious game. It's really flashy,

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<v Speaker 1>it's really aggressive, it's really beautiful. Have you ever been

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<v Speaker 1>advised to tone it down or to play a different style

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<v Speaker 1>because of those early injuries? Do they ever just say

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<v Speaker 1>play it straight, Kroy, like you're gonna get it done,

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<v Speaker 1>just you know, without all the flash.

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<v Speaker 3>Honestly, thankfully, no. I feel like all the coaches I've

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<v Speaker 3>had in the past have respected who I am and

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<v Speaker 3>how I play, and that's what makes me me. So

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<v Speaker 3>they just continue to push me to be me, and

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<v Speaker 3>I mean it gets the job done. So if it's

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<v Speaker 3>not broke, don't fix serah, that's right.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right. You tore orr meniscus while throwing out the

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<v Speaker 1>first pitch at the Nationals game. How's the rehab going?

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<v Speaker 1>How is the meniscus injury different at all from your

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<v Speaker 1>previous knee injuries.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, the rehab's going great. About ten weeks. A lot

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<v Speaker 3>of even strength now, which is amazing. Just continue working

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<v Speaker 3>on strength and mobility. I feel like this one is

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<v Speaker 3>a lot easier in the sense of time. I feel

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<v Speaker 3>like I'm doing a lot more way earlier than if

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<v Speaker 3>I tore my aco ten weeks ago, especially pain and

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<v Speaker 3>stress wise, So I feel like that's a positive thing

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<v Speaker 3>with this meniscus.

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<v Speaker 1>Here, tell us about your dog. I imagine he spends

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of time with you during rehab, the big

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<v Speaker 1>and the small moments of coming back. What's his name?

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<v Speaker 3>So? I have a dog named Cush. He's an American

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<v Speaker 3>Staffordshire and an American Terrier. He has a little bit

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<v Speaker 3>of other things mixed with him. But yeah, he's a

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<v Speaker 3>nine month paity. He's so cute.

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<v Speaker 1>Nine months Okay, So is this your first, like dog

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<v Speaker 1>of your own?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, this is my first dog on my own.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you are you like a protective doggy mama, Are

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<v Speaker 1>you like the kind? He's dressing him up in Halloween

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<v Speaker 1>costumes and he has his own Instagram.

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<v Speaker 3>No, h we're working on the Instagram. I'm a very

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<v Speaker 3>affectionate dog mom. He's like very sweet and loves cuddles.

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<v Speaker 3>But I also don't like when people like try to

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<v Speaker 3>tell me how to be a mom. Fair. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 3>the injury, he's been great. I feel like when I

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<v Speaker 3>first came back, he noticed like, oh, something's wrong with mommy,

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<v Speaker 3>like let me be gentle. But as time's going on,

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<v Speaker 3>he's just been there, supporting lovey, you know, being a

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<v Speaker 3>big old baby.

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<v Speaker 1>Pities are the best snugglers. My little Pity Banks is

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<v Speaker 1>basically a barnacle attached to me at every moment possible.

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<v Speaker 1>My dogs do have their own Instagram. I feel like

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<v Speaker 1>if Kush got his own Instagram, there'd be a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of questions about Push the Pit's name. Can you take

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<v Speaker 1>us through that?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I just think I've never met a dog with

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<v Speaker 3>that name, so I thought it was pretty cool to do.

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<v Speaker 3>And yeah, he's handsome. I mean, when you see him,

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<v Speaker 3>it kind of fits him.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, No, I saw him before the interview started. That

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<v Speaker 1>is a handsome pup. That is a handsome pup. Ye, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So you've got the pity to support you. You've got

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<v Speaker 1>a great medical staff. Tell me about some of your teammates.

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<v Speaker 1>You step onto the scene as this highly tied rookie,

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<v Speaker 1>this high draft pick, high expectations. You blow all of

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<v Speaker 1>them out of the water. You're winning Rookie of the month,

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<v Speaker 1>Rookie of the month, Rookie of the month. How has

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<v Speaker 1>it been sort of adjusting to being a professional soccer

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<v Speaker 1>player and to being around other teammates who are both

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<v Speaker 1>supportive and also you know, trying to get theirs and

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<v Speaker 1>have their own success.

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<v Speaker 3>I feel like adjusting has been great. I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>I've been prepared for this moment for a couple of

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<v Speaker 3>years now, Like I mentioned, staying another year. Also the

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<v Speaker 3>coaches and staff. I've been surrounded with college, but a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of the rookies are already knew, whether that's national

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<v Speaker 3>team camps or how I used to play at Concord

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<v Speaker 3>with or playing against teammates like Heather and Courtney at Utah.

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<v Speaker 3>So we're not new to each other, which is great.

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<v Speaker 3>And also since there's a lot of us, it's kind

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<v Speaker 3>of like we have our own little rookie families. So

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<v Speaker 3>we've been getting through the rookie year with each other,

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<v Speaker 3>which has been amazing. I just like how welcoming everyone is.

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<v Speaker 3>It just feels really comfortable and no one being judgy

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<v Speaker 3>or jealous or any of that. So I feel like

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<v Speaker 3>this class has honestly been amazing and always.

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<v Speaker 1>This is going to be a tough season to top,

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<v Speaker 1>even with the jury, Like, other than staying healthy, of course,

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to want that, but I trust you also

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<v Speaker 1>have some other big plans for next year. Do you

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<v Speaker 1>have any goals you want to share?

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, health of course, And then I'll just say,

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<v Speaker 3>topping what I did this year, I just want to

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<v Speaker 3>continue to build off of each layer.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, what's your status for when you actually can hopefully

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<v Speaker 1>start just getting back to full speed practices and everything else,

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<v Speaker 1>hopefully before preseason.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I feel like God had another injury in

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<v Speaker 3>my plan in my journey, and since he did, I

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<v Speaker 3>feel like the timing was kind of perfect. I have preseason,

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<v Speaker 3>which gives me a little bit of extra time to

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<v Speaker 3>get ready for season, so I feel like I'll be ready.

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<v Speaker 1>Before Okay, before I let you go, we need to

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<v Speaker 1>do a speed round the all time soccer player men's

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<v Speaker 1>or women's that you most admire.

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<v Speaker 3>Women's we have Marta Tobin of course, and I'll say

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<v Speaker 3>Megan in there as well.

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<v Speaker 1>Nice top three nice.

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<v Speaker 3>And then men's messy Ronaldinho honestly, all the Brazilian and

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<v Speaker 3>Ronaldo Valdo.

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<v Speaker 1>All those yep, current player in the NWSL that you

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<v Speaker 1>look to you and you aspire to be.

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<v Speaker 3>Like a great question. Honestly, I'd have to go back

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<v Speaker 3>to now. I just have so much respect for her

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<v Speaker 3>and just thinking about like back in the day there

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<v Speaker 3>was a lot of comparison to us, and I definitely

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<v Speaker 3>see it. So I have a lot of respect for

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<v Speaker 3>as a person and a player.

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<v Speaker 1>NWSL player from another team you'd most want to play with.

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<v Speaker 3>I wanted to play with Ashley Sanchez such to say, but.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, NWSL player from another team you hate to play.

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<v Speaker 3>Against either, so Smith or Nay.

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<v Speaker 1>I was gonna say, Naomy Germa is a good answer

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<v Speaker 1>for anyone who just is like she makes it so

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<v Speaker 1>tough back there.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, yeah, Nay and I have gone to a bunch

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<v Speaker 3>of camps together. But also just playing against her at

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<v Speaker 3>Stanford each year, it was like she's like that is

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<v Speaker 3>really good.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. Owner of the Spirit, Michelle Kang is known for

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<v Speaker 1>her over the top fits. Do you have a favorite

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<v Speaker 1>Michelle Kang fit?

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<v Speaker 3>I do. I can't remember exactly what, but I know

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<v Speaker 3>she had on this like either white or cream dress

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<v Speaker 3>and some like really high heels and I was like, Michelle,

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<v Speaker 3>you look great.

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<v Speaker 1>Probably had a cape too. She's got a lot of kiss.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, she does. For her to like walk on the

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<v Speaker 3>field with the grass and just look unfazed. It's really,

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<v Speaker 3>it's unbelievable.

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<v Speaker 1>She really, yes, how do you do it? She has

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<v Speaker 1>a very intimidating energy. It's like a little bit of

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<v Speaker 1>like Big Dick energy times like Devil Wears Prada and

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<v Speaker 1>a wind Tour energy.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, yeah, it's kind of.

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<v Speaker 1>Terrifying to be honest, at least for me. Croy. We've

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<v Speaker 1>had so much fun talking to you. You are such

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<v Speaker 1>a professional already at just twenty three years old, both

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<v Speaker 1>in the way you carry yourself and in your game,

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<v Speaker 1>and we are dying to see how high that ceiling

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<v Speaker 1>is for you. Because this season was so much fun,

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<v Speaker 1>We're thinking about your health and we're so excited for

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<v Speaker 1>when you're back. Thanks so much for giving us some time.

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<v Speaker 3>Thank you, thank you for having me. You're amazing a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of fun.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks again De Croix for the time, and congrats on

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<v Speaker 1>all the success. Can't wait to see you back out

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<v Speaker 1>on the pitch. We gotta pay the bills. BRB, You're back,

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<v Speaker 1>so are we, So slices. I booked a few days

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<v Speaker 1>of VAK with the hubby in Spain over the weekend

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<v Speaker 1>before work started. And whenever we travel to a new

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<v Speaker 1>country together, we buy a Christmas ornament to add to

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<v Speaker 1>our tree. So every year when we decorate, we get

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<v Speaker 1>to remember all the places that we've been together. It's

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite tradition. So I'm wondering for our good gameplay

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<v Speaker 1>of the day. Do you collect anything when you travel? Magnets, keychains, bowls.

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<v Speaker 1>We would love to see the fruits of your travels,

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<v Speaker 1>the balls you're tossing right down Main Street, hitting the

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<v Speaker 1>pocket between the one and the three pins. Turkey time, baby,

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