WEBVTT - Smashin' It with Angelina Anderson 0:00:00.760 --> 0:00:03.080 Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we've discovered 0:00:03.080 --> 0:00:07.560 all the four D replays from ESPN's NCAA Gymnastics Championships coverage. 0:00:07.720 --> 0:00:10.720 They installed thirty cameras at the Beam and Vault to 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:12.680 create these insanely cool videos. 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:14.600 Can't stop watching. 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:17.600 It's Monday, April twenty first, and on today's show, we'll 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:21.200 be talking to Angel City goalkeeper Angelina Anderson about keeping 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:24.760 her confidence even as she endured moves from backup to starter, 0:00:25.000 --> 0:00:28.760 to backup, back to starter again. We discuss ACFC naming 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:31.319 a new head coach, the Angel City celebrity owners she 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:33.920 most wants to meet, and getting her first US women's 0:00:34.000 --> 0:00:36.640 national team call up. Plus a border battle we can 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:41.320 get behind, a reason to feel unwell, and celebrating losing 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:43.960 in front of a big crowd. It's all coming up 0:00:44.000 --> 0:00:53.519 right after this. Welcome back Slices. Hope you had a 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:58.000 great weekend. Here's what you need to know today, Starting 0:00:58.040 --> 0:01:00.760 with hockey and the conclusion of Women's World Worlds for 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:04.480 the twenty third time in twenty four World Championships, the 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:07.480 US and Canada met in the gold medal game on Sunday, 0:01:07.959 --> 0:01:11.959 and as always, the matchup did not disappoint. It was 0:01:12.040 --> 0:01:15.720 tied three apiece after regulation and the game went into overtime, 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:19.919 with Team USA coming out on top, Tessa Janicky scoring 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:22.560 the game winner seventeen oh six into the extra period 0:01:22.800 --> 0:01:24.680 to lead the Stars and Stripes to the four to 0:01:24.720 --> 0:01:28.399 three victory. Backup goaltender Gwyneth Phillips came up big for 0:01:28.480 --> 0:01:32.800 Team USA, making seventeen stops on eighteen shots, including all 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:36.520 ten in overtime, after coming into spell starter Aaron Frankel, 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.440 who suffered an injury in the third period after a collision. 0:01:40.040 --> 0:01:43.720 Phillips was understandably a little overwhelmed and at a loss 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:44.880 for words after the win. 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:47.560 Take a listen, all right, tell me what is going 0:01:47.640 --> 0:01:48.280 through your mind? 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:53.840 Honestly, before, during, during, not a lot like just like 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:54.720 peer instinct. 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.800 I guess how were you able to stop. 0:01:57.520 --> 0:01:58.680 Everything that came your way? 0:01:58.920 --> 0:02:00.440 Why Did's not that y by? 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:02.000 I had a lot of really good help in front 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:03.600 of me, so they made my life as easy as 0:02:03.640 --> 0:02:04.040 it could be. 0:02:04.280 --> 0:02:06.280 Tell me what you're feeling in this moment right now. 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:09.040 Shock it off. I'm ecstatic. 0:02:09.480 --> 0:02:12.440 Congratulation, Thank you, I love it. 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:16.160 Hillary Knight, who holds nearly every record in the books 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:20.280 for Women's Worlds extended another with her record tenth gold medal, 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:22.680 and she's heading home with the nifty shiner on her 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:25.600 left eye too. Tmusa had made it to the final 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:28.120 with a two one win over host nation Checkia on Saturday, 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:31.040 while the Canadians defeated Finland eight to one in the 0:02:31.080 --> 0:02:34.640 other semi More hockey, the Professional Women's Hockey League has 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:40.280 reportedly picked its first expansion city, Vancouver. Local Vancouver paper 0:02:40.360 --> 0:02:43.000 The Province was the first to report the news. The 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:45.239 team is expected to begin play in twenty twenty five 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:48.400 twenty six. This expansion comes less than two years after 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:51.600 the league's launch in January twenty twenty four. The official 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:54.200 announcement confirming Vancouver is expected. 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:54.919 To come this Wednesday. 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:58.480 Per the Associated Press, Seattle appears to be the top 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:01.600 contender for expansion city, now number two, though plans to 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:05.880 announce Seattle as the pick are currently on hold. To Gymnastics, 0:03:05.880 --> 0:03:11.519 Oklahoma captured the NCUBLEA Gymnastics Championship on Saturday in Fort Worth, Texas, 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:15.840 besting second place UCLA, third place Missouri, and fourth place Utah. 0:03:16.200 --> 0:03:20.440 This is Oklahoma's third title in four seasons and seventh overall. 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:23.160 Tying them with the UCLA for third most titles in 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:27.760 NCAA history. Earlier in the competition, Oklahomas Jordan Bowers won 0:03:27.800 --> 0:03:31.160 the individual all around title, beating out a decorated field 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:35.840 that included multiple Olympians. As for the individual apparatus titles, 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:39.840 LSU's Kaylin Chio one on vault, UCLA's Brooklyn Moors took 0:03:39.880 --> 0:03:42.880 the floor title, Missouri's Helen Who one on beam, and 0:03:43.000 --> 0:03:48.280 UCLA's Jordan Chiles topped the floor exercise. To softball, Stanford 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:52.040 broke the NCUBA softball single game attendance record while hosting 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:56.040 rival Cal on Saturday thirteen thou Two hundred and seven 0:03:56.120 --> 0:03:59.440 fans crammed into Stanford Stadium, the venue where the school's 0:03:59.440 --> 0:04:03.240 football team plays, for the quote unquote big swing. But 0:04:03.480 --> 0:04:06.240 while the Cardinal won the record, they did lose the game, 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:09.400 falling to Cal ten to eight. The previous softball record 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:12.400 was twelve thousand, five sixty six set in Oklahoma at 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:16.440 last year's College World Series. To soccer, US women's national 0:04:16.440 --> 0:04:20.400 team and Washington's Spirit star Trinity Rodman is out indefinitely 0:04:20.800 --> 0:04:23.880 as she deals with ongoing back issues. In a statement 0:04:23.880 --> 0:04:27.080 to ESPN, the Spirit said, quote Trinity is taking time 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.279 away from team activities to manage her back. 0:04:29.480 --> 0:04:32.560 We look forward to her returning when she's healthy. End quote. 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:35.679 Rodman's agent told The Washington Post that she'll be meeting 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:37.839 with a doctor in London and will return to the 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:40.640 team as soon as she's healthy. Rodman has battled back 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:43.440 injuries for several years now and has previously said that 0:04:43.480 --> 0:04:45.839 she never expects to be back to one hundred percent 0:04:45.920 --> 0:04:51.520 health more NWSL. Even without Rodman and without Kroy Bethune, 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:55.080 and without Hal Hirschfeldt and without Casey Krueger, the Spirits 0:04:55.080 --> 0:04:57.320 still manage to win their match against the Orlando Pride 0:04:57.360 --> 0:05:00.000 on Saturday one nil, handing the Pride their first law 0:05:00.279 --> 0:05:02.640 the regular season. The lone goal of the game was 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:06.000 scored by Spirit rookie Gift Monday, who was signed by 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:09.479 the team in March. Also congrats to the Seattle Rains 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:12.840 lynbian Doolo, who notched the thirty first regular season assist 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.240 of her career on Friday night. She's now tied for 0:05:15.279 --> 0:05:18.599 the most assists in NWSL history. She set up Mattie 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:21.839 Dleen's goal in Seattle's one nail victory over the Portland Thorns. 0:05:22.040 --> 0:05:25.120 The Rain's first regular season win over its regional rivals 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:27.120 since twenty twenty one. 0:05:28.360 --> 0:05:30.520 We got to take a quick break. When we come back. 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:31.960 It's Angelina Anderson. 0:05:32.279 --> 0:05:34.320 We caught up with her last Thursday, the day before 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:37.360 Angel City's four nothing lost to Gotham, the team's first 0:05:37.360 --> 0:05:38.240 loss of the season. 0:05:39.000 --> 0:05:42.719 Are we bad luck? I say no, but Angel City 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:51.960 might feel otherwise. Stick around joining us now. 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:55.279 She's the keeper of Angel Cities, Hopes and Dreams aka, 0:05:55.360 --> 0:05:58.240 the starting goalkeeper for ACFC, and she recently got her 0:05:58.240 --> 0:05:58.919 first US. 0:05:58.800 --> 0:05:59.760 National team call up. 0:06:00.040 --> 0:06:02.800 A Berkeley grad who was a team captain her sophomore, junior, 0:06:02.880 --> 0:06:05.320 and senior seasons in college, her mom was a track star, 0:06:05.400 --> 0:06:07.640 her dad was a football player, and her middle name 0:06:07.800 --> 0:06:12.240 is Dora. It's Angelina Anderson. How often do you get 0:06:12.240 --> 0:06:13.160 Dora the Explorer? 0:06:13.440 --> 0:06:14.160 Just all the time? 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:18.919 I got that a lot growing up in like elementary school. 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:22.839 People thought that was really really funny. Now I don't mind, 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:26.640 but only only special people know my middle name. 0:06:26.760 --> 0:06:28.839 So now all of our. 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:33.239 Listeners, Yeah, a really nice start for your Angel City 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:35.520 club to to and o sitting in fourth in the league. 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:36.719 What's going well for you guys? 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:39.880 Yeah? I mean I am so proud of us. I'm 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:43.279 so excited. Been a great start. Like you said, it 0:06:43.440 --> 0:06:46.599 just feels great to be undefeated. Honestly, I think the 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:49.640 team's just really together. Like we've had a lot of 0:06:49.720 --> 0:06:53.960 moving parts, and obviously with some interim positions and new 0:06:54.000 --> 0:06:57.080 people coming in and new players coming in, but it's 0:06:57.120 --> 0:07:01.080 been like a seamless transition, and I just kind of 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:04.280 have an impression that no matter what's going on outside 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:07.279 in the world or external forces, like, if your team's together, 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:10.040 you can get through a lot. So I just feel 0:07:10.040 --> 0:07:11.720 like we've got a really good vibe in the locker 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.080 room right now, and we're all kind of just like 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:16.640 riding off of each performance and hoping that the next 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:17.440 one's better. You know. 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:18.400 Yeah, I love that. 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.000 I actually was recently talking to a retired player and 0:07:21.040 --> 0:07:24.440 it was that conversation about vibes that, yeah, of course 0:07:24.440 --> 0:07:27.200 you need skill, and of course you need structure, but 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:30.760 there's something about a magic between teammates that if it's 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:33.480 happening early in the season, just like the intangibles and 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:36.200 the things you almost can't describe, happen, and it keeps 0:07:36.240 --> 0:07:38.520 you united through the tough times and keeps you together 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:42.000 when people are frustrated. That's just it's so important, and 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:44.080 that's really special to have with a team that does 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:47.400 have some things in flux. After a pretty lengthy search 0:07:47.560 --> 0:07:50.640 going on since last December, you just announced a new 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:52.160 coach and Alexander Strauss. 0:07:52.320 --> 0:07:53.160 He won't be here yet. 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.840 He's going to leave German squad Byron Munich and come 0:07:55.880 --> 0:07:58.000 in June, but has had a lot of success with 0:07:58.040 --> 0:08:00.000 them since twenty twenty two out there. 0:08:00.040 --> 0:08:01.920 What do you know about him? If anything? 0:08:02.480 --> 0:08:06.360 Not much, pretty much basically what you've just said. Obviously, 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:08.400 the team was told and we got kind of a 0:08:08.400 --> 0:08:11.920 brief synopsis. I think it was nice to hear from 0:08:11.960 --> 0:08:17.200 management their confidence in him and that throughout the search, 0:08:17.280 --> 0:08:21.120 one of the big priorities was finding like a winner, 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:23.440 you know, who has proven time and time again that 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:27.080 they can win in big moments, and so I think 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:30.040 we all love to hear that from him, and it's exciting. 0:08:30.080 --> 0:08:31.760 But at the same time, like, I'm just proud of 0:08:31.800 --> 0:08:35.480 our groups. I guess kind of mentality and ability to 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.760 like take that big news that we got and then 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.640 still be like, Okay, well that's coming in June. We 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:45.200 got a game to win tomorrow, you right, we're keeping 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:47.120 We're keeping this bus roll in and we'll see you 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.199 in June. So yeah, I think yeah. I think it's 0:08:49.200 --> 0:08:52.640 been a really really great conversations and good vibe after 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:54.040 hearing the news exciting. 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.400 How has it been playing under Sam Sam Lady your 0:08:57.400 --> 0:08:59.520 interim coach, knowing he's not going to stay on his 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:02.120 head coach but will be around. Does it feel any 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:04.280 different than any other year when you've got a full 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:05.160 time coach in place? 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:09.760 Not necessarily. I think you kind of you act under 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:12.880 the guys that this is your head coach and he's 0:09:12.960 --> 0:09:16.760 kind of setting our style of play and leading the ship. 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:18.960 And I think Sam's done a really good job with 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:22.040 that of coming in and bringing us together. And obviously 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:24.560 he's been in the league for a while, so he 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:28.360 knows how this league works. And I think that's definitely shown. 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:31.160 I feel like he has the group together and it 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:34.880 doesn't really feel like he's interim necessary. 0:09:34.960 --> 0:09:37.920 Yeah, I know the new coach news is very new, 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:40.200 but do you have any indication about whether they'll start 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:44.320 to try to have your new coach's style or any 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:48.200 of his impressions transferred to Sam to start you working 0:09:48.200 --> 0:09:49.840 on things. Is there going to be a difference between 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.560 Alexander's approach and Sam's in a way that Sam might 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:56.600 want to start slowly introducing so that when Alexander gets here, 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.720 y'all are already, you know, understanding what kind of approach 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:00.559 he has the game. 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:05.240 Right from what we've been told. Part of that search 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:09.360 was finding somebody who like aligns with the type of 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.160 football that Angel City wants to play, that we want 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:15.080 to put in front of the fans, that management wants 0:10:15.120 --> 0:10:17.040 us to play, that we have players who can play 0:10:17.080 --> 0:10:19.679 this way. So I think that was one of the 0:10:19.720 --> 0:10:24.480 big like guiding factors too throughout the hiring process, of like, 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:27.839 who is somebody that we're aligned with, They're aligned with us, 0:10:29.080 --> 0:10:32.440 so we can just play the like, dynamic, exciting football 0:10:32.440 --> 0:10:34.840 that we want to play. So I think should be 0:10:36.440 --> 0:10:38.719 should be a pretty smooth transition. You know, you never 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:42.440 know new people and coaches with quirks and stuff. So 0:10:42.880 --> 0:10:46.080 I'm excited to see the differences and the similarities and 0:10:46.120 --> 0:10:47.600 all that good change coming up. 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.600 Well, on the one hand, it's great that Sam will 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.240 be sticking around to be the senior assistant because he 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:53.120 knows the team well. 0:10:53.160 --> 0:10:54.400 He'll help with the transition. 0:10:54.800 --> 0:10:56.800 It's going to be mid season, so that way Alexander 0:10:56.800 --> 0:10:58.280 doesn't have to come in and just try to figure 0:10:58.280 --> 0:11:00.960 it out himself, but also always to have someone go 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:04.160 to a position of a little less authority after being 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.120 the head man. Do you have an impression based on 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:08.120 what you know of Sam of how he'll handle that. 0:11:08.640 --> 0:11:12.480 Yeah, I couldn't imagine that role change for sure, like 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:15.600 it would. I could imagine that you might feel some 0:11:15.760 --> 0:11:17.640 type of way about it, But I think Sam has 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:21.760 just shown such professionalism and his goal at the end 0:11:21.800 --> 0:11:23.840 of the day is to help us win and to 0:11:23.880 --> 0:11:26.520 help us be successful. And I think like overall in 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:30.160 our club, we have that mentality like whatever your role is, 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:31.760 you do it to the best of your ability, and 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:33.320 that's what it's going to take to get us to 0:11:33.360 --> 0:11:35.680 win and to be successful. And I have no doubt 0:11:35.720 --> 0:11:38.840 that Sam will continue just to bring his quality in 0:11:38.920 --> 0:11:40.600 whatever role he takes on. 0:11:41.000 --> 0:11:42.800 You personally have had to deal with a little bit 0:11:42.800 --> 0:11:45.160 of that top of the rung, a little bit back 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:47.480 and forth. You were drafted twenty seventh overall in twenty 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:50.680 twenty three. You made four regular season appearances. Your rookie 0:11:50.720 --> 0:11:54.040 season started the first playoff game in Angel City, franchise history, 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:56.800 first rookie and quite some time to get us start 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:59.240 in the playoffs, and then you started the beginning of 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.440 last year, but replaced by did Harcich before resuming the 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:03.960 starting role again this season. 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:06.240 That's a lot of back and forth for a young career. 0:12:06.320 --> 0:12:08.760 How did you handle that setback last year and stay 0:12:08.800 --> 0:12:10.880 focused and ready in your backup role and make sure 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:12.319 you were still doing your best for the team. 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:15.640 It's definitely a lot of back and forth, and I 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:19.360 think it's really easy to look at, you know, starting 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:22.920 last year and then getting benched, It's easy to see 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:26.439 that as a really like a negative thing. I personally 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:28.840 think that last year will probably be one of the 0:12:28.880 --> 0:12:32.480 most valuable years of my professional career for a long 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:37.920 long time, just of learning how to be a pro 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:41.400 when things aren't going your way and how like to 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:43.880 really really own your role and to be the best 0:12:43.960 --> 0:12:48.240 version of you regardless of the circumstances. So yeah, it 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:53.320 was definitely challenging. But I think like my ultimate goal 0:12:53.520 --> 0:12:57.440 and like desire no matter what position I'm in, is 0:12:57.480 --> 0:13:00.120 like I want the team to win, and like when 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.840 d D was starting over me like I support the 0:13:02.880 --> 0:13:05.480 hell out of d D. Support currently, you know, like, 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.200 I just want whoever's on the field to be ready 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:11.400 to go and to smash it, and I'm going to 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:15.120 do whatever I can to get us there. So yeah, challenging, 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:21.600 but I think my own like internal sense of being 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:24.160 a part of something bigger than just myself kind of 0:13:24.160 --> 0:13:27.680 took over and that was my like bigger motivation for sure. 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:30.240 I love that you've actually described last year as the 0:13:30.240 --> 0:13:32.360 biggest year of growth in all your life. I think 0:13:32.400 --> 0:13:34.320 it takes a certain kind of person to be ready 0:13:34.320 --> 0:13:36.839 for that moment and to handle it the way you 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:39.840 have and to realize even in that moment, what an 0:13:39.880 --> 0:13:42.040 opportunity it is, what a learning experience it is. A 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:43.840 lot of people can look back years later and be like, oh, 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:46.120 that was good for me, But you seem to have 0:13:46.240 --> 0:13:49.440 had the emotional awareness to do it in the moment. 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:50.560 To what do you attribute that. 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:55.040 I don't know. I've been told that I am wise 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:58.720 beyond my ears. Maybe it's that, yeah, but no, I 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:01.559 just yeah, I think like I had a really good 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:05.240 support system around me too, of people like who lifted 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:07.800 me up and still made me feel valued, and so 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:10.480 I was able to still really feel like I do 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:13.960 impact this team. I make this team better right now. 0:14:14.040 --> 0:14:18.360 I need some development. I gotta get my feet under 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:20.440 me a bit more, and I know my time's coming. 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:22.560 I think that was kind of my mindset of just 0:14:22.920 --> 0:14:24.800 keep pushing forward. This is a part of it. 0:14:25.480 --> 0:14:29.200 Yeah, your teammate Alyssa Thompson has been on one lately, 0:14:29.360 --> 0:14:31.920 scoring in three or four Angel City games, lighting it 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:35.040 up in the national team friendlies. I imagine that facing her 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:37.560 and training every day has probably helped with you honing 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:38.080 those skills. 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:44.280 Absolutely. Yeah, like you said, Alyssa is in top form 0:14:44.400 --> 0:14:49.080 right now, and I mean she is special, like Alyssa 0:14:49.120 --> 0:14:52.760 Thompson is special. And it's funny because her and I 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:56.400 have such a great relationship. We're draft mates, we're roommates 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:59.480 on the road, like Alyssa is my girl. So I'm 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:02.480 so happy to see her being so successful. But yes, 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:07.400 in training, it's just like the best training ever for me. 0:15:07.520 --> 0:15:09.920 I mean, you have shifty Alyssa coming at you, and 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.680 I just have to say she is way quicker in 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:16.840 person than you guys see on TV. And yeah, it's 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:19.680 it's great being able to train with liss. I think 0:15:20.200 --> 0:15:22.480 the thing that's popping into my head right now is 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:25.640 phill score on me or score like a little sneaky 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:27.960 goal on me, And then I see the biggest grin 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.480 on her face and she's just running away, just you know, just. 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:32.760 To make that so proud of hers. 0:15:33.240 --> 0:15:37.440 Yeah, right, but no, she's special, and I just I mean, yeah, 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:39.680 she's playing at such a high level right now. I'm 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:40.560 so happy for her. 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:42.440 I love that you also get to spend a lot 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:44.880 more time with her because you're at US women's national 0:15:44.880 --> 0:15:48.040 team practices together. So you played for the US under 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:50.000 seventeen and under twenty teams, and then you got your 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.360 first senior national team call up in January of this 0:15:52.480 --> 0:15:54.680 year as a training player, one of a handful of 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:56.680 keepers that Emma Hayes wants to get a look at. 0:15:56.680 --> 0:15:58.760 So how did it feel to get that first call? 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:03.960 Oh my god, I cried. I mean, getting called up 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:08.040 to the senior team has always been like a life 0:16:08.080 --> 0:16:11.760 goal of mine, and now it's happened twice this year. 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:15.200 So I'm just like, I mean, I'm overjoyed. I'm honored 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:18.680 just going into that environment. It's like my goal is 0:16:18.920 --> 0:16:23.720 just to improve and to smile and take it all 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:26.880 in and be grateful and just like, look, look around 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:29.680 like I'm being coached Byanma Hayes, I'm with Olympians. I'm like, 0:16:30.240 --> 0:16:32.840 it's really really special, and yeah, I think just like 0:16:33.200 --> 0:16:35.560 immense gratitude and excitement. 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:39.440 Yeah, it's an exciting and interesting time for the US 0:16:39.480 --> 0:16:41.640 women's national team. When it comes to the keeper position, 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:44.840 it's kind of an unusual moment. There's been this pretty 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:47.840 clear transition from Brianna Scurry to Hope Solo to a 0:16:47.880 --> 0:16:49.880 listener and now there's. 0:16:49.640 --> 0:16:50.680 A real battle for it. 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:53.600 How has the sort of pod of keepers at national 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:55.960 camp dealt with the uncertainty around the role. 0:16:56.600 --> 0:17:02.320 That's an interesting question. I think goalkeepers in particular are 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:07.080 pretty good at like creating an environment that's like conducive 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:11.520 to success through challenging each other and supporting each other. 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:14.280 And so I feel like we're all pretty well versed 0:17:14.280 --> 0:17:17.480 of like we know that this is like the squad 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:19.960 and at the end of the day, somebody's gonna play 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:22.840 over somebody else. But when I've gone in, it's been 0:17:23.119 --> 0:17:29.960 really supportive. Obviously high challenge, and I mean from my perspective, 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:32.199 like I kind of alluded to it earlier, is like 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:36.159 I'm focused on improving me and improving the group and 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:39.400 whoever steps on the field, let's go. I hope that's 0:17:39.400 --> 0:17:41.119 the best one for the team, and they get the 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:43.920 job done. And it was super exciting seeing Fallin get 0:17:43.920 --> 0:17:46.639 her first cap, And obviously, like I look up to 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:50.439 Mandy and she's been great to train against and with 0:17:50.800 --> 0:17:54.240 and see her thrive too. So it's been it's been 0:17:54.240 --> 0:17:56.840 really exciting just to kind of like be in be 0:17:56.920 --> 0:17:58.960 in that group, you know, and see like where do 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:02.280 I fit in? Where's is going? And I think things 0:18:02.320 --> 0:18:04.800 will play out the way the way that they should. 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:07.600 And it's been an honor being just called into that 0:18:07.640 --> 0:18:08.880 little group to get looked at. 0:18:09.359 --> 0:18:11.600 What have you learned from some of their keepers, anyone 0:18:11.640 --> 0:18:13.880 in particular that has given you a tip where you've 0:18:13.920 --> 0:18:16.600 watched them been like, oh yeah, I get I see that. 0:18:17.920 --> 0:18:23.000 I mean definitely, just like little technical things in training, 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:26.640 like you get to watch people five yards away from 0:18:26.640 --> 0:18:30.639 you making insane saves and I think that's something I 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:35.600 got to learn my rookie year of like watching Ddy 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:38.080 do some crazy stuff right in front of me. I 0:18:38.119 --> 0:18:40.400 was like, oh, okay, that's how you get your foot 0:18:40.440 --> 0:18:43.200 out there or something. So I think, yeah, like little 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:45.760 technical things like that, and then also for me, like 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:49.520 still being a young goalkeeper and meeting some of the 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:52.440 goalkeepers that like I've looked up to and really admired 0:18:52.560 --> 0:18:54.639 has been cool. Like I met Jane at the last 0:18:54.680 --> 0:18:56.240 camp and she was really cool. 0:18:56.400 --> 0:18:57.520 Jane Campbell. Yeah. 0:18:57.600 --> 0:18:59.520 Yeah, So I would just say, like being that in 0:18:59.560 --> 0:19:03.200 that ironman and being pushed by people that I've always 0:19:03.800 --> 0:19:06.680 really respected has been really valuable. 0:19:07.440 --> 0:19:09.639 You're one of the younger ones and you've got plenty 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:11.440 of time to make your mark, so it's maybe a 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:13.239 little bit easier to just go and soak it all 0:19:13.280 --> 0:19:15.359 up and just be grateful to be there. But I wonder, 0:19:15.800 --> 0:19:19.280 just in general as a keeper, is there some intentionality 0:19:19.320 --> 0:19:24.919 around the mental health approach, the sports psychology approach to 0:19:25.040 --> 0:19:30.560 the position, knowing that unless someone goes terribly wrong, you're 0:19:30.640 --> 0:19:34.320 probably not getting in if you didn't start, Like could 0:19:34.720 --> 0:19:36.919 you could be a forward or a midfielder and know 0:19:36.960 --> 0:19:38.359 that like, hey, I didn't get the start, but I 0:19:38.400 --> 0:19:40.960 might be a great sub that's going to completely change 0:19:40.960 --> 0:19:41.359 the game. 0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:42.919 But there's one keeper. 0:19:43.400 --> 0:19:45.280 Yeah, they probably are going to play every minute of 0:19:45.280 --> 0:19:49.280 every game, right, how do you? I mean it's easy 0:19:49.320 --> 0:19:50.840 to say, oh, you just have to be ready and 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:52.600 like be you ready when your name is called. 0:19:52.640 --> 0:19:53.639 But that's hard. 0:19:54.320 --> 0:19:56.280 How much do you actually talk about that with either 0:19:56.320 --> 0:19:59.760 coaches or psychologists when you start to get on a 0:19:59.760 --> 0:20:01.879 path to be a professional or an elite keeper. 0:20:02.480 --> 0:20:06.240