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If you win games, at the top, there's no pressure to change. You change when you have to change. You change when you don't win anymore.
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No Pressure
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I haven't had many injuries, and I know that's because I take care of my body, and I do the things that I need to do to keep it strong.
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Body
Care
Strong
Take Care
Because
Had
Take
Injuries
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I think that a lot of women experience that balance between feeling insecure about and appreciative for their bodies. I definitely have.
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Appreciative
Balance
Insecure
Bodies
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I have learned that there's a little bit of a danger in stressing ourselves out and living in the future - worry affects how we are today.
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Future
Danger
Little Bit
Today
Worry
Living
Affects
Bit
Learned
Stressing
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I was in front of the goal so much at Stanford. I still amassed a lot of goals, but there were so many opportunities that I wasn't scoring.
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Stanford
Front
Opportunities
Scoring
So Many Opportunities
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I'm very grateful for the way that I feel when I play. I feel very powerful, I feel fast, I feel unstoppable, and that's because of my body.
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Grateful
Powerful
Unstoppable
Fast
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You can be one inch from the national team and the opportunity to make so much money and a life out of it. That's why people hang on so long.
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National Team
Inch
So Much Money
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I think, in the U.S., we have such a focus on the physicality, on being the best athlete, that it sort of overshadows the football aspect of it.
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Aspect
Athlete
Being The Best
Physicality
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When you're transitioning, and you're trying to develop a better brand of soccer, at some point, you have to step backward before you step forward.
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Soccer
Backward
Step Forward
Transitioning
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I really feel gratitude every day in my life that I'm able to do what I love, and I think, because I have that passion and spirit, I've had success.
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Gratitude
Life Love Success
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I think I approach pressure by having discipline and learning to be calm in everyday life. I do this with a daily mindfulness practice and commitment.
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Approach
Calm
Commitment
Discipline
Everyday
Everyday Life
Mindfulness
Practice
Pressure
Daily
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We stress out over things we can't control. So if something is a stressor, you can just simply take the power away from it by focusing on something else.
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Stress
Focusing
Something Else
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The American professional schedule gives players a six-month off-season, so many of us have become pickup regulars while training without an organized team.
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Off Season
Organized
Team
Training
Gives
Pickup
Schedule
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My first year with Gothenburg was the most carefree because I was playing on a middle-of-the-table team in Sweden. It was a lot less of the global attention.
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Attention
Carefree
Sweden
Team
Global
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I'm so excited to be a Coppertone brand ambassador because as an athlete, taking care of my body is a huge part of my job, and sunscreen is a vital part of that.
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Athlete
Excited
Huge
Sunscreen
Ambassador
Brand
Huge Part
Vital
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No hidden talents, but I have a lot of hobbies. Acrylic painting - I got a whole set, and I light candles at night and sit there and paint and look out on Lake Michigan.
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Hobbies
Michigan
Paint
Candles
Talents
Hidden
Lake
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I've learned from experience not to be too glued to one menu or routine in particular because I never know where I'm going to be and what kind of cuisine it's going to be.
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Cuisine
Routine
Experience Never Know
Glued
Menu
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In Sweden, if a player has the ball, and you're running across the line of vision, you would never call for the ball. In the United States, if you're open, you're screaming.
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Running
States
Sweden
United States
Vision
Across
Ball
Open
Call
Line
Screaming
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I'm a dreamer, and I'm a perfectionist, and I love excellence, and that's hardwired in me. But when I was young, I lived in a space for a long time where I only felt insufficient.
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Excellence
Insufficient
Long Time
Perfectionist
Love Time Space
Love Space Time
Hardwired
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I don't really own a lot of makeup. Usually, though, I don't leave the house without mascara. That is so essential for me. I love playing with lip color, too. I'm just really basic.
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Mascara
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The European leagues have been there a long time, the coaches have been there, the clubs have been there, there's history to the teams. There's already that football support culture.
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Clubs
Coaches
Time History Football
Leagues
Teams
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If I put my pinkie to my thumb, I can cover my wrist all the way to the knuckle. When I get a watch, I always have to go and get extra holes put in or get a special bracelet that's adjustable.
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Bracelet
Holes
Special
Cover
Watch
Extra
Put
Thumb
Wrist
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Staying grounded, eating healthy, doing yoga, staying out of the sun to protect my skin - I think that the daily decisions we make to protect our bodies are the best ways we can care for them.
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Yoga
Eating
Grounded
Healthy
Protect
Staying
Sun
Decisions
Skin
Bodies
Daily
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With yoga, it works every part of the body and increases range of motion. People think you get super flexible and you lose your power in sport. I'm getting back to normal because I'm so wound up and tight.
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Yoga
Flexible
Normal
Range
Works
Sport
Increases
Motion
Super
Tight
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I would like to fight as hard as I possibly can in each and every game and win or lose, leave it at that, and move forward. I know in my heart that that is the mindset I need to be a successful and happy athlete.
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Athlete
Mindset
Successful
Win Or Lose
Fight
Leave
Forward
Lose
Move Forward
Possibly
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I think the American sports culture has the idea that professional athletes need so much, like flying private planes, which obviously we don't, but that's the American sports culture when they think of the NFL and the NBA.
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Flying
Nba
Nfl
Planes
Athletes
Obviously
Private
Professional Athletes
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At the end of the day in our sport, you just have to sacrifice yourself completely to put the team first. That's not easy for us because we're so competitive, but that's the most important thing when it comes to World Championships.
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Sacrifice
Championships
Competitive
End Of The Day
Sport
Important Thing
Most Important Thing
The Most Important
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I used to be so focused on winning, I had a really hard time enjoying soccer. If I missed a shot, I would spend a lot of time thinking about how I'd disappointed my teammates. Then I learned how moments of struggle make you stronger.
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Disappointed
Focused
Moments
Soccer
Stronger
Thinking
Used
Winning
Teammates
Shot
Enjoying
Hard Time
Spend
Learned
Missed
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I remember, playing in college especially, I cried in almost every game I played. I just felt so much stress and pressure that I was letting everyone down if I didn't score a goal or win the game. I carried that weight with me into every game.
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Cried
Score
Me Game Remember
Carried
Game Me Remember
Letting
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My restlessness leaves my mind racing as I try to wind down at the end of mandatory recovery day. It keeps me tossing after poor performances. And if I played well, well... playing well makes me itch to play better; there is always room for improvement.
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Improvement
Racing
Recovery
Restlessness
Wind
Itch
Leaves
Performance
Mandatory
Tossing
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I've always felt like my job is to protect my sister. Even growing up, on the playground, when my sister was too shy, I would speak for her... I even had dreams where I had to save her, growing up, all the time - like, she was falling, and I had to save her.
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Shy
Falling
Playground
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Before I found my peace, I was way too much in my head. I found myself on the field in my own thoughts. I've learned that there's a time and a place for my thoughts. The most important thing when I'm on the field is to just be in the moment and let it all go.
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Too Much
Field
Important Thing
Just Be
Most Important Thing
Thoughts
The Most Important
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I think sharing your experiences with younger players is something that's hugely valuable for your team, for your program. It kind of gives me a sense of self outside of just connecting your passes, scoring your goals - it's being a part of the larger picture.
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Connecting
Program
Valuable
Picture
Younger
Experiences
Hugely
Passes
Scoring
Sharing
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In the U.S., my whole life, I felt like I had to be the best and score more goals and run with more fitness so I could be the one in the limelight. I think that when I went to Sweden, I found the joy of being part of a team and contributing to everybody's success.
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Fitness
Contributing
Felt
Joy
Limelight
Score
Sweden
Team
Whole
Life Success Best
Run
Part
Could
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I've had chronic back pain since I was a preteen - like, 12. I have really funny posture. I developed this funny posture where I hunch my back a little bit when I'm playing, and I overuse my back muscles instead of my abs. My posture has put a lot of strain on my lower back.
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Little Bit
Muscles
Pain
Posture
Strain
Chronic
Developed
Hunch
Instead
Lower
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I'm a once-a-week grocery shopper; I get everything I need for the week, and then in the morning, I have my breakfast, pack three snacks, my lunch, and drinks to stay hydrated in a little cooler. I always have a snack on hand in case I get hungry throughout the day. I love my little cooler!
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Breakfast
Hungry
Lunch
Snacks
Love Morning Always
Love Morning Breakfast
Case
Cooler
Drinks
Grocery
Pack
Snack
Throughout
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If I couldn't get to the national team, I wanted to get as much as I could out of soccer, and I think moving abroad was my opportunity to do that. I think that, in turn, playing with that freedom and that spirit allowed me to play a lot better. I escalated my game quickly just by being happy.
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Being Happy
National Team
Soccer
Abroad
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My mom is just authentically herself all the time. She loves herself. She loves her sense of humor. She brings people in when she talks. She brings people in when she laughs. Watching her, I think that that's when I first learned and was encouraged to be myself and to sort of love and live in that way.
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Humor
Sense Of Humor
Love Time Mom
Love Time Humor
Brings
Encouraged
Loves
Herself
Laughs
Talks
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When I started playing in Sweden, there was nobody watching. No one knew who I was, so I was just playing for the love of the game. And after my first season, my coach came up to me and said, 'Of all the people you're the one who smiles the most on the field,' and that was the biggest compliment I ever received.
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Compliment
Sweden
Love Game Me
Received
Smiles
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I have butt muscles, thigh muscles, and then my upper body is super skinny - except for in my shoulders, which you need for a little bit of strength to hold other players off the ball. So I think I've developed muscles 100 per cent from just shooting the ball and running. Every single thing about my body looks like soccer.
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Running
Body
Little Bit
Looks
Muscles
Shooting
Shoulders
Single
Skinny
Soccer
Little
Bit
Ball
Butt
Cent
Developed
Every Single Thing
Except
Players
Hold
Off
Per
Single Thing
Super
Upper
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I find the ball, and I think, 'Where's the ball going, and where do I need to go?' It just puts me back in the game, and it's the simplest thing, but it's become sort of like my soccer mantra. I simply use the ball as my focus point and move back into position, and the distracting thoughts disappear, and I'm right back in the game.
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Disappear
Position
Simplest
Soccer
Ball
Focus Game Me
Distracting
Mantra
Puts
Right Back
Thoughts
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I gave up on the national team - I thought to myself, 'Well, that's just not something that's going to happen for me.' The national team was in residency camp; I was 6,000 miles away. Nobody was watching, nobody cared... I'm just going to go play for myself and my team and try to be great... and I had more fun than I'd have ever had.
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Fun
Miles
National Team
Residency
Team
Great Myself Me
Try
Away
Nobody
Camp
Cared
Gave
Happen
National
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For a long time growing up, I thought that everything happens for a reason and it's kind of already written. But as I've grown and learned various things, I think that the most important moment is the one that you're in, and that's the only moment that matters, that you can really control. The future is unknown, and the past is history.
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Unknown
Future Time History
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The tactics in NWSL are so chaotic. It's so about physicality. It's both teams attacking with nine players, and it's just so open on the transitions, really fast-paced to the point of being out of control. The Damallsvenskan is a little extreme on the other side: it's so under control, there are 20 passes strung before you even go forward.
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Attacking
Chaotic
Fast Paced
Nine
Physicality
Tactics
Extreme
Open
Side
Forward
Passes
Point
Strung
Teams
Transitions
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