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I’d run through a brick wall if I needed to. And celebrating with this team — this family! — after we secured that World Cup trophy is something I’ll remember f

Ali Krieger

When I put on our U.S. kit … I do it for every single American girl out there who wants to see someone who looks like them — someone whose story reminds them of

Crystal Dunn

Every time I hear the anthem play before our matches, no matter if it’s a friendly, or a World Cup final, I feel the same thing: gratefulness.

Julie Ertz

"Eu não ia desistir do meu sonho. Aquela menininha agora é jogadora de futebol. Valeu a pena todo o sacrifício."

Andressinha

At one point I started to dream about playing football for real. It’s what I did best. It’s what I liked. It’s what I wanted.

Andressinha

Here I am, once again, facing a new struggle. Am I too old? Am I fit enough? Am I done?

Carli Lloyd
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"My life has often felt like a scattered puzzle, but even when everything seems perfect, and I can see the whole picture, there is still that piece missing.”

Fran Kirby

I’ll never forget that soccer ball. Not because of what it looked like, or how it felt. But for what it represents. For the story it tells.

Alex Morgan

We will stop at nothing to try to make our supporters’ dream come true. If that does happen, it won’t be a fairy tale. It’ll be because we deserve it.

Andrew Robertson

All my life, to the best of my ability, I’ve just wanted to watch soccer, practice soccer, play soccer — be around soccer.

Mallory Swanson

We’re all people living together on this planet. Some of us have just been luckier than others, through no merit of our own.

Erin McLeod

Some of the greatest moments I’ve lived in football have come directly after some of the darkest. And the same is true for the reverse.

Mario Götze

The World Cup can be a platform for female empowerment, and we want to capitalize on that, both on and off the field.

Alex Morgan