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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

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