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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes women's soccer can be political.
- Goals
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being here in Houston, I have a lot more weight on my shoulders than I did in Portland. I feel a lot more appreciated because I am starting now, and I'm scoring goals.
- Everyone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Everyone has their opinions about the Bible and God.
- Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm trying to take care of my kid, and the only way to do that is obviously being financially stable.
- Balances
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being able to go home to my kid is such a relief because he's such a happy kid. He balances my life out in such a good way.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
That's what pushes me every day to want to be successful on the soccer field - being able to not only take care of my kid on a financial level and be stable but, most importantly, to inspire my child.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't know where you're going to be tomorrow. It's kind of hard to plan a future.
- Child
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- Nov 07, 2020
After having a child, my career just skyrocketed. You have all that weight to kill off - you're working 10 times harder.
- Follow-Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
You're always supposed to follow-up any cross or whatever towards the goalkeeper.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
Both of my parents were both multi-sport athletes. Their mindset was, be an athlete as long as possible, up until they became parents. And so they dropped their dreams for their children.
- Journey
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- Nov 07, 2020
For me as a mom, not an allocated player, there have been some years that have been a difficult journey because NWSL doesn't really support mothers.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
I haven't had any injuries since I've had my kid, so I think it's changed my body externally and internally. I don't know what it is, but I hadn't felt so great, body-wise, until I had my kid. I look more in shape, and I feel more in shape. And speaking from a confidence side, it's changed me in such a positive way.
- Makeup
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes I wear makeup while I play - I did it during the World Cup because the cameras were always on us, but for club, not so much. If I'm wearing it on the field, I try not to apply too much.
- Hair
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- Nov 07, 2020
In high school and college, I always, always straightened my hair. Don't ask why; I was just so into my image. Post-college, I started wearing my hair natural.
- I Was Born
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was born and raised in Phoenix.
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
My grandmother - my inspiration - was a single mom with nine kids, and she helped raise me.
- Job
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just getting paid for six months out of the year is unacceptable in any kind of job.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I need to just give - everything that I do, every single day - my all. I just need to. Life is short. We have one life to live. And I need to be able to push for my kid.
- Child Care
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- Nov 07, 2020
If anything as simple as child care was covered by the league or your organization, that would be life-changing for moms, especially when we're scraping pennies. Maybe we would have more moms in this league if something like that was there for us, but I feel like we're far from that.
- Dreams
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- Nov 07, 2020
My parents gave up on their dreams in sports because they were athletes, and they had me at such an early age. I didn't want to do that.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
There were days when I would just go home and cry because it was that hard, but I didn't want to give up just because things got hard, just because I was a mom.
- Players
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was one of those players that had to come in and prove that I can belong on this field with these girls, and I can hang in this league as well.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
It was definitely a big boost when I went into Australia. That's what really got my recognition going. I started scoring. I started feeling a little bit better each game.
- End Of The Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know all the girls; we all have something to play for, we all have this goal, and we're all on the same page as to what we want at the end of the day. But as for me, I have something a little bit more to play for, and that's my kid.
- Cool
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had so many parents DM me on social media thanking me because I simply have dreadlocks, because their daughters wear dreadlocks and play with dreadlocks, and I'm like, 'Well why not? Let's do it.' It's really cool to be able to inspire the younger generation of kids of color that look like us.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My journey has been up and down a little bit. Everything that has to do with success for me has sort of become a shock to me. You work so hard, you work so hard, and it happens; you're like, 'What? Wait, it's happening to me?'
- Name
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- Nov 07, 2020
You name the sport, I've played it. I was quarterback for a football team one year, played volleyball, played softball - you name it.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's exciting to play against old teammates, old friends.
- Looking
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not just working for myself anymore. I'm working for my kid as well, someone who's actually looking up to me on a whole other level than the younger generation.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being able to inspire my kid with what I'm doing now, it's going to help him succeed in the future, and that's one of my main goals here - is to try and succeed on the field, and succeed as a mother.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously this is something huge, just to be playing on the world stage and repping all the parents out there - not just the parents, but obviously all of the African American girls who feel as if they don't have much to rely to make your dreams come true, whatever the circumstances may be.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020