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.
The tremendous honor of playing on the world stage is even more rewarding when I am able to use my accomplishments to help others.
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.
I've spent a lot of time being insecure about my body, but it's done so much for me. It's my tool, my vessel for my job.
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.
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.
