The National Team Coach - R Holycrep.

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Christen learned to meditate, started playing just kind f for the love of it and gave up all my dream of making the national team. Iwereshe called and said, you have a small snowball chance in hell of being but you're going to get a chance,. And so i think that's the reason that when i came into the national team, i came with this determination to stay true to myself.

1. The moment Abby – as Christen’s USWNT roommate – walked into their hotel room and knew Christen was very different than any soccer player she’d ever known.

2. The boundary that helps Christen love her people while protecting herself.

3. Christen’s take on death and how to keep the people we’ve lost alive in our lives.

4. How to show our people (including our little athletes) that we love them for who they are, not what they achieve.

5. The day Christen knew she was ready to fight for – and win – pay equity for the US Women’s National Team.

About Christen:

Christen Press is a two-time World Cup Champion and Olympian, as well as a leading forward at Los Angeles Angel City FC. An entrepreneur and advocate for inclusivity, Christen, along with US Women’s National teammates – Megan Rapinoe, Tobin Heath, and Meghan Klingenberg – launched their company re—inc, a purpose-driven, global lifestyle brand. Christen was one of the key players leading the charge for the “Equal Play, Equal Pay” campaign to highlight the pay discrepancy between the women’s and men’s national teams, which led to the new CBA agreement – and to her role as Player Representative for the US Women's National Team Players Association.

IG: @christenpress

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