The U.S. national team’s final push to this summer’s Women’s World Cup didn’t begin in a game or a training session. It didn’t even start on a field.
It can be difficult to put that angst and anxiety aside in the space of one short phone conversation. So the team came up with the idea of a players-only dinner, busing from its boutique hotel in San Jose to a restaurant on the edge of the San Francisco Bay, where each player was greeted with an original poem and a sponsor agreed to pick up the hefty check.
“It’s been important for us to realize that we’re equals now and that we’re in this together and that’s kind of us against the world.”That feeling was evident during training last week, with the players joking and teasing one another, pulling on ponytails and trading high-fives.
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