When the Olympics and World Cups come around, that's when you see the real outpouring of support that there really is for female football.

Every athlete acquires routines as a way to help control nerves.

I need a life outside of soccer. So I very much welcome, you know, new love interests and dating and friends and family.

I am pushed by my critics. I don't want to say I want to prove them wrong, but it pushes me on the field to play with a chip on my shoulder, and I play best when I have a chip on my shoulder.

I usually tell people I watch like '24' and 'Prison Break.'

I think people have different definitions of team unity. My definition is doing whatever it takes to win, what makes a great team; it's performance on the field, respect on the field.

It's a complicated thing, knowing how much pain my father caused in my life and the lives of others whom I love, yet still holding love for him in my heart. No matter what he did, he was my father. He helped create the person I am.