L.A. is a bit strange. It doesn't seem like the real world.

I travel a lot and rarely make it home to Seattle.

I think every athlete has their window of opportunity, and you just have to jump on it. You never know when it can end. So I'm just trying to live large while I have the opportunity.

I played in Europe and it was a great experience, not just because of my team-mates and the coaches we had, but from the fans and the city itself - I played in Gothenburg and I played in Lyon and soccer was everywhere.

Unfortunately, people think I'm negative and bitter all the time, and that's not the case.

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

My No. 1 goal, and what I've spent my entire life striving to achieve is to win a World Cup. I want to retire so badly with that World Cup, but if I don't, then I'll retire knowing that I've done everything I could to get it.