US women's soccer stars say they like the pressure and sky-high expectations that come with the national team
Nov 5, 2021, 02:08 IST
- US Women's National Team stars, best friends, former roommates, and podcast co-hosts Sam Mewis and Lynn Williams joined soccer-obsessed professional comedians Alexis Guerreros and Christian Polanco on this week's episode of "The Cooligans" on Fubo Sports Network.
- In a teaser clip provided exclusively to Insider, Guerreros expresses his bewilderment that, for the USWNT, "coming home with a medal in the Olympics was considered doomsday because the color wasn't gold."
- Mewis, a midfielder ranked the No. 1 player in the world last year, said she likes the pressure and that the high expectations are a reflection of the team's "history of success, and winning, and coming in first."
- "There's so much competition within the US, too, that you're a team, but until a roster is named, you're fighting for your spot every step of the way, so that just keeps the competition going and makes you be the best that you can possibly be," Williams added. "So then when you go into tournaments you expect to be the best ... you expect to win."
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