Ali Krieger

All jokes aside, obviously they didn't have many chances.

They didn't create too many opportunities.

I don't think she really touched the ball during the entire game.

But despite the fact, I think it's important that you still have this presence.

You still get the opportunity.

You still fight for that throughout the week because we don't see training.

We don't see what happens during the week and during these camps in order to, you know...

input our opinions on who should be playing and who shouldn't.

So you never really know what happens behind the scenes.

You never really know what happens behind closed doors and in training sessions.

So I'm sure she had given something with quality for the coaches to not ignore her.

And that's why she was able to get that start.

And I think it's going to be a battle for a lot of these players.

There's very little wiggle room for a lot of these players with the amount of depth that we have to really implement their position within the squad.

Yeah, I'm thinking more NWSL players are just going to get that opportunity that they deserve because they've performed so well all season.

That's why they're there in this camp.

I obviously think Chile, I think combined their starting lineup has maybe nine caps altogether.

So this is going to be interesting.

These games are very difficult though because they're very unpredictable.

You have a Chilean squad who