Ali Riley

Yeah. Yeah. Well, it's I know I just it's something that I really hope. One of the reasons why I want to share my journey is to connect with other people and be a source of support or a resource. But also, man, I just want the younger players to know what I didn't know.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah.

And just to be prepared and just so it is a choice and not get too. either the end of their career or an age, whatever it is, but just a stage where it's a lot harder and just not... When you're young, you think you're untouchable.

And just to be prepared and just so it is a choice and not get too. either the end of their career or an age, whatever it is, but just a stage where it's a lot harder and just not... When you're young, you think you're untouchable.

And just to be prepared and just so it is a choice and not get too. either the end of their career or an age, whatever it is, but just a stage where it's a lot harder and just not... When you're young, you think you're untouchable.

When everyone's telling you, like, to protect yourself and, like, you know, be careful.

When everyone's telling you, like, to protect yourself and, like, you know, be careful.

When everyone's telling you, like, to protect yourself and, like, you know, be careful.

Yeah. And you make it work like you were saying, like you find a way. Yeah, you do. Yeah. Yeah. I think just with women's sports and how long it's taken for fertility and menstrual cycle tracking and family planning to become part of the conversation, it was like, When I was in college, we just talked about strength training. And then finally, nutrition and sleep came into the picture.

Yeah. And you make it work like you were saying, like you find a way. Yeah, you do. Yeah. Yeah. I think just with women's sports and how long it's taken for fertility and menstrual cycle tracking and family planning to become part of the conversation, it was like, When I was in college, we just talked about strength training. And then finally, nutrition and sleep came into the picture.

Yeah. And you make it work like you were saying, like you find a way. Yeah, you do. Yeah. Yeah. I think just with women's sports and how long it's taken for fertility and menstrual cycle tracking and family planning to become part of the conversation, it was like, When I was in college, we just talked about strength training. And then finally, nutrition and sleep came into the picture.

Recovery came into the picture. And now there's all these tools, technology modalities. And now finally, a lot of these conversations were still led by men and clubs. They're run by men or it's a club that had a tradition of having a men's team and then got a women's team. Or you're going off, you're running a league and a CBA is based off maybe the MLS, like all of these things.

Recovery came into the picture. And now there's all these tools, technology modalities. And now finally, a lot of these conversations were still led by men and clubs. They're run by men or it's a club that had a tradition of having a men's team and then got a women's team. Or you're going off, you're running a league and a CBA is based off maybe the MLS, like all of these things.

Recovery came into the picture. And now there's all these tools, technology modalities. And now finally, a lot of these conversations were still led by men and clubs. They're run by men or it's a club that had a tradition of having a men's team and then got a women's team. Or you're going off, you're running a league and a CBA is based off maybe the MLS, like all of these things.

But until you get women, At the table and having these conversations, we are thinking about what it's like to need maternity leave, to want to have some coverage, some support for IVF or family planning, etc. Yeah, embryo freezing, whatever it might be.

But until you get women, At the table and having these conversations, we are thinking about what it's like to need maternity leave, to want to have some coverage, some support for IVF or family planning, etc. Yeah, embryo freezing, whatever it might be.

But until you get women, At the table and having these conversations, we are thinking about what it's like to need maternity leave, to want to have some coverage, some support for IVF or family planning, etc. Yeah, embryo freezing, whatever it might be.

But yeah, I think that's something we've talked about a lot is like, for the women who are parents and who want to become parents, how can we keep talking about this and be heard and just make sure that