Cristina Alexander

I think seeing all the young, new faces on the team this past year have been, it's been exciting because it just means the team's getting better, players are getting opportunities, and that's the best way to build the pool and create a better team.

Has there been any specific player that has caught your eye, so to speak, while you've been watching on the sidelines?

I really love Claire Hutton.

I feel like she

Plays so much older than she is.

She looks so confident, so comfortable.

She's fun to watch.

I feel like she's a midfielder I would love to play with.

Croy, little baller.

She's so fun to watch.

I feel like I could go on and on, but everyone who's got the opportunity has done really well and taken full advantage of it.

It's definitely exciting to see the future grow.

But you've delivered MVP seasons, golden boots, an Olympic gold even.

So what still drives you when you wake up every day ready to compete again?

Just the feeling that there's no end.

Like you can always, always get better.

You can always grow in different areas.

so it's like there's like there's no finish line there's no top of the mountain and i feel like that's exciting for me because it's just like how how much better can i keep getting and what does that look like and i mean there's that but then there's i want to win like i i don't do all this because i'm just satisfied with just doing it like i want to win i would say

The biggest thing in my head is I want to win a World Cup.

That would be like, check, I feel good.