Landon Donovan

It wasn't like, oh, you know, I'd like to play for my country.

Playing for the US Women's National Team as an American female who loves playing football is the single biggest honour.

In a country, as you know, where it used to be always to get to make the college level, now they can aspire to play at the pro level.

but B, playing for the US Women's National Team.

Honestly, every time they come into camp, that moment where they know they're going to get their first cat, I can just feel the tears.

I can feel their energy.

That's why for me, when I put them on the field, I know that what's going through their head is their whole life.

So that's why I always say to them, what would you say to your 10-year-old self?

Because I feel like that's what I've learned to understand about the job, is that it's so special.

And I genuinely believe that there's only...

Every team special, I get that.

But this team, is there something different in the water?

In the whole culture that has been built from 91 onwards and passed on, it's very, very hard to replicate.

And want to be great team players.

I can't, I cannot, I have so many, some of my greatest memories of this team is just, it's the humility that's shown.

Team before I...

You know, when I tell I've told this publicly, I've told this privately.

When Tierna Davidson, I put Tierna Davidson back in the team for the Olympic gold medal final.

And Emily Sonnet was effectively having to play for Tierna coming coming into quarterfinals, the semifinals and quite rightly could probably have started the final.

And I remember saying to Sonny in the final, listen, I'm putting Tiana back in the team.