Landon Donovan

And for someone like Trinity, she's not just a special talent, she's actually a special person.

And she's a superb football player.

I think her very best is easily one of the top players in the world.

But you have to get the foundations right.

And as you both know, if you're carrying injury and you're playing even with that, of course you can perform to a certain extent.

And yes, you're always carrying things through your career.

But I think it was having such a major impact on her that I think taking this time, I think will set her up, I hope, for even more success in the future.

think when you've been in women's sport your whole life you can't help but take a more like well-rounded view of it because you're always I think I've always had to be involved with building the sport so what do I my starting point is always the same what do I want the best possible conditions for players and I know that that varies from

club to club, league to league.

But my job, I think, is always to keep demanding and driving the standard to be able to do that.

And I think, fortunate enough, I could do that for many years as a club coach.

But also, I think, when you take the growth of the women's game, someone like Trinity Rodman, if she were to play outside of US shores, would be one of the highest paid players in the world.

And the realities are, I think the generations before us have fought so hard for our ability to not just choose, but to earn fair market value.

And I think Trin is in a great position to be remunerated for what she's worth.

And I've said it many times, I want them to play in world-class environments.

Ideally, it's in the NWSL.

And I want the NWSL to thrive, but I'm not here to make decisions for them.

I'm just here to sort of...

Get them to think everything through.

I mean, the good thing is I'm not thinking about it.