USWNT star Alyssa Thompson on building confidence and feeling like she belongs
At 18 years old, Alyssa Thompson is headed to her first World Cup. The USWNT star chatted with Yahoo Sports about the moment she found out she made the team and how she’s fighting the feeling of being starstruck to find her place within this powerful team.
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ALYSSA THOMPSON: I've been wanting to be on the World Cup team since I was little. I didn't think it would happen so soon. But since it did, I was very happy. And my sister was there and my whole family was there. And my mom and dad were crying. They were so happy.
I was honestly really relieved. Like, it made me feel that everything I've done up until this point was for this reason. I feel like right now I still feel starstruck. But I feel like I belong. Like, when I'm on the field, like, the players are helping me, like, just build confidence. I know a lot of the players just, like, talk a lot to me, which helps my confidence in the games and stuff like that. So definitely on the field, I feel more confident and, like, I belong, and I'm supposed to be here.