Ali Krieger will have to wait a bit longer to retire, and that’s a good thing. The two-time Women’s World Cup winner for the United States has made the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs with her club team, Gotham. They’ll play the North Carolina Courage on Sunday in the opening round.
FILE - Gotham’s Ali Krieger chases down a ball during an NWSL Challenge Cup soccer match, Saturday, March 19, 2022, in Cary, N.C. Krieger will have to wait a bit longer to retire — and that’s a good thing. The two-time Women’s World Cup winner for the United States has made the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs with her club team, Gotham. The two-time Women’s World Cup winner for the United States has made the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs with her club team, Gotham.
“I just wanted to give everything that I had because I wasn’t sure if it was going to be my last. So I might as well go out there and kick some butt and hopefully encourage my team to do the same. And I think that’s what happened,” said Krieger, who was named captain at the start of the season.“Any time you make a play, or you defend well or anybody makes a positive play in the game that kind of encourages everyone else and motivates everyone else to do the same,” she said.
“I’ve cried a lot this past couple months for various things happening and it’s been really hard to come to the end and really soak it all in. I’m so focused on the team and winning,” she said Sunday. “I try to take moments away to really think about my career and think about what I put into it. Because whatever you put into it is what you get out of it. And so me getting all of these lifelong friendships out of it is what I’m most proud of.
“She’s really one of those people that makes you feel comfortable when you are next to her,” Gotham coach Juan Carlos Amoros said. “She is really a special person. That’s why she has had the impact that she has had.”
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