Hello, world.

Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.

I'm your host, Don Hutchison.

Every Tuesday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most popular or interesting occupations or professions who shares an insider's look at what it's really like to do what they do.

Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Abby Smith, and our topic, A Day in the Life,

what's it really like to be a professional soccer player?

Welcome, Abby.

Hi, thank you for having me.

It is our pleasure.

Abby, are you using your talents doing work that you love?

Yes, yes, I am.

All righty, we certainly want to hear this whole story.

Abby Smith is a professional soccer player and the National Women's Soccer League based in the U.S.

She's in her fifth overall season and her third with the Utah Royals located in Salt Lake City, Utah.

She grew up in Dallas, Texas, playing for the Dallas Texan Soccer Club. In her youth and into her

professional career, Abby has been able to participate in the United States national teams at all levels,

including under 15 to under 23,

and most recently with a senior national team.

Well, as we discussed earlier, Abby, I'm going to give a few overview statistics for your

occupation of being a professional soccer player.

This is from the various sources that we have researched in the last couple of days.

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