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How Aquafour has not gained some professional athlete sponsorships is beyond me.

What is it called when you do your whole face? Isn't there a term?

Yeah, it's like slugging. I don't know. That sounds like a drug. Yeah.

What's up, guys? On today's episode, we are joined by Gotham FC defender, Lily Real. From growing up in

Boston to winning a national championship at UCLA,

Lily's career has been full of big moments, both highs and challenges.

We talked about her decision to play all four years in college,

her first U.S. national team call-up to how she bounced back from a tough first pro start.

I love her vulnerability in this episode.

I love how open she was talking about,

you know, making a mistake and how she had to come back after that. So it was really cool to hear

from a pro. They're just like us. They mess up just like us. And they come back from it. So

check out our interview with Lily. We know you grew up in Boston and you ended up at UCLA.

We'd love to go back to that part of your soccer journey.

What made you go from East Coast to West Coast?

Because I feel like that's a big jump.

When I first started my recruiting process, that was still when you could really commit whenever you wanted.

So I had mostly looked East Coast at first and actually committed to Boston College for a little while.

And then I got pulled into some of the youth national team camps and just, I think really being in that environment and playing with that caliber of players,

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