The women from Arda Hegerbag's national soccer team were running onto the field for a huge match.

This was the kind of match that every soccer trains for and dreams about, the chance to prove you are the very best of the best.

Over 20,000 spectators were in the stands and more than 7.5 million fans were watching the game on TV.

But where was Arda Herkabad?

It seemed like the whole world wanted to know the answer to that question.

Arder was one of Europe's finest athletes.

She was focused and powerful, known for charging down the field

and breaking into a wild grin after scoring goals, one after the other. In fact,

Arda was the leading women's goal scorer in the world.

Arda was what Michael Jordan is to basketball,

what Gucci is to fashion, what goochy is to fashion, what Rocky Road is to ice cream.

So why wasn't she lacing up and getting ready to get out into the field in this historic game.

At kickoff, the referee blew the whistle and the roar of the crowd faded to a hum. The players from both teams came

in fast and furious, but Ardas National team gave up one goal and then another. Hutter was crushed.

As she watched the action on the television in her living room, she sighed with disappointment.

She really would have loved to be playing with her national team at this game.

So why was she home instead of on the field?

And why was this home of hers, filled with muddy cleats and soccer trophies, not even in her home country of Norway?

First, let's go back a few years to understand how this all began.

Smiley, tall-headed Arda, was born July 10th, 1995 and grew up in a tiny village, surrounded

by mountains in the northern part of Norway.

There, Arda's parents taught their three children to find their own voices

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