Alana Cook is ready to inherit the USWNT’s legacy | 1v1 with Kelley O'Hara presented by Ally

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🗓️ 17 July 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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USWNT defender Alana Cook joins Kelley O’Hara to discuss the upcoming World Cup and how she’s preparing to step into a critical role as a center back for the USWNT. Alana discusses what it’s like to have played with Naomi Girma in college and now for the national team. She and Kelley also discuss the legacy of the USWNT, why Cook chose to play for the USWNT vs England, her game day routine, Cook’s ideal center back partner, and why she goes into every game knowing the USWNT can win.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Kelly O'Hara, and this is 1v1.
0:02.8	I'm joined with Alonacook,
0:04.4	center rack for O'Learn, and the O'Small's Ashley team.
0:07.5	So Alonac, thanks for hanging out today.
0:10.1	Yeah, thanks for having me.
0:11.2	Of course.
0:12.1	So I'm going to ask a big question to start with.
0:15.7	We're both Stanford Cardinal on a scale of one
0:20.8	to my enthusiasm and excitement about Stanford.
0:24.8	Where do you sit?
0:26.3	I think I'm close to yours, Kelly.
0:28.8	It's just internal.
0:30.9	There won't be tears, but there's like a happy dance going on inside.
0:34.3	By tears, you mean the tears that I've cried this week?
0:36.6	Multiple tears, yes.
0:37.6	So we've been training at Stanford.
0:39.5	Pre-World Cup.
0:40.7	I've obviously been very outwardly excited about being here.
0:43.6	And I know that you feel it too.
0:45.2	I know what it's in there.
0:46.0	I do.
0:46.9	I'm not going to do like the dance to like the the fight song,
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