Becky Sauerbrunn

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4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2020

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Becky Sauerbrunn joins teammate and friend Kelley O’Hara to discuss her historic career anchoring the USWNT defense. Becky and Kelley start by reflecting on the national team’s final match of 2020 against the Netherlands, before jumping back in time to re-trace Becky’s journey from being her older brothers’ guinea pig to becoming the first-ever president of the USWNT Players Association. Becky discusses what it means to be an introverted leader on a team full of extroverts, how she’s overcome the doubts of certain national team coaches, the work ethic that led her to win four NWSL Defender of the Year awards, and what made the 2019 World Cup a tournament like no other. Go deeper. Presented by Heineken

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0:00.0	And so for me it's really finding the people around you when you're a leader that can help
0:07.2	empower everyone else and take care of everyone else.
0:10.6	And so it's finding those people and really like leaders should create leaders and that's what I kind of want my legacy to be is that I will pass on the torch and that person is going to be better prepared than I ever was to take it. Welcome to the Just Woman Sports Podcast,
0:27.0	where we talked to the biggest athletes in the world
0:29.0	about the untold stories behind their success.
0:32.0	I'm Kelly O'Hara, and my guest today is my friend and
0:34.5	teammate Becky Sowerbren. Becky Sowerbren is one of the greatest defenders in
0:38.7	US women's national team history. Not only has Becky won two world Cups and an Olympic gold medal, she's also served as a team
0:45.9	captain and is the first ever president of the U.S. Women's National Team Players Association.
0:51.5	A four-time NWSL Defender of the Year and two-time
0:55.6	NWSL champion, Becky is truly one of the best center backs to ever play
1:00.6	the game. Becky, welcome to the game. Becky? Callie?
1:04.0	Thank you very much for having me.
1:07.0	Reba, Rebecca, the backster,
1:10.0	cup-muffin, there you go pumpkin, all the things are nicknames for each other.
1:14.8	How are you? How are you doing?
1:16.8	You know, I am doing okay. I'm ready for this year to be done.
1:21.0	I can imagine you've been a busy girl but first I just want to say that you
1:28.1	are our first defender on the than the Rebecca Sowerbron to be our first defender because you are the epitome of defense.
1:47.0	Well, thank you for having me as your first offender.
1:50.0	It is quite the honor.
1:51.0	Yes, well, I think you're going to do defenders and defending justice today.
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