BONUS POD: USWNT defender Naomi Girma on what she learned from 2023 FIFA WWC

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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🗓️ 8 November 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Alexi Lalas chats with USWNT defender Naomi Girma. Alexi asks Girma what she learned from the USWNT's disappointing performance in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. She reflects on how she has improved individually since Sydney as well as how the team is preparing for the Olympics next summer. Girma also speaks on her NWSL career and her relationship with her San Diego Wave head coach Casey Stoney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Naomi Garma, oh, welcome to the State of the Union.
0:03.6	All right, let me read this off here,
0:05.1	because I want to make sure I get this right.
0:07.4	You are joining us now on behalf of your go-to protein drink,
0:12.2	rocking protein.
0:14.0	Oh my goodness, you are a member of team rocking.
0:17.0	You, a team of athletes who don't compromise
0:20.0	on their performance and never settle or on their taste or high quality
0:25.2	protein did I say that right?
0:27.1	Yes you did wonderful we want to make sure we keep everybody happy, I hope they're paying you a lot of money.
0:35.0	It's wonderful to have you here.
0:37.0	All right, look, U.S. soccer, youth female player of the year in 2020,
0:42.0	number one overall pick for the San Diego Wave in the
0:44.2	2022 NWSL draft, Rookie of the Year, Defender of the Year, Captain at
0:48.5	Stanford, Wicked Smart, working on your masters. The world is in the palm of your hands.
0:54.4	Well, this is where I want to start anyway. I want to go back to this summer.
0:58.0	We've had a little time to digest what happened this summer.
1:01.0	And while from a performance perspective or a results perspective it has to be looked at as a failure from the US women's national team.
1:07.0	The bright spot is you. You were my MVP for the United States in this in this summer. As you look back, what did you learn
1:15.9	individually and what do you think this team has to do going forward to get back to the lofty
1:21.1	heights of winning a World Cup?
1:23.0	Yeah, I think we, I think for myself, just I want to continue to grow and yeah, just like gain momentum from this summer and I think as a team it's just us getting
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