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Hey everyone. Welcome to Goodfellow presented by Draft Kings. I am Logan Hackett, and today we are talking to the

2022 Gatorade National Player of the Year, USA U17 World Cup co-captain, U20 World Cup bronze medalist,

and current member of the U-23

national team, plus NC Courage's very own Riley Jackson. How are you, Riley? I'm great, super excited

to be here. Thanks for having me on. So happy to have you. And, you know, I'm so fascinated by

all of the success that you have had at such a young age. So I want to dive

straight into it. Coming out of high school, you had offers from powerhouses like North

Carolina and Florida State, but then you committed to Duke. Now, instead of doing all of that,

you decided to go sign in the end of your cell when you were just 17 years old. So I'm so curious,

what went into the decision to go to the

end of yourself instead of going to college? It was the hardest decision of my life. I always say

that. I was blessed to receive so many amazing opportunities. Obviously, it wasn't easy getting those

opportunities. So I was super excited to, you know, I always had the plan to go play in college

because at the time that's what everyone was doing. The main reason I decided to sign for North

Carolinas, I had trained at them a couple of times in the summer and I just immediately fell in

love with playing here. The second I stepped on the field, I didn't want to get off. I actually,

it's kind of a full circle

moment. Sean was the coach. Sean, Nathan, and Vic were all on staff at my very first national

team camp when I was U-15. And that was right before COVID. So that can't happen. And then our

cycle got cut short. So they were never on staff again at any of my national team camps. So I

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