Leadership, Longevity, and Life as a Footballer with Ali Riley

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4.6 • 690 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 70 minutes

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On this week’s episode WHOOP Global Head of Human Performance, Principal Scientist Kristen Holmes is joined by women’s soccer star, Ali Riley. Ali currently captains the New Zealand National Team and Angel City FC. She has represented New Zealand at 5 FIFA World Cups, 4 Olympic Games, and will be headed to Paris this summer. In 2023, Ali led the New Zealand National Team to the country’s first-ever World Cup match win. Kristen and Ali discuss Ali’s state of mind ahead of Paris (1:35), represe...

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0:00.0	What's up, folks? Welcome back to the WOOP podcast where we sit down with top performing people.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Will Ahmed, founder and CEO of Woop. We're on a mission to unlock human performance.
0:15.7	If you're thinking about joining Woop, you can visit Woop.com to sign up for a free 30-day trial. Use those insights
0:23.6	to improve your health. On this week's episode, Woop, Global Head of Human Performance,
0:29.2	principal scientists, the fearless Kristen Holmes, is joined by women's soccer star Ali Riley.
0:35.7	Allie captains the New Zealand national team and Angel City FC.
0:40.3	She has represented in New Zealand at five FIFA World Cups for Olympic Games and will be headed to Paris this summer.
0:46.0	In 2023, Ali led the New Zealand national team to the country's first ever World Cup match win.
0:52.2	She's also a cookbook author who is committed to using her platform to help
0:55.4	create accessibility to healthy food options and advocate for women in sport. Kristen and Allie discuss
1:02.0	Allie's state of mind ahead of Paris and what it means to represent New Zealand, advocating for
1:07.2	yourself as a student athlete, leadership styles and handling nerves, nutritional habits in Allie's cookbook, social media and connecting with fans.
1:16.8	They touch on how it has brought more attention to women's sports, and how Whoop has been a key part of Allie's longevity.
1:23.7	If you have a question with the answer on the podcast, email us, podcast whoop.com.
1:27.0	Call us 508-443-4952.
1:29.6	Here are Kristen Holmes and Ali Riley.
1:35.0	Ali, Paris is a few weeks away.
1:38.4	What's your state of mind?
1:40.3	Oh, my gosh.
1:41.3	While I'm trying to stay healthy, of course, selection is in a few days or in about two weeks. So, you know, you never want to take anything for granted. But if I am selected to go, it will definitely be my last. I cannot, I cannot continue another cycle. But I think it would be such a special way to kind of round out what
2:03.6	has been such an unexpected and amazing and overwhelming career with the New Zealand national
2:13.0	team. And I really, really hope I'm on that plane and get to represent my team, probably for one of the
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