Mal Pugh

Just Women's Sports

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4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 December 2020

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Mallory Pugh has been considered the future of the U.S. women’s national team since before she could drive a car. After being called in to the USWNT at age 17, she made her Olympic debut at 18, turned professional at 19, and then won a World Cup at age 21. In this episode, Mal and Kelley discuss her meteoric rise to soccer stardom and what comes next in a career that is still just getting started. Mal reflects on her Olympic and World Cup experiences, her decision to turn pro after only three months at UCLA, and what she’s learned from betting on herself. Mal also discusses her recent omission from the USWNT Olympic qualifying roster and why she sees this temporary setback as a turning point in her career. Go deeper. Presented by Heineken

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0:00.0	I've had to like sit down with myself and do a lot of like evaluation and for
0:06.7	mal it's me being free and loose and also very competitive on the field and like that that's me that's like my identity
0:19.3	Welcome to the just women's sports podcast where we talk to the biggest athletes in the world
0:23.7	about the untold stories behind their success.
0:26.2	I'm Kelly O'Hara and my guest today is Malpew.
0:29.2	Mallory Pugh has been considered the future of the U.S. women's national team since before she could even drive.
0:34.8	After making her debut for the senior team at age 17, she went on to become the youngest player in team history
0:40.9	to ever score in the Olympics at the 2016 games in Rio.
0:45.0	She represented the US again in the 2019 World Cup in France, recording her first World Cup
0:49.9	goal at the age of 21.
0:51.8	Mallory chose to forego her college career blazing her own trail as she turned pro in 2017.
0:57.0	She continues to play in the NWSL today.
1:00.0	Mal, welcome to the show.
1:03.0	Thank you.
1:04.0	I'm very excited about this chat.
1:06.0	Me too.
1:07.0	To talk to you because you're so young.
1:10.0	You've already had such a crazy amazing career. I know you're going to do so much more than you already
1:18.1	have and I've kind of had a front row seat to it. Oh yeah you have. Oh yeah. Since you got on the full team I
1:25.5	obviously didn't know you at all before you got on the full team when you're
1:29.2	just a little a little little now so I'm excited and we're going to start this off by going back to the
1:36.9	beginning like we do in every episode and talk about your childhood and how you
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