The Power Of Community: Naomi Girma’s Rise To Soccer Stardom
The Lead
Audible
3.7 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 20 July 2022
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Fans of the U.S. women's national soccer team have been hearing the same names for quite a few years. But now, a new generation of players is starting to take over. Today, reporter Gwendolyn Oxenham gives us an inside look at one of those up-and-coming stars -- 22-year-old defender Naomi Girma -- and explains how her unlikely rise to stardom was fueled by an entire community of people. Plus, why Girma, a first-generation Ethiopian-American, represents a new kind of American women's soccer star.
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| 0:40.2 | For years, fans of the U.S. Women's National Soccer team have been hearing a lot of the same |
| 0:44.4 | names. |
| 0:45.4 | You know, Megan Rapino, Carly Lloyd, Alex Morgan, Julia Erts, but now, a new generation of |
| 0:50.0 | players is starting to take over. |
| 0:52.4 | And among them is a young defender named Naomi Guirma. |
| 0:57.2 | With the first pick in the first round of the 2022 NWSL draft, San Diego Wave FC select |
| 1:06.2 | Naomi Guirma from Stanford University. |
| 1:10.2 | Today, reporter Gwen Oxenham walks us through Guirma's unlikely rise to stardom and explains |
| 1:17.0 | how it was fueled by an entire community of people. |
| 1:20.1 | None of my success in soccer would have been possible without the community around me. |
| 1:24.0 | I was given countless rides and help from surrounding families that did anything to lift |
| 1:27.8 | me up and help me follow my dreams. |
| 1:30.0 | Plus, why Guirma represents a new kind of American women's soccer star? |
| 1:34.9 | We do not have a lot of first generation immigrants on the U.S. Women's National team. |
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