World Cup Champion Abby Dahlkemper Talks Team USA, Gold Medal Mindset, & Soccer Legacy
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🗓️ 9 December 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Abby Dahlkemper is a professional soccer player who assisted the US Women's National Soccer Team in winning the 2019 World Cup Championship. In her first World Cup appearance, she played the most minutes out of anyone on the field, celebrating this historic win with greats like Alex Morgan and Abby Wambach. By being a part of this trailblazing team, Abby is breaking glass ceilings, inspiring female athletes everywhere, and paving the way for the future of women's soccer. In this episode, Abby gets real about her journey to the highest level of soccer, how she navigates her anxiety on such a public stage, and details the good, the bad, and the pivotal parts of her World Cup experience!
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a deer media production. |
| 0:03.0 | I think the biggest game that I was like the most nervous and anxious about was the first game |
| 0:08.8 | because I was like, oh my god, I am playing in a world cup. It doesn't get bigger than this. |
| 0:15.5 | I was very nervous until I got the first touch of the ball and then I was like, okay, well, |
| 0:21.2 | you know, this is just another game and like I've been doing this for a long time. |
| 0:26.0 | So like just do my best and contribute how I can and I have 10 other players on the field that |
| 0:32.8 | have my back. Hey everybody and welcome to RealPod. I'm Victoria Garrick, former D.O.N. athlete |
| 0:43.1 | and mental health and body am a javakin. Every Wednesday I'll be bringing you awesome guests, |
| 0:48.2 | weekly inspiration and the realest conversations around everything and anything. Now let's get real. |
| 1:00.6 | Welcome back to RealPod. Everybody, I hope you're doing fantastic. Joining us today is such an iconic |
| 1:07.1 | guest. I'm hyped. Sitting down on the pod today is Abby Dolkember. She's a professional |
| 1:15.0 | soccer player and she was a part of the 2019 US Women's National Soccer team that won the World Cup |
| 1:23.8 | Championship. You probably saw this. You probably saw it on Twitter. You probably saw it on the news. |
| 1:28.8 | This team is truly a squad of trailblazers who are breaking glass ceilings and just inspiring |
| 1:35.8 | the next generation and current generation of female athletes. Abby is a stud. She's a defender. |
| 1:42.4 | She played the most minutes fun fact out of anyone on the field at the World Cup Games. |
| 1:47.8 | She is from my hometown. Abby and I actually went to the same high school. It is such a small world |
| 1:53.6 | and I am so grateful that she came on RealPod. Today we're going to talk all about Abby's story |
| 1:59.3 | as a soccer player, what she's been through, all the ups and downs and also she's going to share |
| 2:03.9 | everything about the World Cup Games from this being her first time there. What it was like playing |
| 2:09.1 | on the highest level of soccer field possible to playing with greats like Alex Morgan and Abby |
| 2:16.0 | Wombeck and then also talking about those harder parts of the game like being mentally tough, |
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