It's that deep-seeded societal gender norm that women, for some reason, aren't elite athletes, when we are. We … - Becky Sauerbrunn

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Becky Sauerbrunn

It's that deep-seeded societal gender norm that women, for some reason, aren't elite athletes, when we are. We really are. I think we fight against that a bit.

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I think we have to keep putting women's sports in the limelight. I thought the Women's World Cup did a wonderful job of showing the quality of women's soccer. But we also need coverage and marketing and press and getting these female athletes to become household names.

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