The W-League

Australia has been awesome so far. My team mates are super supportive, and they’ve been helping me transition and helping me with any of my needs. The coaching staff is also very welcoming. I’ve been here for a few weeks and loved every minute of it so far.

Being able to play in the National Women's Soccer League with and against players in the United States National team is definitely an honour. And coming here, and knowing that they [the Australian players] are just as good and they’ve competed against the US, is super cool to play with.

Obviously being from the US, it’s very different as we’re kind of rivals. But being able to play with them, is great as they’re stars here.

So, it’s definitely really cool to play alongside and against the Matildas, they’re obviously quality players. It definitely has helped my game a lot. Just being around some of them like Katrina Gorry – someone that has been around a while at such a high level - is so nice to play with because everyone can help you up your game.

I feel like that at Brisbane we have a really good team this year. We have a really good chance and definitely we’re going to be able to compete for a championship. So, it’s definitely a positive.

My next dream

I want to start a foundation and create soccer camps and set them up in third world countries. I’ve had that dream recently. I actually woke up one day and saw that one of my friends was in Uganda and she was playing soccer with little kids and I just thought that was the coolest thing ever.

So, I reached out to a couple of people about starting a foundation. It’s a lot right now considering I’m in Australia so it’s on hold. But honestly it inspired me to give back to people who need it more than I need it.

As told to Con Stamocostas