Life told her no. Jessica McDonald is going to the World Cup anyway

Posted Jun 4, 2019
The unlikeliest of American World Cup journeys came full circle in a doctor’s office. There, on an otherwise mundane weekday in North Carolina, during a routine checkup on a reconstructed knee, a 31-year-old single mother disintegrated into messy tears. Six life-changing words had just hummed through her phone: “You’re going to the World Cup." (Yahoo! Sports)

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