USWNT's Jessica McDonald is America's foremost soccer mom

Posted Jul 5, 2019
Like every other member of the United States women’s national team, Jessica McDonald wants to win the World Cup. It’s just that she has a motivation that is unique among the 23-player roster. She wants to win for her son. “I’m out here not just representing the state I am from, not just my family name, not just the United States, but all the moms out there,” McDonald said. (Yahoo! Sports)

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