Christine is the leader of our defense. She plays with such intensity and also has great anticipation and footwork. She's everything you look for in a player. She's just so consistent in her play and intensity every practice, every game.

Alexa Webster is a player who stepped up in fall ball. We expect her to play a key role in our offense.

We like to push the pace, especially with our speed in the midfield. While we will try to push it, we always value possession and look to take advantage of our opportunities.

I feel we?re on a little bit of a roll. And the opportunity to get everyone in and have them see some minutes is good for us.

We brought in a number of players at midfield and attack because that was our primary focus, we're very excited about this class.

She did a nice job today, especially on the draw, she gives us options. It was great to have her back.

I think we?re making the progress that we want to. It?s not perfect. But there are glimpses of the team we can be.

Kristin is key as our center, particularly with draw controls. Scoring-wise, she gives a different look from Katie as they attack from different areas.

Katie is a proven scorer and we look at her as a leader on the attacking end. She's an extension of the coaches out on the field. She's multidimensional in the way she can attack you because she has a hard shot that complements the way she reads defenses and sets up teammates. She's a threat to score or assist. But when we need a goal, we know we can count on her.