Julie Foudy
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"Julie Maurine Foudy" is a retired United States/American professional sports/professional Association football/soccer midfielder who played for the United States women's national soccer team from 1987 through 2004. She finished with 271 Cap (sport)/caps and served as the team's co-captain from 1991–2000 and captain from 2000 through her retirement in 2004. In 2007, she was inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame with her teammate, Mia Hamm. She is currently an analyst, reporter and the primary color commentator for women's soccer telecasts on ESPN (United States)/ESPN.

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What, is he on drugs? ... Or on my payroll?

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They're playing in their home country against one of the top teams in the world. We've always tried to maintain the philosophy of, you can't look too far ahead or you're going to shoot yourself in the foot by doing that, so we're just focusing on that first round.

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If we could only clone her, we'd be winners forever. It makes you shake your head about how she can continue to do what she has done for so many years.

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I got underneath the sheets to go to sleep, ... and there's a 'W sign. Oh well. Cat's a minister's daughter. And she's from the south.

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The greatest lesson [the Germans] learned over here was our mentality, and they took that back to the German team. I don't think that's a negative. I think that's a positive. I think the game grows because of it.

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It wasn't just that we were together; we were truly a family. There was always laughter.

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She hasn't gotten the recognition that she's deserved for what she's given to this sport. She has been the foundation of our team for so long.

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I first met her in probably 1994, ... The [national] team was going through this transition of getting more support, yet contractually we didn't have a lot of say. ... I had this incredible meeting with Billie Jean King, this all-day roundtable discussion, and the theme of the day was, look, if you want things to change, you've got to do it yourself.

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