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- Breaking into soccer with no roadmap – Hope recalls her early years, when there was no professional women’s league in the U.S. and little institutional support for girls pursuing soccer at a high level.
- Overcoming setbacks – from losing her father young to almost giving up the sport entirely, Hope explains how resilience became the defining trait of her career.
- Becoming the best goalkeeper in the world – the training, competitiveness, and drive that carried her to two Olympic gold medals and a World Cup championship.
- The fight for equal pay – Hope provides an inside look at the lawsuit against U.S. Soccer, what motivated her to take a stand, and the personal and professional consequences she faced for speaking out.
- Double standards in sports – the stark differences in how aggression, competitiveness, and leadership are praised in men but criticized in women.
- Financial inequities in soccer – why female players were still being paid a fraction of their male counterparts, even when the women’s team was outperforming the men’s team on the global stage.
- The media spotlight – the pressure of being expected to succeed not only on the field but also as a public figure, role model, and symbol of the sport.
- Toxic structures in athletics – Hope shares her perspective on sexism, exploitation, and the ways governing bodies often fail to protect female athletes.
- Speaking out despite the risks – how she dealt with backlash, criticism, and the weight of pushing against powerful institutions.
- The global movement for change – why she believes the battles fought in U.S. Soccer helped ignite a larger conversation about equality in women’s sports worldwide.
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