Ben Smith
Ben Smith
becomes calls close emotional enters everybody fall figure gets healthy human season value
The calls are always tough. We had the whole fall season to kind of figure this thing out. You want to get everybody healthy when it gets down that close so they can all show you what their value is. It becomes clear, but then what enters into it is the emotional human side. That's always gut-wrenching for everyone.
assert chance coming everybody gave hope opinions ownership people players realize remember several team united year
The young players coming up in our team are really remarkable. That's one thing I hope people will remember about this year for this team: That we gave several young players a chance to take ownership and assert their place for the United States. ... I realize everybody has an opinion, and a lot of those opinions favored Cammi. But that's part of my job.