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Friday TigerBlog - A Conversation With Julie Foudy and Kristine Lilly
April 22, 2016 | Women's Soccer
Julie Foudy and Kristine Lilly, who won two World Cup championships and Olympic gold during their many years with the United States women's national soccer team, spoke Thursday night at McCosh 50 as part of the Princeton Varsity Club Jake McCandless '51 Speaker Series.
Friday's TigerBlog looks at the evening with the two trailblazing women:
Kristine Lilly talked about playing sports - any and all sports - in the backyard in Connecticut, with her brother, four years older than she, and his friends.
TigerBlog, sitting in the back of McCosh 50 last night, could close his eyes and see it.
They played soccer, of course. And football. And basketball. And baseball. And anything else.
It's easy to see, right? A bunch of boys tell her "You're just a girl. You can't play with us. You're not good enough." And then about five minutes later, they're like "um, er, okay."
And really, that's what happened over and over again for Lilly and Julie Foudy, her co-panelist for the Princeton Varsity Club Jake McCandless '51 Speaker Series - and the rest of those they played with on the U.S. women's national soccer team for all those years.
No, they were told. You can't play with us. You're girls. You're not good enough.
And then they'd see them play. And again, always - "um, er, okay."
For the rest of the Friday TigerBlog, click HERE.