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It was about humanity and equality. The club changed the lives of millions of girls. Many of those girls have probably memorized the names of, the starting roster. Some of them might even have a poster depicting the clubs roster. Every roster member had a role and a purpose. But none of the players were as important to American Woman’s Soccer as, Alex Morgan.

“[Scoring two tries is] still pretty surreal at the moment. I just want to do my job out there for the boys and try to get us over the line and was lucky enough to get two tries as well - so that’s a bit of a bonus for a personal level.”

“We just hit a bit of a lull through the year, we lost a couple of players to the NRL, a few injuries. You can never expect them to be up every week, I knew there would be a time that that’s going to happen, so I’m happy it was halfway during the year.”

Women’s Rugby League in Australia constantly growing, and the New South Wales Rugby League took notice after the NSW team broke a 17-year-drought against Queensland earlier in the year, by setting a five year pathway plan to increase participation levels and equality in sport.

“I think it’s a great tribute to the players, who don’t get the recognition they deserve and allow players like myself and other players to get that recognition.”

“To do it with some of my better mates Reagan Campbell Gillard and Bryce Cartwright who I was involved with in both competitions and being able to debut and play with them in first grade as well it’s been very exciting for myself personally.”

"Guys like each other and they're happy to be here," Holgorsen said. "And that wins you a lot of football games."

“I have really enjoyed playing here at UWA and meeting lots of new players every year. I was very happy that I will be graduating with 5 girls that I came in as freshman with and don’t think I would be here today without

Riding the ups and downs, celebrating victories, commiserating over defeats, you are a part of the fan base that rallies around the hometown team. As hometown fans you are all for one, and one for all. Furthermore, in the essay “Move Over Boys, Make Room in the Crease,” by Sara Maratta discusses a controversial matter of women are becoming more accepted into the sports world, not only as fans and players but also as voices in sports journalism. However, men still dominate on all levels.

Kids on the team realized that adults can be biased more to certain kids rather than others. For the boy managers, it made him have a different perspective on girl and them playing sports. But for most girls, they had drama fights on the team. About which position was best for the girl. They had drama through the season. Other people say it was a fun experience to play and to be more social or to never give up. Before the season, the boy manger was being honest and said that the girls season wasn't going to be fun because girls were not as good as boys. During the season he started to realize that the girls are better than what he thought and his mind changed the way he thought of

“What I'm really excited about is that there’s a lot of youth into this and challenging the status quo”.

“They’ve got nothing to lose and certainly we’ll enjoy the occasion, our boys have just got to be up and ready for a good performance.”

In SportBusiness Journal’s piece on 2016’s game changers, they introduce the reader to 35 women who all in some shape or form is changing the industry through new key initiatives, the development of new technologies and as mentors for younger executives looking to advance their own careers.

This Australian side mixed with inexperienced youth and few seasoned veterans almost sent shock waves throughout the entire football-mad France.

“We should some promise there with some patterns of play and we need to improve for next time.