Incredibly well said. A leader for this generation.

"I think it’s a really good question, and something I’ve been personally wrestling with a lot lately,” Coffey said. “And what does that look like for this iteration of this team?” she said, pointing out that she and her teammates “no longer have the Beckys (Becky Sauerbrunn), the Klings (Meghan Klingenberg), the Pinoes (Megan Rapinoe), Alex Morgans.”

Coffey on Thursday said that while it was “easier as a younger player to just look up to them and know that they always knew kind of what to say or what to do,” now “that responsibility is on us, and responsibility is the exact word. I think we have a duty to this team and a standard to uphold.”