Tag Archives: Julie Ertz

We want the N.W.S.L. to grow. It is growing; it's continuously growing every year. We want it to be sustainable. It's separate in the sense that this is a U.S. Soccer thing, but the idea is to grow soccer in general, and we want to do that any way we can. Julie Ertz

The World Cup has been life-changing, for many reasons. Julie Ertz

There were times when I tried to hide my muscles. When you're a young girl, you hear, 'You're really strong,' or, 'You have really toned arms.' In my head, it wasn't something that should be said about a girl. It should be more, 'You're pretty.' Julie Ertz

Pilates and yoga, we always do those together. But I think it's a little bit easier for me, at 5-7, to be more flexible and to move a little better than him at 6-5. Julie Ertz

It's important to be a soccer player in the sense of the whole vision – if you put me at forward, I can do it, or if you put me in midfield, I can do it. Julie Ertz

I think it's pretty crazy when I walk down in the airport and a 12-year-old boy comes up to me and says, 'Hey, I watched you at the World Cup. Great game! Great job!' I love that. Julie Ertz

Everything happens for a reason, if you work hard for it. Julie Ertz

I loved being an attacker so much. I mean, it wasn't so much that I didn't think defending was fun or anything like that. It was just – growing up, that's kind of all I knew – was attack, attack, attack. Julie Ertz

I would love to see myself as versatile – I think that's important as a player – but I think, realistically, I feel like kind of how the team sees me is probably more set in stone as a center-back defender, which is totally fine. Julie Ertz

Zach takes care of his body so well, it's unbelievable. He's so meticulous, like OCD, in what he does. Julie Ertz