In this episode, LDG interviews USWNT U-23 and NC Courage midfielder Riley Jackson!

Due to her incredible performances with her school team and club team, accumulating 32 goal contributions with the former, she won the Gatorade National Girls Soccer Player of the Year. Riley signed her first professional contract at 17 via the NWSL U‑18 mechanism with the North Carolina Courage, foregoing NCAA eligibility and her prior commitment to play with the Duke Blue Devils. She was a co‑captain of the U.S. U‑17 team and was an instrumental member of the U.S. team that won a bronze medal at the 2024 U‑20 World Cup. She recently trained alongside the USWNT senior team at the Futures Camp last January, and has ambitions of making the 2027 Women's World Cup roster.

The interview also touches upon why the environment of Courage was one she wanted to become a permanent member of, her time training with the Courage/the USWNT at Futures Camp as a teenager, playing alongside Denise O'Sullivan in the midfield, and so much more!

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