Julie Foudy

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How was the night after you guys won? Did you guys have... The time of your life.

Give us the tea.

Yeah, we don't know. Yeah, it's too far away. Okay, the ballroom, nice.

I am proud of who I am and what I've accomplished. That was a really good one. Yeah, that was necessary this week.

How was, how was the next morning? Um, Just fine. A little orange juice, a little Gatorade. Oh, perfect. The next morning for us wasn't too good in 2015. Yeah.

You remember that? Yeah.

That was a struggle.

Canada.

Oh, no. It was like some club.

Yeah. Well, we weren't either, but that night we were. weren't you in the dj booth or something no i wasn't in the dj booth but um we had like six o'clock in the morning like morning tv and we were just like oh yeah some of us at the shakes some of us thought we were gonna yeah i was gonna it's not you know It's a good time, though. It's a good time. You deserve the celebration.

Yeah. What do you think has changed the most from the 99ers to now with the U.S. Women's National Team?

And I think women's sports in general. Yeah.

It's not just about like winning. It's about we want more because we deserve it.

To me, it was minor for the first 15 seconds. Yeah. But yeah, I just did a little something to my calf. But honestly, I like everyone's like, are you dissociating? Because I'm not losing my mind. And I feel like in a really positive like space, like I haven't like, you know, like shit happens. And it's like, let's keep going. I guess we've I've been doing this for long enough.

I'm a fighter. Let's fight. Yes.

The sweetest girl too.

I would do that.

But like part of me is like, yeah, exactly. Like, are you, are you sad? Like, what is the feeling of like seeing your daughter like leave and.

She could have gone to USC if she wanted to experience something different.

Come back from worse things like bring it.

Julie, obviously you are a huge part of women's soccer, a Stanford alum, a soccer mom. And I would just love to understand and kind of see how the story that came out on ESPN about a week ago, two weeks ago, um how you were able to like navigate that um and it's the save the katie myers story um and a little bit about like you know

mental health and, you know, you have a daughter and I mean, none of us can even imagine the pain that her parents went through. But can you just like walk us through a little bit of that story?

But we were winning and I didn't know if like we were, you know.

And we need to bring it back. You haven't done it in a while.

Bring us home with the three clap.

Okay.

I will say that when I did the three clap, I didn't do the, I just, you know, okay. I was a little shy. Okay.

Whoa, see that?

We're all injured now. I think I felt something in the hamstring. Thank you, Julie. Thank you, Julie. We'll see you soon. It's time for happy hour at Bar BFFR, where we serve up our L's and dubs of the week and answer your burning questions.

Snapped in half, actually.

And you deserve it. She does deserve it. I texted her when it came out and I'm like, I'm so proud of you. Like, it's amazing. I mean, I played with her since she was a little newbie. So yeah, it's like crazy to see the growth of her.

Yeah.

So we're on a roll today. Win of the week. Give us your dub. Okay. I mean, the biggest dub I think that we've ever had is that our girl Savvy is home. Yeah. And, you know, I think everyone just like the past, you know, it's like makes us emotional because it's just been so emotional. Yeah. But she's back home. Yeah. When I look at you and your eyes are, I'm like, okay. I know.

So then what did you do? So not even 24 hours later, I went on TikTok and I searched how to remove a cast at home. You searched this on TikTok? On TikTok. Yeah. That's where I get most of my, you know, quick search and someone's going to give me an answer. So I did what they said and I soaked it in hot water for like 30 minutes.

She's recovering. She's with her family, her beautiful family. And I think like everyone involved was unbelievable. Our medical staff was like on it.

Yeah. Our medical staff saved her life for sure.

We're really happy that she's home.

Do you like pump it up? Yeah, you can. Depends how feisty I want to get. Right. L of the week is I was about to get my first minutes this season. And then I was like, you know what? Let's tear the calf.

Let's just tear the calf.

No, we're not coffee drink.

Now I do a peach ice like a peach green tea.

God awful. But since I tore my calf, zero back pain.

I don't know when I ever had a soft life. But you bring it up a lot. I know because I want it so bad. Like I want to be soft, but I don't think I'm built for it. I'm built for survival.

That's you.

You love to go to bed early.

Yeah. Aside from the coffee that we don't drink.

What do we do as a coping mechanism? Send each other TikToks. Yeah, we talk to each other so that we can laugh. Yes. Yes. Laughing at each other's pain. That's always great. Yeah, we send reels and TikToks to each other all day.

This is before I'm going into training because I like I cannot do this. You had like the whole you only had I only had my thumb and I'm like, it's just a finger. I've been going around. So I soaked it in hot water and tried to cut it with just some just I think hair scissors and it didn't work. So I came in, it was soaked, like absolutely soaking wet inside. So I had to get it removed.

OK, Taylor, thank you. I think, yeah, recently we've really looked at women's cycles in sport specifically. You see ACLs, you see a lot of injuries during your cycle. Yeah. And we have someone who comes to our training like in the beginning of the year when we're doing all of our meetings and we talk about our cycles. Last season, we all had to do the test.

We all had to, um, track our ovulation so that we knew that we were still ovulating or that we were having a period, like a normal period. Um, but yeah, I mean, there's a lot more to be done.

you know, there's so many things that go into a cycle. Like my period is different from your period, you know? And it's like, at least we're looking into that. And at least we're like seeing this, like, it's not a pro I guess it's a problem that sucks to have a period. Why doesn't, why don't men have it? Yeah. just give them something, just give them something.

Um, but yeah, I think it's really important. And obviously Allie and I are geriatric now. And so I think even to plan, like if you want children and you know, you're playing, playing a women's female sport, um, That you know that your body is working the way that it needs to work. And if it's not, then you can get the help early instead of waiting.

And that's why, I mean, you... Allie and I both froze our eggs, so... Yeah, I think...

We do our morning.

Yeah, our wellness. And you have to answer if you're on your period what day.

Yeah. We had a teammate who could not train because her periods were so bad. And you just see how different people are like with their cycles. And you're like, oh, my goodness, like I don't have that. But like for someone else, it's like debilitating. Yeah. So we learned a lot with that. And I think it's really good for like the young players coming up.

Like this is something that we need to talk about.

That was a great question, Taylor.

It was a good episode. Yeah, it was emotional.

We don't care where you're listening or watching.

And then I was supposed to wear a splint. And I'm like, how am I supposed to remember that? The finger's still broken. Yeah. It's actually really ugly, but it still doesn't spray.

Yes. Well, it's like you go, you pull up, they wash your car. It's genius, actually. So I'm like, it's worth it. It's worth the membership. Thank you, Topanga.

Would you like a story time? What? What is going on? I was supposed to get my first minutes coming up. And that Monday, I decided, you know what? Why not just tear the calf? So I tore my calf. We were shooting. I like planted really weird and I just popped and like I heard it. The coach heard it. And then I was like, yeah, there's no way that I just did that. So I'm just going to carry on.

And so I finished off the rep and then I went to step down and I was like, yeah, I just tore my calf.

Tell her she's funny. Well, thank you. Yeah. Thank you. You are. I know I'm funny, but yeah.

Obviously, we don't care where you're watching and listening as long as you're watching and listening to us. Period.

Do you feel the same amount of stress watching them as you did when you went into a game?

Congratulations, Izzy.

Do your kids listen to you, specifically Izzy, going into college and being a soccer player? No.

No.

I'm like, I used to not say anything. Remember? In the beginning, I never said anything. Well, when he was two. Yeah.

He's very good. He's really good. Free kick specialist, for sure. Yeah. That's a lot of pressure.

He loves it.

But I will say that the 99ers are iconic. Obviously, you know I know about them, Julie. First of all, the 99ers, when I was growing up, we obviously heard of the U.S. Women's National Team. And that is how I... changed countries because I said I wanted to play on the best team in the world.

And then I was called Judas by Canada.

You're right. It is hard to see the progress when you're in it. But everyone looks at the 99ers and that is where... we came from. That's nice.