Jill Ellis

My whole British culture in growing up is still with me for sure. I'm very grateful for that.

Especially in the States, at every level - whether it's collegiate, whether it's our professional league - we need more women in coaching, 100 percent.

These countries - Spain, France, Germany - have environments that are really geared toward the professional player.

Any player playing at a high level is available for consideration to the women's national team.

Opportunity only knocks so many times.

I grew up playing in the schoolyard with the boy, and on the side of the grounds my dad coached on. I have a lot of fond memories.

World Cups aren't moments to invest in players.

Players don't change drastically. Maybe they get more in form if they're a goal scorer, or they get healthier if they've been injured.

My job is to bring in players I think can help this team, regardless of where they're playing.

When I used to recruit in college, my sole job was to out-recruit what I had. And if I did that, I knew we would grow and be successful.

Sometimes it is the mentality that is really important. To have players with self-belief makes my job a lot easier, as they are certainly motivated and hungry.

One of the things we recognized coming out of 2015 is we had to get more and more high-level competition.