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b'On Episode 700 Jessica McDonald is back to talk about her amazing career and the players she has played against and with. \\xa0
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Jessica McDonald is a powerful forward with a proven track record of goal-scoring\\u2014she was the first NWSL player to reach 33 regular-season goals. In 2017 and 2018, McDonald\\u2019s goals and assists helped lead the North Carolina Courage to two NWSL Shields. She is also mother to seven-year-old Jeremiah and her son is a huge part of her motivation to chase her dreams. \\u201cI want him to be proud of his mom,\\u201d McDonald says with an ear to ear smile.

NWSL MOM In the past ten years, Jessica McDonald has played for nine different professional teams\\u2014the Chicago Red Stars, SC Herford, Melbourne Victory FC, the Seattle Reign, the Portland Thorns, the Houston Dash, and the North Carolina Courage (previously the Western New York Flash). As a mother, moving from city to city wasn\\u2019t easy, but McDonald refused to give up her dream: to one day make the National Team. \\u201cI wanted to be able to tell my son Jeremiah that I went for it,\\u201d says McDonald. On November 2016, she earned her long-awaited call-up to the U.S. WNT. At age 31, her years of unwavering perseverance and steady goal scoring paid off. She\\u2019s headed to France for the 2019 World Cup, where she\\u2019ll look to inject speed and strength into the frontline.

A FAMILY AFFAIR As a kid, Jessica\\u2019s grandma told her she couldn\\u2019t just sit on the couch\\u2014that she had to pick up a sport. Her brother played soccer, so she thought to herself, I guess I\\u2019ll play soccer like Brandon. He continued to inspire her, playing on Youth National Teams as a kid and playing in the MLS from 2008 through 2011. Since then, he\\u2019s played in Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Thailand\\u2014and he follows his sister\\u2019s career as closely as she follows his. He couldn\\u2019t be happier for his sister as she heads to her first World Cup, where she\\u2019ll hope to make an impact on the pitch. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coachcameron/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coachcameron/support'