- I am so fortunate to live in this time
where we're celebrating
young girls like Elizabeth
- [Kelly] Yeah.
(applause)
- And we have, we have
women like yourselves
being role models and mentors.
And myself, Julie Foudy
and the US Women's national team players,
we played with some girls
in the Development
Academy through US Soccer.
- [Woman] Were they dying?
- We surprised them.
(laughing)
Oh yeah, come on, I mean,
I didn't have women to
look up to on team sports
and so this is like,
this was kind of a jaw dropping moment
and kind of a little bit of paralysis.
Our mantra is, "Protecting
the future of the game."
And this is exactly what we're doing
by giving these young women an opportunity
to see themselves in the future
and to say, "Why not?"
- Yes.
(applause)
I love you.
- [Woman] That was great.
- All right let's take a look
at what you did in Chicago.
(upbeat techno music)
- Behind us in this big dome
are some unsuspecting US
Soccer Development Academy
players thinking that they're here
just for some soccer practice.
- [Brunette Woman] Oh no they're not.
They are not here for soccer.
- See these lovely ladies
from the 2019 Woman's
World Cup winning team.
(cheering)
- [Brunette Woman] The
really cool thing is too
inside, these players, they're legit.
They could one day actually be playing
for the United States Soccer team
so we're here just to give them
a little inspiration.
- And thanks to Allstate
we have this opportunity.
- Are you ready?
- Let's go.
- Let's go, come on.
- [All] USA, USA, USA, A
(upbeat techno music)
- [Man] Everybody understand the game?
- Okay, one or two touch for right now.
(gasps)
(background noise drowns out other sounds)
(upbeat music)
- [Woman] Hi guys.
(upbeat music)
(women chatting)
- When I saw the US Women's National team
walk through those doors,
my jaw dropped.
This can not be happening.
- We're speechless.
It's crazy.
- [Brunette Woman] How we doing?
- I didn't know what to do.
- I didn't know what to do.
- [Blonde Woman] Little bit of shock?
- They're my role models
and they've built this new foundation
for women especially
so I'm just so happy to meet them
and finally get to know them.
- Do you guys still get like,
really nervous before like,
games where like,
so many people are going to be watching?
- Yeah. I get nervous
before every single game
and it's just something that like,
I know I share nervousness
with some of my teammates.
(laughing)
And just, it's nice to know
that you're in it together.
- We all have a
responsibility to each other
and to the game to make sure that
we take care of it
and that we use it in a
way that's going to help
celebrate all woman.
- Seeing veterans like Brandi and Julie
- And then like, all
the new generations...
- It really is inspiring.
That could be us one day.
- Like, if they can do it,
I can do it.
(upbeat techno music)
I will never forget this day.
- I don't even know if I'll
be able to go to bed tonight.
- I have the ball,
- How did this happen?
but I need the picture.
- I mean I'll definitely remember it.
- When we would travel to Europe,
they would call us USA,
so we became USA, USA, USA, A,
is our cheer.
Are you ready?
Everything you have.
One, two, three,
- [All] USA, USA, USA
(cheering)
- That was a lot of soul.
