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1
“Well, folks, it’s nil–nil, one minute to go. Looks
like this World Cup final is going to overtime . . .
Hold on, there’s the cross, coming deep in the
box. Lukas dives, she connects . . .
Gooooooooooooooaaaaallllllll! Wait! It looks like
she’s down. She’s not moving. Here come the
medics
—
”
“MS. LUKAS, CARE TO
give us an answer?”
Lainey blinked a few times and tried to
remember what the reporter had asked. The
questions were blending together, and the
overhead lights were making her sweat. She
prayed it wouldn’t show through her white
shirt. White was okay, right? It was gray that
showed sweat. Like her gray skirt. Oh god.
Butt sweat. Please don’t let her have butt sweat.
Lainey took a breath to compose herself. It
was her first press conference since the World
Cup final that left her with a near-devastating
skull fracture, but even eight months of
recovery wasn’t long enough to prepare for this.
Every time she tried to focus on the questions
the reporters were blasting at her like a firing
squad, she was distracted by the incessant
chuckling coming from the back of the room.
Gabe Havelak, beloved star of the Seattle Surge
and at one time the most prominent face on the
posters tacked up on her bedroom walls, was
laughing at her from the doorway. For years,
Lainey dreamed of meeting the man who made
America fall in love with soccer. The
opportunity to play in the same stadium as one
of her biggest heroes was a key reason she’d
wanted to come to Seattle. Clearly the
excitement was not mutual.
Lainey turned her attention back to the
reporter. “Could you repeat the question,
please?”
The jackass who’d been grilling her all
afternoon smirked. “I asked whether you’re
concerned that the Seattle Falcons are the only
team in the new American Women’s Soccer

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