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

My dad has a certain spirit, a twinkle in his eye, someone who can set a certain standard for players but also convey it with humor. What I learned from him is that coaching is, more than anything, about connecting with people.

If I walk into a room, I'm quite content to sit in the corner and chat with people who walk by. But coaching forced me to come out of my shell.

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.

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

You can't just live cautiously, I think, when you're in a knockout game.

I'm an American except when I'm in the supermarket or at the candy store.

The challenge for young players is always stepping into the next level in terms of how much faster the game is.

You spend a lot of time as a coach going through every possible scenario. That's the kind of level of depth and versatility you have to go through. When I did that, things started to really fall into place.

It's important that our team has confidence.

Our intent is to attack for 90 minutes.

I was a Pompey lass - I can't say I supported Pompey all the time.

I was just fortunate to move to the States and have an opportunity to play organized football.

World Cups are about winning.

Little things that I've emphasized are turning in pockets and looking to penetrate and finding these spaces and playing at a good tempo when we're in the middle third.

I took a $40k pay cut to leave my technical copywriter job and work for $6k a year.

I think I'm just a naturally curious person.

I never thought I'd end up coaching. It wasn't the plan.

I haven't seen many pretty games in a World Cup.

We have to constantly be looking to improve.

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.

Every game you play, you gain. There's always valuable lessons.

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

We've got to make sure we have players that can break teams down because there's no space in behind; we need to problem-solve in a different way.