USWNT defender Taylor Smith has had a fairly charmed year on the field. She went from her first call up to the WNT in January to playing all three games in the Tournament of Nations and picking up two assists against Japan on the way. She’s a starter for her club, the North Carolina Courage, after going undrafted in 2016. And now Smith is making moves in her personal life as well, discussing her identity as a lesbian and how she came out.
Smith posted a youtube video today in which she said, “I just wanted to share my personal coming out story.