As the season wraps up, our official intelligent automation partner ABBYY caught up with three of our women's players: goalkeeper Manuela Zinsberger, captain Kim Little, and defender Jenna Nighswonger, to talk about their motivations, challenges, and the growing role of technology in football.
What first sparked your interest in football?
Manu: My father was a goalkeeper, and my uncle was also a player, so there was football in the family. Lots of my friends were boys growing up, so I was kicking a ball around with them and fell in love with the game. I started as an outfield player and didn’t try goalkeeping until I was about nine or ten - I was trying to be someone I wasn’t!