For many rookies just the thought of taking the field with some of the legends of the game—Carli Lloyd, Christine Sinclair, Marta—is intimidating. But to line up next to Christie Pearce (formerly Rampone), one of the greatest center backs in the world, when you make your professional debut?
“She's a world-class player and to have to play alongside her and having to live up and play up to what she produces on the field every single time, I think it's pretty intimidating to have to do,” Sky Blue FC’s newest center back, Miranda Freeman, or Mandy as she’s better known, said.