Adrianna Franch hung up the phone and immediately dialed it again.
She had to talk to her mom.
Only moments before, she'd gotten the news of a lifetime from U.S. national soccer team coach Jill Ellis. Franch had made the World Cup roster. From Salina, Kansas, to Oklahoma State to several professional outposts, she was going to the sport's biggest stage.
"Hey, Mom," Franch told her mom, "we made it!"
On the day the United States opens World Cup play against Thailand, no player repping the red, white and blue has come from a more non-traditional background than Franch.