There’s no doubting Kelley O’Hara’s nature. Anyone who’s seen the U.S. women’s national team member for club or country has seen a fiery competitor who’s as happy getting stuck into a tackle as scoring a goal.
She’s had more than a few of the latter, netting a critical goal in the semifinals of the 2015 World Cup, and won’t hesitate to execute the latter as Team USA begins its quest for a fifth Olympic gold on Wednesday at 6 p.m. EDT against New Zealand.
O’Hara, 27, has history on her mind, a powerful motivator, and discussed Team USA’s quest to achieve that goal in a lengthy and optimistic talk with ProSoccerTalk’s Joe Prince-Wright.