CARSON, Calif. — While growing up in suburban Los Angeles, Renae Cuellar, like many American girls, dreamed of getting the chance to play on the same field as Abby Wambach, Hope Solo and the rest of the United States women’s soccer team. Unlike most of those girls however, Cuellar has been able to fulfill her dream, though in an unusual way.
When she has taken the field with star American players, Cuellar did not wear red, white and blue. Instead, she displayed the green and white of Mexico.
“It’s going to be great to be playing in front of my family,” Cuellar, a 24-year-old forward who played at Arizona, said before Sunday night’s game, an exhibition that was part of the United States team’s send-off tour in advance of next month’s Women’s World Cup.