Headspace Customized Mental Training Programs for USWNT Ahead of World Cup

The U.S. women's national soccer team play the Belgium national team in a friendly at the Banc of California Stadium on Apr. 7, 2019. (Credit: ISI Photos)For the past two months, while some members of the U.S. women’s national soccer team traveled on the bus to games, they would plug in earbuds and meditate. When the adrenaline was high after playing in crazed stadiums, several players would do the same to relax on the journey back.

These have been a few of the uses from a new partnership between meditation app Headspace and both U.S. Soccer and MLS. All athletes and employees of the national federation and the North American pro league will receive access to Headspace, mirroring a previous…