The feat earned her the nickname ‘Brick Wall’, but to her big brother Sam Arnold she is simply ‘Kenz’. Queensland-based Sam, 34, spent his childhood playing backyard soccer with his younger sister.
He watched on anxiously as Mackenzie, 29, stood between victory and defeat in every thrilling Matildas match. “It’s such a hard position to play mentally, being a goalkeeper,” Sam tells New Idea exclusively. “Being a World Cup, it just adds that extra element of nervousness. “I’m so proud of her.”
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