Team USA's Alex Morgan Shares How She and Taylor Swift Have Supported Each Other's Careers (Exclusive)

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Megan Rapinoe, who is gearing up for her fourth, there's a range of nerves and excitement among the world-class players, but all of them told ET that they just couldn't wait to get on the pitch.«I feel excited.

I'm not super nervous,» shared Sophia Smith, 22, who is also headed to her first-ever World Cup and said she feels «fortunate» for the team's veteran presence. «I'm just trying to embrace it all.

This is a dream come true and I'm excited. I'm anxious for the first game to just start, because it's a long lead up. I'm just ready to play.»Also new to the team this time around is 21-year-old Trinity Rodman, the daughter of NBA legend Dennis Rodman and Michelle Moyer, who has pro-level competition in her blood.«My mom and dad are very competitive — and then my dad just has the experience at that level,» she shared. «So it's genetic, but also I think there's something in my soul that, like, doesn't like losing.»On the other side of the roster are returning stars like Alex Morgan, Julie Ertz and Crystal Dunn, who have earned their spot on the team once again after taking varying amounts of time away from the game to have children.«I enjoyed my journey because I felt like I was still an athlete,» shared Dunn, who welcomed her first child with her husband, athletic trainer Pierre Soubrier, in May 2022.  «For me, I still stayed around the game… I was there at training.

I was doing passing patterns for a good long while until I was like, 'All right, I can't see my feet.'»Dunn said that her Team USA teammates were incredibly supportive of her during her pregnancy and since giving birth, and were there «every step of the way.»«I think that's the biggest message I'd give others is like, you can't do it alone,» she added..