By There’s not a lot US Women’s National Team defender Ali Krieger hasn’t done. She’s spent her career helping to build a sustainable women’s pro soccer league in the U.S., brought home two World Cup Championships, won one of the most important in a generation, and helped carve a path for moms in sports all while as one half of soccer’s chicest power couple with wife Ashlyn Harris.
So it's without a trace of regret that she's announcing her retirement at the end of the 2023 NWSL season, which she shares exclusively with Glamour.
When I connect with her to talk about this—and all that she's accomplished—she beams and says, “We have to be happy.”Women’s sports are rarely just about the game, and Krieger’s career has been no exception.
To focus exclusively on a player’s legacy on the field is a luxury that comes with equality—which is still a long way off for most women in sports as they face huge gaps in pay, investment, and media coverage.
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