Women's World Cup team from Philippines has American flavor

For a nation more than 7,000 miles (11,265 kilometers) from the United States, the Philippines boasts a women’s national soccer team with a decidedly American feel. Of the 23 names on its Women’s World Cup roster, 18 belong to U.S.-born women. Despite growing up in the U.S., she said, “Under our roof, it was purely Pinoy, and I knew nothing different.”

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