that fuhr world cup. rose laval, at young star over the last few weeks, julie made it, too, and then the celebration started. this team knew they had made it across the line. and incredibly historic achievement, their fourth world cup crown. they re only the second team to successfully defend the women s world cup times after german,, but you feel that this year, given all the attention, all the pressure on this side, not only because of what they were doing on the pitch, but also the big ircauses that they re fighting for, this really is a line in a sand, the real moment that the world is stepping up and taking notice. this is the new class of 99, really. this is the class of 2019. they had written their place into the history books.
we ve done exactly what we set out to do. we ve done exactly what we want to do. we say what we feel, all of us really. i know that my voice sometimes is louder, but in conversations, everybody is in this together. we are such a proud and strong and defiant group of women. i don t think we have really anything to say. we saw that togetherness in spades at the end, fredricka, despite all the superstars, all three co-captains, rapinoe, alex morgan, carly lloyd, they went up and got the trophy together at the very end. we don t always see that at the top end of the football. we always talk about the class of 99 as the trail blazers for the women s game. this group of women, the 2019 u.s. women s team certainly will be the ones to watch, the ones