There are a lot of differences between Lacasse and the players she has spent this past week training alongside, differences that go beyond caps.
Most have taken the more traditional route to this position, working their way up through the youth teams while at college, then either being drafted into the NWSL or joining a giant of European women’s football.
Lacasse instead moved to Iceland after college, with it not even two years since she moved on. Now inspired by the Brazilian influences around her at Benfica, her style is much different from anything else the North American nation might have in their ranks – and in a very good way.