{"id":1311089,"date":"2019-06-06T11:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/crystal-dunn-readies-for-wcup-after-getting-cut-in-2015\/"},"modified":"2019-06-06T11:40:00","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T17:40:00","slug":"crystal-dunn-readies-for-wcup-after-getting-cut-in-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/crystal-dunn-readies-for-wcup-after-getting-cut-in-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal Dunn readies for WCup after getting cut in 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE – In this May 26, 2019, file photo, United States forward Crystal Dunn is introduced during a send-off ceremony ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup after an international friendly soccer match against Mexico, in Harrison, N.J. Dunn was among the last cuts from the U.S. national team roster for the 2015 Women’s World Cup in Canada. That just made her all the more determined to get to France. Dunn is expected to start for the defending champions, one of 24 teams competing in this year’s tournament. The Americans open play Tuesday with a match against Thailand. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez, File)<\/strong>
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LONDON \u2014 Crystal Dunn was among the last cuts from the U.S. national team roster for the 2015 Women\u2019s World Cup in Canada.<\/p>\n

That just made her all the more determined to get to France.<\/p>\n

Dunn is expected to start for the defending champions, one of 24 teams competing in this year\u2019s tournament. The Americans open play Tuesday with a match against Thailand.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just so excited to get into this World Cup so that I can no longer be known as that girl that didn\u2019t make a World Cup,\u201d she said, with a laugh.<\/p>\n

Dunn was in camp with the United States on Wednesday at Tottenham\u2019s training center in north London. The team was spending 10 days there before heading to France.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old native New Yorker said the experience of getting cut has made her into the player she is today.<\/p>\n

\u201cI supported them (the 2015 team) along their journey, but I was able to reflect on myself and really just invest in who I wanted to be as a player. And I think just brushing myself off just helped me get to where I am now.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the 2015 team was traversing Canada en route to its third World Cup title, Dunn was back home in the National Women\u2019s Soccer League and lighting it up. She had 15 goals for the Washington Spirit and was awarded the league\u2019s Golden Boot.<\/p>\n

She also played a season overseas in Chelsea before returning home and landing with the NWSL\u2019s North Carolina Courage. Dunn is a midfielder for the Courage, which won last season\u2019s NWSL title after a record-breaking season.<\/p>\n

In the intervening four years, she also became a regular on the national team, earning a spot on the 2016 Olympic roster. She\u2019s scored 24 goals in 84 appearances.<\/p>\n

Dunn\u2019s versatility is valued by coach Jill Ellis, who has at times moved her up to a more attacking role late in games when subs are made. The starting backline for the U.S. team during the World Cup will likely include Dunn, Becky Sauerbrunn, Abby Dahlkemper and Kelley O\u2019Hara.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s the most versatile player I\u2019ve ever coached,\u201d Ellis said. \u201cIt\u2019s not just her ability to play in different lines, it\u2019s the quality with which she plays in different lines, which is quite extraordinary.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dunn joked that there\u2019s one position she\u2019ll stay away from: \u201cKeeper. That\u2019s the only one that I refuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, it is challenging at times,\u201d she said about her shifting role. \u201cI think I\u2019ve been fortunate to actually be on this team where people help me. It\u2019s not so much about, \u2018You have to do this, this and this right in order to be the world\u2019s best outside back.\u2019 I think I\u2019m always learning, I\u2019m always trying to be at my best.\u201d<\/p>\n

The U.S. team is in Group F at the World Cup, which kicks off Friday in Paris with a match between France and South Korea. Following the Americans\u2019 opener against Thailand in Reims, they\u2019ll face Chile in Paris on June 16. The final match of the group stage is June 20 in Le Havre against nemesis Sweden, which knocked the Americans out of the Rio Games.<\/p>\n

This World Cup is all the more special for Dunn because her husband, Pierre Soubrier, was born in France and has family there.<\/p>\n

A former player at Quinnipiac University, Soubrier is the head athletic trainer for the Portland Thorns \u2014 the team the Courage beat to win the title last season. Dunn and Soubrier married late last year.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always tell Pierre\u2019s family that, obviously, the French side, it would be great for women\u2019s soccer if they were to do well as the hosting country,\u201d she said. \u201cBut of course not too well because we\u2019re trying to win this thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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