Four years ago I wrote about Nadia Nadim, who fled Afghanistan at age 12 after the Taliban killed her father. In Afghanistan she was prevented from embracing her passion for soccer but in exile in rural Denmark she was encouraged to play. Afghan female soccer players compete in a match at the Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) stadium in Kabul in, 2013. It was the most beautiful thing ever,” Popal said of suiting up for the first women’s game in 2007. Neither Chelsea, Pulisic’s club team, nor the U.S. Soccer Federation have released a timetable for Pulisic’s return.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 24, 2021 12:56 UTC