Quotes from Lindsey Horan

I love scoring goals.

I think I generally go to Paris more when I have people come and visit.

On the field, I got to play with some of the best players in the world, from Germany, Sweden, France - I can name five more countries.

One of the coolest things is going to another country and learning their culture and learning how to be a grownup.

I got to learn the French tactical way and then learn from all these players who've been on the world stage for so long.

The first few touches of the game, that's kind of like setting the precedent for me.

It's always physical in the NWSL - that's why this is such a demanding league and we know that.

It's very hard to watch your team and not be there, but it's also cool in a different way. You get to watch them from a different perspective and you see everything and you get to analyze the game.

My whole life, my strength was my technical ability and my vision and being able to see certain things on the field.

I really counted on my technical ability and my passing for everything. Then once you got to bigger stages and the professional level, you can get shoved off the ball and you need to be fit and you need to be at your top level at all times.

I'd dreamt of playing professionally since I was 15, that's the route I took.

There's just been so many difficult times. I always remember that this is the game I fell in love with.

If I went to UNC, I'm sure I would find a way to make myself better, make things harder, challenge myself. It's what the player puts into it.

If you're a football player, you can play anywhere.

Coming from my past experiences, I've been the player who used to worry all the time, and I'd get so nervous and frantic when I was young.

I've gained a lot of experience playing with some of the top players in the world from different countries.

I love playing for the Thorns.

I always want to be grateful for what I have.

I was thrown into a position where I had to learn a new language, become professional and not be just that child anymore coming into a team. I was able to learn from players that were so experienced at such a high level. You can't get that anywhere else. Nothing against college, but you can't get that in college.

To score a goal in front of my family and so many U.S. fans in the World Cup was just absolutely incredible.

You see it for the men's World Cup, fans traveling everywhere to come support their teams.

This is something I've wanted to do my whole life, to play in a World Cup, to play in a World Cup final and win the World Cup.

It would be cool to win a World Cup, and I think it would be good for my career as well.

The World Cup is the biggest stage for football in general.