CLEVELAND — Two days after scoring the gold medal-winning goal for the U.S. women’s national soccer team, Mallory Swanson sat in a golf cart outside the visiting clubhouse at Progressive Field, a slightly less glamorous locale than the Paris Olympics.
Mallory was there to meet up with her husband, Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson, after Monday night’s game. It’s both a drab waiting area and the same spot where so many euphoric friends and family gathered after the final out of the 2016 World Series.
If it’s not quite going to Disney World, it’s still the unique path that they’ve chosen. The next day, the Swansons were spotted riding scooters around the downtown streets, a scene reminiscent of the classic Joakim Noah quote from the era when the Chicago Bulls tangled with LeBron James: “I never heard anybody say, ‘I’m going to Cleveland on vacation.’”
This seemed like a good time for The Athletic to catch up with Dansby on current events.
Going for gold
The Cubs were watching on the TVs in the Wrigley Field clubhouse last year when Mallory suffered a major knee injury that would keep her sidelined during the Women’s World Cup. That disappointment helped fuel this comeback.
Dansby: The whole story is just truly God written. For the team, it’s that…
