AUCKLAND, New Zealand — For the players on the U.S. women’s national team, being at camp for a tournament as big as the Women’s World Cup means having their every need covered so they can focus on one task: winning.
For the more than a month the players will spend here in Auckland during the World Cup, U.S. Soccer is handling all the details, and anything that can give the players an edge come game time is provided. A part big of that? Food, and lots of it.
With a staff of around 10 dedicated just to prepping meals and feeding the players around the clock here, a motto inside camp of viewing “food as fuel” has taken root.
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“The meals provide all the…