‘Pretty scary’ to enter World Cup as USWNT veteran

Crystal Dunn called her role as a USWNT veteran “pretty scary and kind of wild and crazy.” (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Crystal Dunn will play in her second World Cup this summer with the U.S. women’s national team. This time, though, the 30-year-old is slotting in as one of the veterans.

Her role as one of the more experienced USWNT stars is “pretty scary and kind of wild and crazy,” she admitted to Lynn Williams and Sam Mewis on the latest episode of Snacks. Still, she also knows she’ll bring the benefit of her years on the international stage and in the club environment with her to Australia and New Zealand.

“I think something that comes with age is the capacity that you have to kind of deal with and cope with many different things,” Dunn said. “When I was young stepping onto the team, all I could focus on was training. All I could focus on was where I was in that moment because I didn’t have the headspace and the capacity to do anything outside of me playing soccer.”

Dunn has spent 10 years as a member of the…