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The Athletic crew battled long flights, sprinted through short layovers and has had lots of fun with time zone calculations. All this to say, we’ve made it to the future and it looks bright. I’m Emily Olsen, here with Meg Linehan and Steph Yang — welcome to Full Time!
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Meet our team
The U.S. women’s national team has settled into camp in Auckland, New Zealand.
“We are pretty much fully acclimated,” USWNT midfielder Kristie Mewis told the media Monday. “We are in a good mental and physical spot. The time difference was huge but we’ve done it a million times.”
We here at The Athletic have done it a bit less. All the same, we are excited to share our team on the ground and around the world:
We are also excited to introduce our guest columnists: USWNT midfielder Sam Mewis, former Tottenham defender Jenna Schillaci, Wrexham’s Paul Mullin, Arsenal and Netherlands forward Vivianne Miedema and former Liverpool, Everton and Brighton player Fern Whelan.
Here’s a taste of preview content the team has put together:
The story behind the U.S.’s celeb-packed intro video
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