In this week’s newsletter we speak to USWNT midfielder Crystal Dunn about burnout, pregnancy and the equal pay deal
Last week was a rather eventful one for Crystal Dunn. The 29-year-old Portland Thorns midfielder welcomed a baby son, Marcel Jean Soubrier, into life with husband Pierre Soubrier and, just a couple of days before, the US women’s national team announced that they had reached an agreement for equal pay with the men’s team. “I joked with everyone saying I’m happy we got this done before I became a mom,” she says.
Dunn has been in the game for a long time – she has played more than 100 games for her country – but the lead-up to becoming a mother has definitely helped change her perception of her profession and what she wants to achieve. “What people don’t really know about me is that I was severely burnt out before being pregnant. I still loved the game, showed up, wanted to be the best player I can be, but I felt like my reasoning was starting to dwindle,” she tells Moving the Goalposts.
