“I feel like I’ve been so blessed to have the career that I’ve had … but then there is just some part in your heart that you just know and I think that is closure enough for me. And I think that is why I am just so grateful to have this last game to close this chapter and say bye,” said Ertz in a press conference Wednesday.
The 31-year-old’s last major tournament outing with the U.S. ended in disappointment, as the team was booted early in the knockout stage of this summer’s World Cup. Ertz started in all four of the USWNT’s games Down Under, despite working her way back into the squad just a year after giving birth to her son, Madden. “I feel like this year I aged in dog years,” Ertz said with a laugh.
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