Women's sports especially have begun gaining the attention and respect it deserves. With this momentum, we should be lifting each other up, not tearing each other down. I remind myself of this often because, in the world of soccer, today's opponent could be tomorrow's teammate.
Read MoreThroughout my recovery process, I feared that I would never be as good as I was before. I feared that I would no longer be able to go to Stanford. I feared that the pain in my patellar tendon would never go away. It felt like my whole identity was wrapped up in being a soccer player and that was ripped away from me.