There’s more to a good soccer team than its marquee players. The Chicago Red Stars have plenty of, er, star power to keep people talking— Sam Kerr, Julie Ertz, Alyssa Naeher, Casey Short. Those are the names you see in headlines.
But you can’t build a team on a few big names. You need a whole squad. You need Swiss Army Knife players. You need people who can do the jobs that need doing, that are willing to throw their bodies on the line, who can make a difference when things are in doubt.