GRENOBLE, France (June 8, 2019) - The FIFA Women's World Cup is upon us and this year it will feature two former FIU soccer standouts in Thaisa Moreno and Ashleigh Shim as they compete for their native countries on the global stage.
Moreno is a Brazil native who played at FIU from 2009-2010 and will be participating in her second World Cup, having also appeared in the 2015 tournament. Shim, who attended FIU from 2011-2014, was born in Kingston, Jamaica and will represent the Caribbean Island as it makes its first-ever appearance in the Women's World Cup.