With a trip to the World Cup mere months away, Brazilian legend Marta was fielding questions about why she wasn’t saving her energy.
The 33-year-old superstar started in all six of the league matches she was available for while she was with the Orlando Pride. She wasn’t subbed off in any of the matches and she left the Pride as the team’s leader in shots and shots on target.
For her, the answer was easy. It’s the same reason she’s regarding as one of the all-time greats in women’s soccer, if not the best women’s soccer player of all time: all-out is the only way she knows how to play.