When Mia Fishel was a child growing up in San Diego, she couldn’t know that her future lied across the border a short light rail train ride to the south. “I never really went to México” while growing up, Fishel tells me during our Zoom call. “I only went when I had (US) National Team camp against México in México, but I’m very familiar with the culture. I grew up in San Diego, so I (was) like 10-15 minutes from the border.”
She did however know that soccer would take her places. “I think at a young age,” Fishel says.