It should come as no surprise to hear that Olivia Moultrie, the teenage phenom on the Portland Thorns, is competitive.

It’s clear at Providence Park, where the teenager has the ball at her feet, determined to beat her defender on the dribble and drive a shot toward goal or slip a pass through to find a teammate in a threatening position.

But it’s not all that different outside of the public eye. “When I was little, we’d go get ice cream from the store,” Moultrie says. “I’d be like, ‘I’m going to make mine last the longest so I can eat my last bites in front of you.’”

And she’d win.

That drive has taken Moultrie far: from persuading her family to adopt a dog after years of begging to being the second-longest-tenured (and second-youngest) player on the Portland Thorns at 19 years old. As

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