Firsts are always quite special, right? Well, soccer is no exception. Ask any professional player about their best memory, and we bet most will recall the place where they first unlocked a portal to greatness. And rightly so — though it does make it feel like an unspoken obligation to support that team unilaterally, doesn’t it? For USWNT veterans Sam Mewis and Lynn Biyendolo, that place had always been North Carolina Courage — their first-ever NWSL club , actually, before both played for USL-W sides Pali Blues and Western New York Flash. For them, “Courage Till I Die” remained the motto no matter who else they played for… until now, when the NWSL playoffs saw them actually forget CTID!

For context, Decision Day was once again one for the books. While seven ou

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