messi football kit for kids ¡°It’s not going to be a perfect path to the top. There¡¯s a lot of ups and downs and obstacles that are provided that you have to work through, but working through those teaches you so many lessons.¡±

With an abbreviated rookie season behind her, Smith is finally healthy and looking to show she¡¯s not out of place with the USWNT, much as she tried to do nearly four years ago.

¡°This training camp is a super important time for me to get back to where I was before my injury and get that confidence back,¡± Smith said.

¡°One thing that I’ve always embedded in myself is to be confident regardless of who I’m playing with. Just never let anything or anyone take away my confidence.¡±

According to Horan, that confidence is well founded.

¡°[Smith is] very special and a player that maybe we haven¡¯t seen in a while, so I¡¯m really excited for her future,¡± Horan said. ¡°I think she¡¯s already setting a good cheap football shirts for kids standard for herself and there¡¯s a lot more to come.¡±