Despite World Cup Humiliation, Soccer World’s MVP Shouts to Megan Rapinoe’s Teammate Catches Serena Williams’ Husband Alexis Ohanian’s Attention

.Last weekend, the USWNT sent shockwaves across the world when they crashed out of the World Cup in the RO16. These astounding results led to Megan Rapinoe & Co facing widespread criticism from all corners of the country. However, there was a silver lining for the Women’s team.

Perhpas the biggest positive takeaway for the USWNT was the performance by San Diego Waves defender Naomi Girma. Not only fans across the sporting world but even Serena Williams’ husband Alexis Ohanian has hailed her performance on social media.

Alexis Ohanian shares words of encouragement for Megan Rapinoe’s teammate

Including the knockout stage, the USWNT played 4 matches in the Women’s World Cup. Out of the total number of matches, the USWNT conceded only a solitary goal, and that too against heavyweights Netherlands.

While the team’s attacking prowess certainly lacked firepower and rightly deserved criticism, one cannot complain much about the defensive discipline shown by the USWNT. One of the main reasons behind this was 23-year-old defender Naomi Girma.

Hence fans across the world hailed her performance and took to Twitter to show their appreciation. Some even tweeted her being deserving of the MVP award. Tennis star Serena Williams’ husband also approved of this nation as he took to Instagram stories and shared a post compiling the tweets with the caption “WTG [Way to Go] @naomigirma! “

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The other primary reason behind such widespread support for Girma is her struggle-filled path to the USWNT. Her coming-of-age story is truly inspirational.

Naomi Girma’s road to USWNT is inspirational

In a recent interview with GOAL, Naomi Girma opened up about her inspirational coming-of-age story. The San Diego Waves defender started her soccer career at the age of 14 thanks to her father and brother’s keen interest in the sport. She joined an Ethiopian group started by her father. Later she climbed up the ranks through years of hard work to wear the jersey of the illustrious USWNT.

“I started playing at Maleda Soccer, which is an Ethiopian group that my father formed with some of his friends,” she told GOAL. “My dad and my brother influenced me a lot… my Dad loved playing growing up and my brother just started playing and I wanted to be him,” said the rising star.

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Stories like Naomi’s really give hope to all struggling in life. Naomi’s success is a testament to the fact that no matter what background you are from if you work hard, things will always open up! Truly inspirational!