Blog 16: Ironic twist of fate

[THE PITCH] The U.S. women’s national team’s trip to Sweden gave U.S. Soccer’s Studio 90 crew a chance to catch up with Christen Press, the top scorer for FC Gothenburg with 10 goals in eight Damallsvenskan matches. The former Hermann Trophy winner talks about her adjustment to life and soccer inSweden. She admits she was a little overwhelmed at first, though never scared. But her success with FC Gothenburg helped earn her a call-up to the national team and a place as an alternate on the 2012Olympic team, an ironic twist of fate, she says, at a time she feels she was distancing herself from the national team. Watch the Studio 90 video …