Crystal Dunn gave birth to her son, Marcel Soubrier, in May. The Portland Thorns star returned to the national team just four months later for the USA’s October friendlies. Dunn recounts her training before and after giving birth, and shares joys of motherhood. “I get to reinvent myself in a whole new way,” she says.

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