Heather O'Reilly
Heather O'Reilly
Heather O'Reilly is an American professional soccer player who plays as a midfielder for FC Kansas City of the National Women's Soccer Leagueand the United States women's national soccer team, with whom she won three Olympic gold medals and a FIFA Women's World Cup. O'Reilly previously played for the Boston Breakers in the NWSL and Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer, and played at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSoccer Player
Date of Birth2 January 1985
CityEast Brunswick, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
I think that a lot of players and a lot of teams don't think of contact lenses as being a part of that essential gear but it truly is. You want every competitive advantage you can find and obviously having great vision is one of those advantages.
Our journey has taken 21 players but our goal is still the same, to win the World Cup.
A suspension program like TRX provides consistency, is great for strength training, and you can do it anywhere, which is good for us because we're always on the go!
You can't let the highs get too high and you can't let the lows get too low.
After getting glasses and contacts it was kind of a wow moment that I could definitely see better and on the soccer field it really helped me.
At least for soccer players, it comes down to a blend of two types of fitness - your base endurance, which comes from longer distance running, and your speed, which comes from sprint-based workouts.
I've won some pretty cool things in my life and I have a lot of great titles.
In the very beginning whenever Mia Hamm or Brandi Chastain would call for the ball, I'd just give it to them immediately because it was them and I was nervous.