How defender Emily Sonnett quietly became the USWNT’s most consistent leader

Emily Sonnett takes nothing for granted. Not winning a World Cup, two Olympic medals or three National Women’s Soccer League Championships. Not a single one of her 113 appearances with the U.S. women’s national team. The 32-year-old Gotham FC defender approaches every opportunity with the same level of care and gratitude. “I would never think I’m a shoo-in,” Sonnett said during a recent interview with The Athletic. “I always have to be performing and be consistently performing.” This, she said,