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" I would like to win the Ballon d'Or for women. But every top professional should have that ambition. "
Alex Morgan
Professional
Women
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" My dad has been to every soccer game that I've played in, both at the amateur level and at the professional level, and he always had great things to say whether we won or we lost, whether I felt great or not so great. "
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