AGE: 28
POSITION: Goalkeeper
TEAM: U.S. Men’s National, Arsenal
CLAIM TO FAME: Named Major League Soccer’s Goalkeeper of the Year and the MLS All-Star Game MVP in 2021
PERSONAL: Favorite athlete is Derek Jeter
I WAS 16 YEARS OLD WHEN I WATCHED my first World Cup, in 2010. It was unlike anything I’d ever seen before. When Landon Donovan scored the goal against Algeria that sent us through to the knock-out rounds, I jumped and screamed at the TV. No other sport had ever made me feel like that. It made me fall in love with the game.
After that, I enjoyed playing football. The fact that I started playing at 16 and have made it as far as I have—as the goalkeeper for Arsenal [currently the top team in the English Premier League], and for the U.S. team in
