8.3.23 - JR Interview with Rosie White

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Hi, I'm great. Thank you so much for having me on. Certainly, thank you for taking the time to hop on, and I appreciate it. What time is it? About 2, 3 p.m. in the afternoon? Yeah, 2, 2, 23 p.m. I love it.

Well, thank you so much for taking the time. I want to ask you about the women's national team, of course, but before we do that, what's the current vibe in both Australia and New Zealand right now, based around the Women's World Cup? It's been so exciting to be here.

I think New Zealand, well, I've spent all of my time so far in New Zealand, where I think the country kind of underestimated how huge this event was going to be. The stadiums have been packed out. There's been a lot of buzz and excitement around the World Cup, and I think just the quality of all of the games and the skills of the players has been so entertaining for people that aren't soccer fans. It's been really, really exciting. There's a lot of buzz going on.

Rosie White, footballer, two-time Olympian, three-time Women's World Cup player, is joining us from New Zealand. On this side of the globe, everyone is concerned about the United States of America and their performance. They beat up on Vietnam, but it wasn't a 7-0 beating like somebody else gave them. They drew with the Netherlands. They drew with Portugal, didn't score a goal, and now they're going to face Sweden and things could come to an end early on Sunday morning, Sunday afternoon, Sunday evening for you.

What is your perspective on what's going on with the United States? Are they too young? Are they in too much of a transition period?

What do you think? Yeah, it's been really interesting to just to witness it and to hear a lot of the criticism that they've been getting. I think, you know, it's essentially a lot of the little things going on. I think they haven't clicked yet in any of their pool games. I think, you know, the expectation on them to go out and, you know, and win very convincingly against countries like Portugal and I think, yeah, I think it's surprising. But also at the same time, you can never count the US out of a tournament like this. The competitiveness of that team and the quality of the players and the team, you know, even if they, even when they're not playing well, they still qualify and get out of the group stage and I think there's so much more to see from them. So, yeah, I'm hoping they start to start to click and gel a little bit going into this next game against Sweden because they're going to need to.

Oh yeah, they're going to need to put some goals up if they want to beat Sweden. Rosie White, football return commentator, is joining us here. The JR Sport Brief Show on CBS Sports Radio.

It's, I don't want to call it uncommon but we've moved into such an era where anyone can go on Twitter. We have former athletes such as yourself who are on television. Everyone has more of a microphone and we hear Carly Lloyd talk about the team.

We hear Lindsey Horan and her response. How difficult is it to go out and play these games when there's so many more distractions than have ever been? Yeah, it's, I mean, it's so easy for everybody to have an opinion and a perspective and I think one thing I saw Lindsey Horan saying was that like nobody actually knows what's going on inside the environment and what the mentality of the team is and I totally understand and respect that from the players and, you know, they have to, part of their job and responsibility is kind of focusing and blocking the external stuff out and controlling what they can in their own environments. I think, you know, part of what's also exciting to see in women's soccer is the competitiveness of the other nations coming through. You know, it four years ago or eight years ago the U.S. was absolutely dominating, you know, 99% of the games that they were having and I think, you know, part of it is just that the quality and the professionalism of the entire sport has gone up a couple of notches.

So the game like across the board, you know, Canada's going home, Germany's going home, South Korea's going home, and Brazil's going home. You know, there's these big nations that have traditionally been so dominant and your other nations are also catching up and putting a lot of quality out onto the field. Yeah, no, we see that in all sports. People are catching up in so many sports.

We see it in basketball here, stateside, the rest of the world catching up here with us. And from your perspective, being born in New Zealand and playing college in California, UCLA, and in your time in the NWSL and finishing up with Seattle, you have a great perspective on this sport and this game from all over the world. But having said that, you've dealt with some of your own challenges as well. Talk to us about your work with Bristol-Myers Squibb.

Talk to us about that. Yeah, it's been a big part of my career and one of the big reasons I stopped playing and I've been working with Bristol-Myers Squibb now. I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis when I was in college at UCLA. I was 18 and diagnosed with this chronic disease that I had no idea what it was. And for me, part of this journey and the last 10 years of experiencing that now I am in a much better place where I'm able to to talk about it, talk about my experience and try to help other patients and family members to create a space and get the resources they need. So yeah, that's what I've been doing with Bristol-Myers Squibb is working on the Supporting You with UC campaign to help family members and patients learn how to have the difficult conversations with their loved ones and with their doctors to try and find treatment options that work best for them. Oh well, awesome Rosie.

I think it's amazing how you're taking your own experiences and using it to help out other folks. As we start to wrap up here, out in New Zealand, if it's not the U.S. Women's National Team, what else do you foresee taking place in this tournament? Who do you think has the edge to come out on top and win it all? I think the English team is looking really dangerous. They've grown already throughout the tournament and I would also say Japan has been one of the more convincing and dangerous teams that I've seen so far.

So those would be probably my two picks. And of course the USA, you can't, again, you can never count them out. They're always going to be so competitive. So it'll be super interesting to see how things unfold in this knockout round.

Absolutely, Rosie. I know a little bit different to be talking about the sport as opposed to being on the pitch representing New Zealand. How are you digging your work with Sky?

How is it different? I know it's not action-packed, but how do you feel about it? Yeah, I mean it still gets you excited. It still feels, you know, like I'm involved, which is super awesome. Although it's, you know, hard to talk about your former teammates and friends in a critical way, it's been really awesome to just be involved in such an epic event. And in New Zealand, in my home country, you know, friends and family members that have never been interested in soccer before are watching. And it's just, it's been super fun to be involved. So yeah, I'm really enjoying it.

Yeah, it's a new challenge for me, but loving it. Well, Rosie, you being on both sides of the globe, whether you're in New Zealand or whether you're back here stateside, what do you foresee over the next several years in the United States of America when it comes down to the game of soccer? We see the frenzy that Messi has already caused here stateside in a week or two weeks. We know that the World Cup is going to be swinging on this side of the globe in 2026. What do you think the growth of a football or soccer is going to look like here stateside over the next bunch of years? Yeah, I mean, I think that soccer in the U.S. is probably going to be in the U.S. is probably one of the most exciting places to be in sport in men's and women's soccer. It's incredible to see the what's happened as Messi's arrived.

You know, the U.S. women's national team has always have always been pioneers in women's soccer across the world. And they will continue to be in the end of yourself is growing and expanding. And there's a lot more investment and excitement. And I think it's a super, super exciting space. And yeah, I'm pumped to see where it goes. I think over the next decade, it's going to be, you know, a main the MLS as well is going to be one of the main and respected leagues around the world. And yeah, I'm really excited to see to see it grow over the next 10 years.

I think it's going to be huge. Well, Rosie, thank you so much for for taking the time out and calling us all the way from New Zealand, coming live to us, really, from the Women's World Cup. Where can people follow you and your work as you continue to expand and grow and keep things rolling? Well, with the work I'm doing with Risselaard's Club, the supporting you with uc.com website is for is a great resource for patients and family members. And for me personally, Instagram, Rosie White, that's me.

But yes, that's, that's me. Okay, thank you so much, Rosie. All the best to you. Okay. Awesome. Thank you so much.

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