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Bullard, embarking on her


third World Cup, was captain (and flag-bearer) of the 2007 U.S. U19 team.


Czech Republic, returning the World Cup to the U.S. after watching Australia win the event in 2005 from the stands at the U.S. Naval Academy as a high school student. She now owns three gold medals (the U19 in 2007 and World Cup titles in 2009 and 2013) and is part of a vision for the U.S. national teams program — bridging the connection between the U19 and senior team programs. Kridel coached the 1999 and 2003 U.S. U19 teams that won gold medals. She wasn’t planning to coach again in 2007. Then-U.S. senior team coach Sue Heether coaxed Kridel out of retirement. The two envisioned a pipeline between the U19 and senior teams. This year’s World Cup roster also includes former U19 star Kayla Treanor, whose 2011 teammates Cortney Fortunato and Shannon Gilroy were on the training team. It’s an important connection that helps continuity. Ricky Fried was an assistant on Heether’s 2009 U.S. staff, and is now the head coach for his second World Cup. His aggressive full-field pressure approach has been embraced and understood by the players. As midfielders, Bullard and Carey play a key role.


“They’ve definitely bought into our system of running lines and not focusing on their [playing] time,” Fried said. “Most women’s lacrosse players are used to playing all the time and taking breaks [on the field], and our system doesn’t allow for that.” Bullard currently lives near San Francisco where she works full-time as vice president of sales for Wheels Up, and also helps Kridel coach a high school team at Sacred Heart Prep.


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This fall, she’s headed to business school at Harvard. Finding time to work out and work on stick skills with that schedule requires commitment. “It wears on you mentally and emotionally to continue to motivate yourself every single day,” Bullard said. Carey, who starred collegiately at


Vanderbilt, stepped away from the program after winning a gold medal in 2013, but the lure of competition brought her back.


“I thought I was retired,” said Carey, a marketing manager for Marolina Outdoor. “Something was missing, and I knew I must not be done. But if I was going to come back, I had to come back stronger than I had ever been.” It didn’t go unnoticed.


“Her fitness level is at the top on a team with a really high level,” Fried said. “She didn’t just want to be there, she wanted to make sure she was fully in. She’s got a full-time job, but she makes time and pushes herself to the extreme limit.”


Kridel called Bullard one of the best leaders she worked with on the U.S. teams. Fried echoed those thoughts, saying Bullard goes full speed in every drill and encourages teammates to do the same.


She does so because of what representing the country has meant to her for the last decade. “It’s not something that ever gets old,” Bullard said. “When the national anthem plays, I close my eyes and take a moment to appreciate the opportunity. It’s easy to get lost in the competition and nerves of playing a game, and doing that helps me go into a game remembering what’s important. It’s really special, every single time.” USL


May/June 2017 US LACROSSE MAGAZINE 47


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