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At 15, she travelled 500 km with her father twice a week for training.

Her father once promised 100 francs if she could juggle a ball 100 times by the end of the summer. She did it in just three days.

She has a matching tattoo with Lindsey Horan. Her other tattoos include her grandmother’s date of birth on her wrist and a portrait of her dog Peach, who died in 2025, on her forearm.

As a child, she scored so often that her dad made her play in goal or use only her weaker foot.

One of her hidden talents? She knows a few magic tricks.

She and her sister love The Lion King so much that their dogs are named Nala and Simba.

Christen and her partner Madison spend their days off exploring San Diego, visiting bakeries and taking their dog Benny to the beach.

Her dog is named after Evgeni Malkin, the Pittsburgh Penguins hockey superstar.

Diana knows how to ride a horse and owns one named Murilho.

She has a rescue dog named Dawson.

Her favourite pre-game song is “I Gotta Feeling” by Black Eyed Peas. It’s been her go-to since she was young.

Cori and her teammates joke about the “Look Good, Play Good” mentality. She puts effort into her game-day look, such as slicking back her ponytail, which boosts her confidence.

“I never get too hyped up too early before a game—I feel like that leads to having restless legs and mind. I do a lot of mental visualization and use breathing techniques just to kind of calm myself down before a game.”

Her go-to pre-match meal is brown cheese on toast with jam and Weetabix.

Her pre-match ritual is to have four Weetabix with four sugars.

She founded and runs Mandel, a nutrition consultancy that provides performance-focused dietary analysis for athletes.

Alongside football, she works as a filmmaker and video editor under the name Losiz Media.

Away from football, she has a side business renting out bouncy castles.

She started her own interior design brand.

She co-founded RE—INC, a gender-neutral lifestyle brand, alongside teammates Megan Rapinoe, Tobin Heath, and Meghan Klingenberg.

At Women's Euro 2022, she scored the first hat-trick before half-time in the tournament's history, helping France beat Italy 5–1.

On 2 May 2025, her sister assisted her first professional goal, creating the first sister-to-sister goal in NWSL history.

In 2021, Gorden became the first Chicago Red Stars player to play every minute of a regular season, earning the nickname 'Iron Woman'.

In 2017, she scored in the Grand Final as Melbourne City won Australia's W-League title, becoming the first player-coach to win the competition.

At 15, Ewa became the youngest player in Poland's top women's league, the Ekstraliga.

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She made history in fashion media too. Espartanas reported that she became the first Mexican footballer and only the second footballer worldwide to appear in GQ.

In 2021, she launched the Barbra Banda Foundation to empower women and girls by addressing economic inequality, gender-based violence, and other social challenges through sports and co-hosts an annual football tournament in Zambia.

She was the youngest player in the US Under-17 squad at the 2024 CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship. She scored a hat-trick in six minutes in a 7–1 semi-final win over Haiti, then scored again in the 4–0 final win over Mexico.

During the 2024–25 season, she scored 20 goals in all competitions for FC Twente, the most prolific campaign of her senior career. Her performances helped FC Twente become the first Dutch women's club to complete a domestic treble of league title, KNVB Cup and Super Cup.

She and Italian international Chiara Beccari call each other "Bro" because they are like sisters.

She is the youngest ever Welsh player to earn 100 caps for the national team.

She used to write the verse Joshua 1:9 on her football boots to calm her nerves before games. “Have I not commanded you; be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified or dismayed for the Lord your God is with you always.”

She scored the decisive penalty as Poland beat France for bronze at the 2024 UEFA Women’s U17 EURO.

2023 was best year in her career so far. She was selected by IFFHS and FIFPRO to the Team of the Year 2023. Also she was Player of the Match of World Cup 2023 final game

She won the Golden Boot at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, scoring five goals in four games.

As a teenager, Newsham combined elite football with endurance running and trained as part of an elite athletics group.

Ferroviária honored her after she surpassed 100 matches for the club, a milestone reached by relatively few players in the women's program. She finished her Ferroviária career with 109 appearances and 23 goals.

In 2022 she celebrated a rare academy double: French D1 title with Lyon’s first team and the national U19 championship in the same season.

Before moving to Mexico, she won a staggering 33 trophies with Olympique Lyonnais, including eight UEFA Women's Champions League titles.

In an unusual twist, she made her Barcelona first-team debut before even playing for Barça B, skipping a step that most young players take on their way to the top.

She was part of Nürnberg’s promotion-push: she helped them finish 2nd in the 2. Bundesliga in 2023 and again in 2025, earning promotion to the Bundesliga both times.