Female football idol

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Canadian international Jessie Fleming has been her idol since she started playing football.

She modeled her game after U.S. national team defender Becky Sauerbrunn.

Sam Kerr was her favourite player when she was younger, and she once named England, Spain and Italy as leagues that interested her.

She named former Ajax and Netherlands forward Lotte Keukelaar as her role model.

Her childhood idol was Alexia Putellas, whom she watched on Barça TV.

Her footballing idol is Rachel Daly.

In the national team, she looks up to Tessa Wullaert and Janice Cayman.

She was inspired by Heather O'Reilly, a player for UNC and the U.S. Women's National Team, who played on the wing, a position Paige admires.

She's looked up to Lena Lotzen, former German footballer, when she was younger.

Her football inspiration is The Lionesses' defender Lucy Bronze.

Growing up, Olivia looked up to soccer legends like Mia Hamm, Kristine Lilly, and Sydney Leroux, many of whom played for her local NWSL team, the Boston Breakers.

As a child, she tried to copy Cristiana Girelli and Barbara Bonansea while watching Italy.

Teresa Abelleira is one of her biggest football role models. Dorado admires the way she plays their shared midfield position and values the advice Abelleira gave her at Real Madrid.