Quick Take with Cat
Issue 10 of Fair Game is on it’s way to the printer. It is so crammed full of all the best stories, interviews and photos from the 2007 FIFA Women’s World Cup, that we couldn’t find the space for this quick take with Cat Whitehill from the St. Louis match on what’s she been up to since she got home from China. Enjoy and keep your eyes peeled for Issue 10. It should be in your mailbox soon.
Are you glad to be back from China?
I’m very glad to be back. I’m glad to be back in North Carolina where it feels really like home. I’m back in a home that I bought four months ago that I haven’t actually lived in.
Did your husband Robert have it all decorated and livable for you when you got back from China?
I had it livable before I left, which was good. Robert tried to clean based on his standards so instead of decorating, I’ve been cleaning the whole time I’ve been back.
Did you get out on the pitch at all or did you just relax?
I totally relaxed. I did touch a soccer ball because Robert loves to juggle so we would just juggle in our backyard but besides that, I was taking a break. I needed it. I could feel my legs were tired and it was nice. It was refreshing.
How does this world championship fit in with your other two – bronze in the 2003 FIFA Women’s World Cup and gold in the 2004 Olympics?
The good thing is they’re really all the same color. (Laughs.) Every experience so far has been different. Even though I won a bronze in the World Cup in 2003 and a bronze in 2007, they were different experiences and we took a different path to get them. In 2003 we were in America and in 2007 we were in China. So right there you have a completely different lifestyle as you’re preparing for the games. I’ve learned a lot. From being the youngest on the team in 2003 to having over 100 caps in this one. I was more of a leader in this one. I’m going to treasure this one, just as much as the other two.
In regards to the Hope situation, are you guys close to getting that resolved?
You know, I think we all want that. I think we all want for everything to be resolved because we’re a team and we want to move forward. That’s our goal now. We want to move forward. We want to celebrate over these next three games and look forward to Olympic qualifying and hopefully for the Olympics and that’s our goal.
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