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“The vast majority of athletes that we’ve brought in, especially from Africa, for instance, they send most of their salaries home,” says Haley Carter, president of soccer operations for Washington Spirit. “They have built academies. They have built foundations. They have built schools. So, you know, you talk about the ability for women to change the lives in their communities because of the opportunity that they’re getting here in the United States is just incredible.”
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“The vast majority of athletes that we’ve brought in, especially from Africa, for instance, they send most of their salaries home,” says Haley Carter, president of soccer operations for Washington Spirit. “They have built academies. They have built foundations. They have built schools. So, you know, you talk about the ability for women to change the lives in their communities because of the opportunity that they’re getting here in the United States is just incredible.”
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