"The reality is if I'm good enough, if I can make the eighteen-player squad then it would really be hard to say no to playing another and final year," she said.
Despite leading for most of the final and being just 6 minutes away from winning their 3rd World Cup, the U.S. fell to Japan in the Women's World Cup Finals.
America came through in one of the most exciting games in US soccer history. The women defeated Brazil 5-3 on penalty kicks to advance to the Women's World Cup semifinals.