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Photo by Greg Pender / Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Q: You’re living in Atlanta now. Were you there in time enough to feel the heartbreak for the Falcons and the city after the Super Bowl loss to the Patriots?

A: I moved here mid-February. I had just missed it all. But everyone still talks about it.

Q: Did getting to 100 caps with the senior national team mean anything extra to you?

A: It did. It was even more special because I had gotten my 100th cap in the Women’s World Cup in Canada, in Montreal. One hundred caps is incredible on its own, but to be able to get the 100th cap in a World Cup, being hosted by your host nation … it’s definitely something I’ll cherish and remember for the rest of my life. To be able to share it with my friends and family was really special.

Q: Who’s the favourite celebrity you’ve met thanks to your Olympic or professional fame?

A: I’ve never really been ‘Oh my God, that’s so cool.’ I just think people are people. But after my first ever soccer academy, me and my sister (Courtnee) and her husband went to New York to celebrate the success of it and we met Justin Bieber. He actually put on a private concert when his Purpose CD just came out. I’ve never really been blown away by meeting a celebrity but that was pretty cool to meet him. And I met him in Saskatoon. I brought my cousin that has Down syndrome and got to meet him before his concert there. That was cool.

Q: You’ve done plenty of modelling. Describe your most awkward or memorable photo shoot.

A: For Beats By Dre, it was really cool. They flew me out to L.A. They flew a bunch of other athletes and they basically rented out this warehouse and painted every room a different colour. I was chosen to be blue. Top makeup artists, hair artists, top athletes. I felt I shouldn’t have been there at that point (laughs). I think that was the first one I was really nervous to do. It was me in this blue room and a soccer ball. There was probably 60 people in the room watching. I was petrified.