"Other women have asked these questions before, but this is a generation that has had these opportunities in front of them and they're just wondering, 'Why can't we finally get there?' " she said. "'Why do we make these compromises continually, the women playing on artificial turf in Canada for the World Cup when that would not have ever been considered for the men?' There's been a shift for the women who have always lived this way and they're not standing for mediocrity anymore.