The U.S. women's soccer team will compete for its fourth consecutive gold medal during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Joining that team will be Washington Spirit forward Crystal Dunn, who will be playing in her first Olympic Games.
"I am still on cloud nine," Dunn said July 18 on Glenn Clark Radio. "I honestly cannot believe it. It's been a great couple of days just catching up with ... a lot of my friends and family, and ... I actually took a trip up to New York two days ago, and it was good to kind of celebrate it with them."
Dunn grew up in Rockville Centre, N.Y., where she attended South Side High School. She went on to play soccer at the University of North Carolina and was a member of the 2012 FIFA U-20 team that won the women's World Cup in Japan. In 2014, the Washington Spirit drafted Dunn with the first-overall pick.
