How Alex Pfeiffer became the NWSL's youngest goal scorer + her USWNT dreams | Paving the Way

In this episode of Paving the Way, Sebastian Salazar chats with Kansas City Current forward Alex Pfeiffer, the youngest goal scorer in NWSL history. Still just 16 years old, Pfeiffer explains how she knew professional soccer was the right step for her, what it feels like to play in a stadium purpose-built for women's soccer and her aspirations to play for the USWNT.

0:00 Intro
0:34 Becoming the youngest goal scorer in NWSL history
1:51 Rating her post-goal knee slide celebration
2:17 Deciding to turn pro
3:19 Why Kansas City was the right fit
3:51 What it's like playing for Vlatko Andonovski
4:23 Playing in CPKC Stadium
5:46 Keys to success for the Current this season
6:13 The Patrick Mahomes effect and championship expectations
7:08 A future with the senior national team
7:40 How fellow St. Louis native Becky Sauerbrunn inspires her
8:15 Hardest part of juggling pro career with being a teenager
9:06 Excitement to watch USWNT at Olympics

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