After the U.S. won the World Cup, Overbeck’s teammates happily indulged in a weeks-long victory tour marked by dozens of pep rallies and television appearances—but she wasn’t interested in this part of the show. She flew home to Raleigh, North Carolina, to see her family instead. Asked what she’d been doing on the day her teammates appeared at a raucous rally in midtown Manhattan, she said she’d done three loads of laundry. “It just wasn’t my personality,” Overbeck said. “I’ve never cared about getting my name in the paper. As long as my team wins, I’m happy. I don’t care about all the TV
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