Jaedyn Shaw, a forward for the United States, opened up about her struggles with expectations after joining North Carolina Courage from San Diego Wave. Despite her past successes, she hasn't scored in her first three matches with the Courage, who remain winless. Shaw reflected on the pressure of fitting into a new team and how it has affected her performance. She emphasized the importance of maintaining one's identity and allowing for mistakes while working to overcome these challenges. Shaw remains optimistic as she prepares for the upcoming USWNT friendlies against Brazil.
And now it's an environment where it suits you and you suit it and you're going to be impactful and it's going to be great and all this stuff. And when it's not, it's just like 'whoa, what happened?'.
It's allowed me to kind of take a step back and be like 'okay well it's good people believe in you,' that's a way to take it.
You are still allowed to make mistakes and you're still allowed to grow and be the same person that you were before. It's not a complete identity change.
Just letting those expectations go. And if you can't let it go, then turn it into something positive.
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