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# Go Behind the Scenes of Sports Illustrated's Cover Shoot With the U.S. Women's Soccer Team

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## Video: Behind The Scenes with the USWNT at an SI Cover Shoot

[Watch (HLS stream): Behind The Scenes with the USWNT at an SI Cover Shoot](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/fuCedTxq.m3u8) (2:30)

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_Published 2015-07-13. Behind The Scenes with the USWNT at an SI Cover Shoot_


by [Salima Koroma](https://time.com/author/salima-koroma/), [Julia Lull](https://time.com/author/julia-lull/) and [Sports Illustrated](https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/)

Jul 13, 2015 5:12 PM UTC

by [Salima Koroma](https://time.com/author/salima-koroma/), [Julia Lull](https://time.com/author/julia-lull/) and [Sports Illustrated](https://time.com/author/sports-illustrated/)

Jul 13, 2015 5:12 PM UTC

Watch the video above for a behind-the-scenes look at Sports Illustrated’s cover shoot with every member of the 2015 Women’s World Cup championship squad.


## Transcript

All right. Here we go. I'm out, I'm out, I'm out. Beautiful. All right, that's brilliant. I love it. [ MUSIC ] [ UNKNOWN ] takes my hand, ever. I didnt even know stuff like that existed. The parade? Yes. I know. Our top story, this half hour. For honoring the [ CROSSTALK ]. American's World Cup Champion is made. I'm nervous about getting my picture taken for the cover of Sports Illustrated magazine. Let's do this thing. Give me that trophy. Oh, here we go. Here we go. Thank you. Maybe a little bit. [ LAUGH ] Now can't really get much better. Are you saying that because you're seeing me? Totally.

100 %. That's good. That's good! We are shooting Happens each of the USA Women's Soccer team. This is the cover shot. So, today, they've definitely got a ton of energy and it's fun. It's fun further off. I kinda wanna balance it on my head. But I don't think they're gonna let me do that. I'm gonna try. [ MUSIC ] It looks so nice, doesn't it? We were saying that this is. Our star forever. Good, good. And then it's all yours. You gotta, you gotta, yeah. You gotta This third star is pretty incredible feat. I mean, that'll be on the jersey forever and that's something that we accomplished together, and now putting on the jersey is gonna be that much more special.

It's been crazy. Yeah? But good crazy. But good, right? Yeah. The journey that we took to get to the final was Super inspiring. We're etched in that history, which is awesome, but I think that we fought through everything, and we came together and played our best soccer in that final. [ APPLAUSE ] This is a great day. This is the best day ever! I want girls Dreams to be alive. I want them to know that with hard work, with confidence, with sacrifices, you can be in this position too. Who- hoo. Hang on. This team was a full team. I think that the depth of our roster is the reason why we were able to bring home the World Cup.

Can't be that, huh? No, can't beat that. Yeah. So many people had an impact, on some level. And obviously, we're gonna be talking about Carly Lloyd, because she deserves it. But everybody had their own little piece to the puzzle, in order for this thing to align perfectly. And the way that it did for us to bring home the trophy. And to come here to New York City to celebrate a ticker tape parade. I don't know if it gets better then this. [ MUSIC ]

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