In the first episode of our "Direct from Down Under" series, Rog sits down with cerebral center back Naomi Girma to get a temperature check on nerves ahead of her first World Cup, how she's coping with the loss of fellow defender Becky Sauerbrunn through injury, and whether this team feels increased pressure to deliver for Megan Rapinoe.

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