16 Years Before Winning The World Cup, 8-Year-Old Rose Lavelle Went To School Dressed As Mia Hamm

Rose Lavelle was one of the many breakout stars in the World Cup. No surprise considering she prepped for the World Cup by stopping in with a little podcast called Pardon My Take:

She then went on to score the goal that essentially locked up the World Cup for the United States of America:

Just an absolute CRACKER of a goal.

Before spending her college years at Wisconsin, Rose was a third grader with a dream:

SOURCE-Every October, students in Lisa Neubauer’s third-grade class at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic School in Cincinnati were assigned to pick a biography of a personal hero and, in the spirit of Halloween, present a book report while dressed as that person.

Rose’s hero? Mia Hamm:

I dressed as Chad Pennington one October as a third grader. Too bad I didn’t have the same storyline as Rose.

Rose called her shot. Now she’s an American soccer legend. Maybe time to win a Gold Medal next summer and then another World Cup in 2023.

Before that, Rose is going to spend some time with her dog: