Mary Earps, a pivotal figure in women's football, has announced her international retirement, but her impact continues. Former teammate Ellen White highlights her transformative role in goalkeeping. Earps’s journey from struggling with part-time roles to becoming a global brand exemplifies her influence. Despite the retirement, her focus remains on making women's goalkeeping more visible and celebrated. She aims to encourage others and leave the sport better than she found it, emphasizing the importance of representation and perseverance in her legacy.
The legacy I want to leave is leaving the game in a better place.
She changed goalkeeping. She changed the game. But she hasn't changed.
Representation matters — you can't be what you can't see.
Hopefully I can represent to people a goalkeeper, but also somebody who's been through a lot.
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