TRIES EVIL. >> WE ARE OFFICIALLY INTO SPRING AND THAT MEANS THE RETURN OF SOCCER ACTION IN THE TRIANGLE. AND WE ARE JOINED BY GREATNESS THIS MORNING. I CAN TELL YOU IS NOT ME. JESSICA MCDONALD IS HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU FOR THE AND DO I DO WHAT I CAN. YA KNOW YOU'RE DOING SOME STUDIO ANALYSTS WORK, YOU KNOW, JUST TAKING THE PROPER INTRO. YOU DESERVE TOMORROW. THE HOME OPENER. THEY ALWAYS GET SOME BUTTERFLIES GOING EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE NOT PLAYING IT. BUT EVERY TIME IT NEVER CHANGES AND REALLY DOESN'T, BECAUSE JUST BEING HERE IN THE TRIANGLE BEING AT WAKE MED SOCCER PARK, IT STILL GIVES ME THE SAME AMOUNT OF CHILLS AS I HAD DURING MY PLAYING CAREER. SO I'M EXCITED TOO. SEE THIS CROWD. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THE ALL THE WOMEN PLAY. SO JUST TO GET THINGS STARTED FOR THE SEASON FOR THEIR HOME OPENER. YEAH. RECIPROCAL AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA PLAY. AND BUT AFTERWARDS YOU HAVE TO WAIT AROUND TILL AFTERWARDS BECAUSE THE RING OF HONOR CEREMONY, THAT JUST SOUNDS GREAT. HOW THE TOWN TO YOU. AND THEY TOLD YOU HONESTLY, LEGENDARY. I REALLY DO HAVE TO GIVE MYSELF SOME GRACE A LITTLE MORE WITH MY PLAYING CAREER AND REALLY PUT MYSELF ON THE BACK BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST HONORS THAT ALL ALL RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, FOR MY PLAYING CAREER. AND IT'S JUST AN HONOR AND AND OBVIOUSLY HONOR TO REPRESENT THIS CLUB. MY FAVORITE CLUB THAT I'VE EVER PLAYED FOR HIM. YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME SUCCESS HERE. YEAH. JUST GOING DOWN IN HISTORY AND SAY YOU OWN SOME SHIELDS FROM FROM THE TIME THAT YOU THAT'S FOR SURE. JUST A FEW OF THE FIRST ONE EVER FOR THE FRANCHISE. SO THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY GOOD STUFF. SO THAT ONLY THE SECOND ONE TO GO INTO THE RING OF HONOR SAMUELS WAS FIRST. BUT WHEN THEY EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT, WHAT WOULD THAT SOUND LIKE TO YOU? WHAT WHAT DO THEY SAY? IT TOOK TO BE IN THE RING OF HONOR. IT TOOK DEFINITELY HAVING SOME SOME CRAZY STATS. THAT'S FOR SURE. YOU KNOW, COMING FROM A WINNING PROGRAM AND WHAT YOU BROUGHT TO THE TABLE AS AN INDIVIDUAL AS WELL. AND SO I'M HONORED THAT THAT IS BEING REPRESENTED FOR THIS CLUB AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING HISTORICAL. SO JUST HAVING A BANNER IN THAT STADIUM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE UNTIL THE STADIUM IS STILL STANDING. I MEAN, IT'S NOTHING SHORT OF AMAZING TO SUPER CAN'T TAKE IT DOWN. PUT IT UP TONIGHT OR TOMORROW NIGHT. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT. AND SO IT'S SUPER WHAT ABOUT THE CEREMONY AFTER THE GAME? WHAT HAVE THEY SHARED WITH YOU ABOUT HOW IT'S GOING TO GO DOWN? YEAH, I JUST KNOW THAT OUR PR GUYS GOING TO HAVE A HE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF D J ING AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO. BUT I'M GOING TO HAVE ALL MY CLOSEST FRIENDS AND MY FAMILY IS GOING TO BE THERE. BOTH OF MY KIDS, MY FIANCEE, HIS FAMILY. SO. >> I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO HAVE DEFINITELY A GREAT SUPPORT SYSTEM DOWN THE FIELD AND WE'RE GOING TO JUST KIND OF SEE HOW IT GOES AND IT TOO MANY DETAILS. SO MOST OF IT AND GET SURPRISE FOR ME WAS JUST LEAVING JUST OFF CAMERA HAS TAKEN ON HIS HEAD. YES AND DJ. AND THEN WE'LL GET. THAT DOES IS GOING TO BE GREAT. I DO WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON WHAT EQUALITY IN WOMEN'S SPORTS WHILE I HAVE YOU HERE. WHILE THE NCAA TOURNAMENT IS GOING ON, WE HAVE 3 TRIANGLE TEAMS HOSTING GAMES. >> WOMEN ARE GETTING PAID. THE TEAMS AND THE CONFERENCE'S WILL GET MONEY THIS YEAR FROM THE NCAA. IT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. AND MEN OF HAD IT. AND I KNOW THAT AND SEE COURAGE AND YOU HAVE BATTLED FOR A QUALITY ON THE PITCH QUALITY IN PAY THINGS LIKE THAT KIND OF THAT STRIKE. AND IT'S JUST A VERY JOYFUL FEELING BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND WOMEN'S SPORTS RIGHT NOW. IT'S IT'S BOOMING AND IT'S VERY MUCH SO DESERVE THE MATTER WHAT SPORT THAT YOU PLAY BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THE SAME THINGS. OUR MALE COUNTERPARTS. SO WHY ARE WE NOT DOING THE SAME THING THAT THEY'RE GETTING? I'M PLAYING IN CAA TOURNAMENT. I'M EXPECTING TO GET WHAT THEY'RE GETTING OR AT LEAST YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF THE SAME THING. AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST VERY MUCH SO DESERVED. YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY HAVE HAVE FOUGHT FOR OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS FOR THIS NEWER GENERATION OF PLAYERS WHO ARE PLAYING IN THOSE WHO WANT TO BE IN OUR SHOES ONE DAY. SO, YOU KNOW, WE WE FOUGHT LONG ENOUGH AND KNOW IT. IT TOOK TOOK LONG ENOUGH IN. WE'VE HAD WOMEN'S SPORTS FOR SO LONG WITH MY MOTHER WAS AN ATHLETE, KNOWS THE 80'S AND SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, IT'S IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO BE ABLE TO HELP PAVE THE WAY. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAD TO START SOMEWHERE AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO FINISH IT. AND IT'S JUST VERY MUCH SO DESERVED. ELIZABETH GARDNER WAS JUST SAYING BEFORE THIS THAT YOU INSPIRED HER DAUGHTER CONTINUE PLAYING SOCCER. AND I KNOW THERE ARE SCORES OF YOUNG LADIES OUT THERE TRYING TO FOLLOW IN YOUR THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU'VE DONE. YOU'VE DONE AND WELCOME TO THE RING OF HONOR. MUCH DESERVED TO. SHANNON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S PRE-GAME EVENT FANFEST FIVE-THIRTY OUT THEIR HOME OPENER IS GONNA KICK AT 07:00PM. >> AGAINST THE SEATTLE RAIN AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE DETAILS RIGHT HERE WITH TICKETS. STILL AVAILABLE FOR THAT GAME. SO GOING OUT THERE AND ENJOY A COURAGE MATCH, FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON AND THEY'RE UNDEFEATED SO FAR AS WELL AS THAT 1, 1, DRAW ON THE ROAD.