{"501571":{"#nid":"501571","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT-AE Rallies Around U.S. Women\u0027s National Soccer Team","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn Sunday, July 5, when the U.S. Women\u0027s National Soccer Team bested Japan (5-2) to take home the World Cup,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EVickie Brian\u003C\/strong\u003E, GT-AE\u0027s assistant director for operations, was right at home.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExcept, technically, she wasn\u0027t\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;home\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;at all.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrian was in Canada, cheering on her daughter, mid-fielder \u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMorgan Brian,\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;one of the stand-out players from the historic 2015 World Cup series.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ERead what\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.si.com\/planet-futbol\/2015\/07\/06\/usa-japan-world-cup-final-morgan-brian-carli-lloyd\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESports Illustrated\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;had to say about this incredible athlete, the youngest on Team USA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cMy husband and I bought those tickets a while ago, just in case,\u201d said the soft-spoken mom. \u201cI couldn\u2019t be anywhere else.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVickie\u0027s colleagues at GT-AE assembled Thursday to videotape the young athlete a Yellow Jackets Nation send-off.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/youtu.be\/DOvR47i4Z3E\u0022\u003ECheck it out.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEver respectful of her daughter\u2019s singular athletic accomplishments, Vickie Brian nevertheless spoke about \u201cus\u201d and \u201cwe\u201d when she sized up Team USA\u2019s chances in the World Cup. The competitive spirit runs seamlessly through her.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMany saw Sunday\u0027s game as a rematch of the 2011 Women\u0027s World Cup final, where the American side lost in a penalty shootout. But for athletes like Brian, that was old news. Team USA was looking to make history -- not re-write it. And they did.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwenty minutes after hitting the field Sunday night,\u0026nbsp; the US\u0026nbsp;Team had already scored 4 goals. Japan never really recovered.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMorgan Brian had already been in the spotlight this World Cup, after knocking heads with a player from Germany in the semifinals. Both players were laid out on the field for several minutes, and it gave viewers the chance to see FIFA\u0027s new concussion protocols in action.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAfter getting an all-clear from the team doctor, Brian was back on the field to finish out that match.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022She\u0027s fine,\u0022 her mother said the next morning. \u0022She is already thinking about Sunday.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBorn on St. Simons Island, Georgia, Morgan has been a soccer fanatic and phenom for as long as her mother can remember. A stand-out player on her middle school team, she went on to be named team MVP, All-Region, and All-State her freshman year at Frederica Academy, where she helped her team claim the state title.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBrian, who also plays for the University of Virginia, was recently named the ACC\u0027s top female athlete.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On Sunday, July 5, when the U.S. Women\u0027s National Soccer Team bested Japan (5-2) to take home the World Cup, Vickie Brian, GT-AE\u0027s assistant director for operations, was right at home."}],"uid":"30502","created_gmt":"2016-02-17 11:12:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:46","author":"Sapna Mistry","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-07-02T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-07-02T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"501561":{"id":"501561","type":"image","title":"GT-AE Rallies Around U.S. Women\u0027s National Soccer Team","body":null,"created":"1455904800","gmt_created":"2016-02-19 18:00:00","changed":"1475895261","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:54:21","alt":"GT-AE Rallies Around U.S. Women\u0027s National Soccer Team","file":{"fid":"204725","name":"vickie_and_morgan.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/vickie_and_morgan_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/vickie_and_morgan_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":261715,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/vickie_and_morgan_0.jpg?itok=_EHa-ZSp"}}},"media_ids":["501561"],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"136","name":"Aerospace"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"126111","name":"GT-AE"},{"id":"169927","name":"Morgan Brian"},{"id":"171723","name":"US Women Soccer"},{"id":"169909","name":"Vickie Brian"},{"id":"9851","name":"world cup"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["kathleen.moore@ae.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}