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Sue Bird faces a new kind of pressure as managing director of US women's national team

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Sue Bird started building a potential World Cup roster in her head soon after she got the job as the first managing director of the U.S. women's national team nearly 16 months ago. Bird feels a different kind of pressure than she did as a player for the U.S. during her incredible playing career, during which she helped the Americans win five Olympic gold medals and four World Cup championships. “It’s my decisions I…

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