I can’t pretend to be enjoying this. I can’t pretend I’m enjoying going out there and playing this style.

You can’t ask every player to do the same thing. That’s why we have amazing midfielders, defenders, forwards and keepers. You can’t ask them to be of the same mold.

My philosophy about the game, for instance, is that you have players out there who really do different things.

I’ve known since I went to the national team when I was very young that I was a different bird.

I don’t think the game should be perfect. It’s 95 percent mistakes out there – you have to work with 10 players on your side and another 11 against you. It’s a crazy, chaotic game.

But that in and of itself this past year was not a factor in what I did for the national team every time I stepped out there, or in training, or when I stepped out there in the WUSA.

I’m not saying I didn’t have ample time to recover, ample time to get to my best, I felt this year I did fine. When I stepped on the field for the national team, I was ready and able to make an impact, to score goals, to create chances.

I can’t pretend to be enjoying this. I can’t pretend I’m enjoying going out there and playing this style.

I am somebody who… – I’m not saying I’m perfect, but I need that freedom, that ability to make mistakes out there. Because there’s a fine line between making a mistake or being brilliant.