FIFA All-Stars
USA v Rest Of The World – Feb 1999 San Jose Stadium, USA
Getting Selected
I heard that I had been selected when a letter came through my door a couple of months before the game, arranged to celebrate the World Cup in 1999 in the USA and involving 18 players from around the world playing against the USA team.
I read the letter a few times because I thought that a few England players were going over but when I realised it was just me I couldn’t believe it!! I was so honoured to be chosen and didn’t tell anyone apart from my family. I was just going to tell the Tranmere girls I was going away for the weekend but it ended up being in the FA Bulletin so I couldn’t escape people knowing. People were delighted and the Tranmere girls were brilliant sending good luck cards. I felt bad that I hadn’t told them but it’s not the sort of thing you bring up in conversation.