Legendary goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher retires, taking her ever-present calm with her

By Steph Yang The moment is the 2019 World Cup semifinal match in France. U.S. women’s national team goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher has just saved a penalty from England captain Steph Houghton in the 84th minute to hold her team’s 2-1 lead. She read the moment correctly and dived to her right, smothering the ball on the ground. Her teammates mob…