Game Ready

The recurring Game Ready Q&A, with the American goalkeeper who joined Calgary Wild for the Northern Super League’s second season, which kicks off on 24 April, after time at West Ham United and loans at Spurs and Aston Villa. Talbert keeps breakfast light and needs one or two almond-milk lattes, and dances around the house to music on home-game mornings. Superstitions are few beyond the same sports bra she has worn since university and a full stretching routine. She watches old highlights of saves and passes to build confidence and visualise, resets immediately after mistakes, and unwinds with a shower, snacks and a series in low light, saving physical recovery for the next day.