She Kicks Back: Caitlin Friend (Notts County Ladies, Australia)

The She Kicks Back questionnaire introduces Caitlin Friend, the 20-year-old Australian striker joining Notts County fresh from a W-League title with Melbourne Victory. A Liverpool supporter whose favourite player is Steven Gerrard, Friend is a full-time footballer who studied Exercise Science and describes herself as the only sporty one in her family. She names the 2009 W-League meeting with Adelaide United as her favourite game, a 4-0 win in which she scored a hat-trick that was both her first and the club’s first. Friend says she likes to think of herself as an attacking player who can create and score, and wants to play in a World Cup. She cites Melbourne captain Steph Catley as her biggest influence, calling her the most humble footballer she knows, and expects to miss Melbourne coffee more than the heat.