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Carson Pickett becomes the first person with a limb difference to play for the US women’s national team

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Carson Pickett becomes the first person with a limb difference to play for the US women’s national team

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On June 28, 2022 Pickett started on defense for the USWNT. Carson Pickett becomes the first person with a limb difference to play for the US women’s national team

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