Sam Kerr is the face of Australian sport - and that couldn't be more exciting.
Matildas captain Kerr, who is renowned as one of the best players in the world, is leading the team through one of the greatest sporting moments in Australia's history: a FIFA Women's World Cup campaign on home soil.
Here's a deeper look at Sam Kerr, the woman Australia can't stop talking about.
Sam Kerr started in AFL.
Kerr comes from a family of incredible sporting talent.
Her father Roger Kerr is a former AFL player and coach of WAFL. Her brother, Daniel Kerr, was also an Aussie Rules player, representing the West Coast Eagles between 2001 and 2013.
Kerr herself played AFL growing up, and was reluctant to switch to soccer. But with no local AFL team to join, she made the switch at 12 years old.
"Being taken away from footy really sucked," she told The Guardian. "I just went from being at the top of my game, as much as you can as a kid, to going to the bottom moving to football. I didn’t know the rules, I didn’t know offside, I didn’t understand why no one would pass me the ball."
But needless to say, Kerr quickly realised her talent in the game, and by age 15 made her national team debut.
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What a legend.