The ability to step away from a profession to attend to a family is a privilege in any industry — and in women's football, where players have historically been so underpaid that few could seriously consider such a luxury, all the more so. We do not need to know the specific factors that drove the decorated Spanish forward Esther González's decision to step away from Gotham FC to appreciate what she brought to the National Women's Soccer League in the three years she spent there. Esther was an en
