Lily Nabet’s road to Angel City FC paved with passion

It was not a road easily traveled.

Lily Nabet arrived at Duke as a walk-on freshman. By the time she had graduated, Nabet had made 86 appearances at midfielder and earned the co-captaincy role as a senior.

“It was really difficult walking on,” Nabet said. “I wanted to go there for so long, so I knew what I was getting myself into. It kind of helped once I got there and I knew how much of a challenge it was. It didn’t really come as a surprise, which was a good thing for me.

“It was definitely extremely difficult...