Heather O'Reilly All Heart, All Out

 Heather O'Reilly  All Heart, All Out

Some players glide.

Some float.

Heather O’Reilly ran through brick walls.

She didn’t care about flash.

She brought fuel.

They called her HAO —

short for Heather Ann O’Reilly,

but everyone knew it really meant:

Hustle. And Overdeliver

 The Relentless Wing

She wasn’t the most technical.

She wasn’t the most famous.

But she never, ever stopped.

She made defenders tired

just by being near them.

She chased every lost ball

like it mattered.

Because to her, it did.

“If Heather was on your flank,

your day was going to be hell.”

 

 

3x Olympic Gold

2004 – as a teenager

2008

2012

🌍 1x World Cup Champion

2015 – finally, deservedly

She saw it all.

From Mia’s last days

to Alex’s first.

From Abby to Pinoe

and all the names between.

And yet —

she never made it about herself.

A Voice After the Whistle

Today, she coaches.

She mentors.

She still plays now and then (even at Champions League level 😮).

And when she talks football,

people listen.

Because she earned her voice

with running, not rhetoric.

Heather O’Reilly.

The lungs of the USWNT.

The soul of the sideline.

And the teammate everyone trusted.

USWNT History – Heather O'Reilly

All heart. All out.

Still Running – Shelbourne, Arsenal & TST

She could’ve stopped.

She had nothing left to prove.

But Heather O’Reilly doesn’t retire.

She just changes jerseys.

In 2022, at 37,

she suited up for Shelbourne FC in the Champions League —

against Arsenal.

And held her own.

With lungs. With legs. With love for the game.

And in 2023–2024?

She joined the TST (The Soccer Tournament) in the U.S.

Still sprinting.

Still pressing.

Still Heather.

“She never quit because her heart never did.”