Before she goes out to play, Veenendaal first high-fives particular people in her team in a specific order. Then, she says, "I walk to my goal and then touch the post and then have to turn around and still keep touching the post".

These 'keepers are also proof of the unfairness of sport: Strikers can err but they dare not. Heavier than their kit is the weight of this responsibility. Especially, one presumes, when you're the last defensive line for the world No. 1 team, who have won the last two World Cups and have finished with gold, gold, silver at the last three Olympics.