France: USA's Lavelle tells journos of 'head-over-paws' relation with her bulldog Wilma

M/S United States women's national football players Samantha Mewis and Rose Lavelle at a press conference
SOT, Rose Lavelle, midfielder for the United States women's national football team: "I do. There are a lot of dogs here and I keep saying, "C'est un chien" -- it's a dog. I actually have this little pet cam -- it's an app and I just go on it and I can shoot out treats to Wilma any time I want to. So I get on that a lot."
C/U USA's football association logo *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Rose Lavelle, midfielder for the United States women's national football team: "I haven't [FaceTimed with her bulldog Wilma since she scored on her debut], she sleeps a lot, I don't wanna interrupt her sleeping, but I will."
W/S Press conference *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Rose Lavelle, midfielder for the United States women's national football team: "Kind of came quickly that the World Cup... It felt like something that was so far off and then all of a sudden the coming months went by really fast. So it felt like it didn't really give me or -- I don't know if I'm speaking for you --, but it didn't really give me a second to kind of take it in and realise what was happening, and once I got to the game, it was like, "Here we go." Yeah, it was really exciting. I was excited to get the first goal, but I got two great passes. So, they made it easy for me."
C/U Banner reading "One nation." *CUTAWAY*
SOT, Rose Lavelle, midfielder for the United States women's national football team: "Mal[lory Pugh, teammate] told me she cried when I scored. And then obviously when she scored I was so happy for her too. It was so awesome."
M/S Mewis and Lavelle
M/S Lavelle and teammates practicing in the Paris' district of Colombe *JUMPCUT AT SOURCE*
M/S Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan
M/S Lavelle and teammates practicing
M/S Morgan practicing
C/U Lavelle practicing
M/S Lavelle practicing
C/U Morgan stretching
M/S Morgan practicing
W/S USA women's national football team practicing
C/U Rapinoe stretching
W/S USA women's national football team practicing
M/S Lavele practicing
W/S USA women's national football team practicing
M/S Rapinoe posing for a photograph with a young fan
W/S Squad huddled around national team manager Jill Ellis
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Rose Lavelle, midfielder for the United States women's national football team, told journalists in Paris on Thursday, of her love for her bulldog Wilma, who she communicates with through an app while she's participating in the 2019 Women's World Cup in France.
Lavelle, who is known to FaceTime with Wilma when she is away from home, said she hasn't done that since she scored a goal on her World Cup debut. "I haven't, she sleeps a lot, I don't wanna disturb her sleeping, but I will," she said.
The midfielder also admitted that whenever taking a stroll in France and she notices a dog, she exclaims "C'est un chien," meaning "it's a dog" in French.
Lavelle's love for dogs led to fans creating a social media account for Wilma. The hashtag #RoseWithDogs was also officially released on the @ussoccer_wnt Twitter account.
Lavelle managed to score twice in her World Cup debut against Thailand, which saw her team win 13-0.