Earlier this month, the U.S. women’s national team prepared for its exhibition game against Canada on North Kehoe Field, drawing many fans to the Hilltop to watch the red, white and blue practice. Only a row below the press box, a crowd was treated to the opportunity to pick the brain of a man whose boisterous Irish accent and sharp wit could be heard above all else in the grandstands.

Mark Twain once said, “It is not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog.”

Nothing could more accurately describe freshman midfielder Ingrid Wells, who is the smallest player in the Hoya roster, and usually the smallest player on the field at 5-foot-2, but whose size is no measure of her fierce competitiveness, fiery speed and immense talent.