I’m strong, not fragile. Ruth Ruano: pilot, mother, footballer, Spain Position: Forward Ruano received unexpected vitriol when a picture of her breastfeeding her daughter in the Sporting Son Ferrer dugout went viral in 2019. And despite record women’s football attendances in her home country Spain, the single mum of two and European Air Charter pilot has been dismissed as a ‘Marie Macho’ her whole life for excelling at football, volleyball and basketball. But all of this only fuels the 39-year-old as she advocates for a pro-women mentality shift – inspired by the mothers in the trailblazing, trophy-winning USWNT.