"I started playing with my dad, and then I started going to soccer schools in Sunderland and managed to get scouted from there."
- Steph HoughtonOne well-known English football player who has significantly influenced women's soccer is Steph Houghton. She started playing the sport with her father when she was a little child. The beginning of what would become a professional career was this simple act of kicking a ball around in their backyard…