\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAfter weeks surrounded by nonstop soccer, Heather Jordan says the excitement of the FIFA World Cup still has not worn off.The Pleasantville native called seven matches before crowds of about 68,000, a role she described as \u201cmagical\u201d and unforgettable.Jordan\u2019s path to the World Cup began more than a decade ago in sports announcing at Drake University. Since then, she has built a career in public address announcing and broadcasting, eventually earning a secret invitation to join the tournament.\u201cI couldn\u2019t announce it to anybody,\u201d Jordan laughed. \u201cOnly my parents and a few people in my family knew I was doing this.\u201d One of her most memorable moments of the tournament came when she announced a goal by Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo.\u201cThe whole place was just shaking when he scored,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cThat was definitely a moment I will never forget.\u201dJordan said the experience meant even more because she was the only solo female stadium announcer at this year\u2019s World Cup, a rare role in a male-dominated field.\u201cIt\u2019s just been really, really cool to step into that spot and represent so many people, especially women and girls,\u201d she said.She hopes her story resonates with young people in Iowa, especially those growing up in small towns.\u201cA lot of times people who live in small-town Iowa think it\u2019s really hard to get out of small-town Iowa,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cBut if you have a dream and you\u2019re confident, you can do anything.\u201dJordan, who now lives in Los Angeles, said she hopes the World Cup is only the beginning. She is aiming for future opportunities, including the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the Women\u2019s World Cup in Brazil.\u00bb Subscribe to KCCI’s YouTube page\u00bb Download the free KCCI app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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After weeks surrounded by nonstop soccer, Heather Jordan says the excitement of the FIFA World Cup still has not worn off.<\/p>\n
The Pleasantville native called seven matches before crowds of about 68,000, a role she described as \u201cmagical\u201d and unforgettable.<\/p>\n
Jordan\u2019s path to the World Cup began more than a decade ago in sports announcing at Drake University. Since then, she has built a career in public address announcing and broadcasting, eventually earning a secret invitation to join the tournament.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t announce it to anybody,\u201d Jordan laughed. \u201cOnly my parents and a few people in my family knew I was doing this.\u201d <\/p>\n
One of her most memorable moments of the tournament came when she announced a goal by Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole place was just shaking when he scored,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cThat was definitely a moment I will never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jordan said the experience meant even more because she was the only solo female stadium announcer at this year\u2019s World Cup, a rare role in a male-dominated field.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just been really, really cool to step into that spot and represent so many people, especially women and girls,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She hopes her story resonates with young people in Iowa, especially those growing up in small towns.<\/p>\n
\u201cA lot of times people who live in small-town Iowa think it\u2019s really hard to get out of small-town Iowa,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cBut if you have a dream and you\u2019re confident, you can do anything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jordan, who now lives in Los Angeles, said she hopes the World Cup is only the beginning. She is aiming for future opportunities, including the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the Women\u2019s World Cup in Brazil.<\/p>\n
\u00bb Subscribe to KCCI’s YouTube page<\/a><\/p>\n \u00bb Download the free KCCI app to get updates on the go: Apple<\/a> | Google Play<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After weeks surrounded by nonstop soccer, Heather Jordan says the excitement of the FIFA World Cup still has…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":380898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[134535,56,58,57,3685,134536],"class_list":["post-380897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-heather-jordan","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news","tag-iowa","tag-pleasantville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=380897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/380897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/380898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=380897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=380897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=380897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}