Fox Sports promo features Rockville Centre native Crystal Dunn

To promote the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, which will take place in Australia and New Zealand, from July 20 to August 20, Fox Sports recently released a 90-second promo featuring none other than Rockville Centre’s own Crystal Dunn.

The commercial centers around the US Women’s Soccer team as sports fans all across the globe try to figure out the award-winning formula necessary to take her and the rest of the US Women’s National Team down as they set out for yet another World Cup championship.

She appears throughout the TV spot along with cohorts Alex Morgan and Megan Rapinoe, including at one point, where Dunn appears on screen as an augmented reality simulation before comically breaking the device with her immense skill.

Dunn, 30, was instrumental in leading the USWNT to its second consecutive World Cup victory in 2019 when she switched from midfield to defense and played for the US national team when they took home the bronze medal at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.

Over the course of her professional career, Dunn has played seven seasons with the US National Women’s Soccer League, playing with different clubs including the Washington Spirit, North Carolina Courage, and the Portland Thorns — where she has spent the last two seasons. She also led the league in scoring in 2015, when she was presented with the MVP award.

Before turning pro, she helped lead the South Side High School Lady Cyclones to three New York state championship titles in 2006, 2007, and 2009, amassing a total of 46 goals and 35 assists.

She was the team’s captain through all three seasons during which she only lost two games. Perhaps her most notable moment came during the 2009 championship, where she managed to net a hat trick within the first 20 minutes of the match.

This will be Dunn’s first return to the World Cup since 2019 when the US Women’s National Team defeated the Netherlands 2-0 in front of a combined audience of 1.12 billion people.