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In this Sept. 25, 2000, file photo, Australia's Cathy Freeman celebrates winning the women's 400-meter race at the Summer Olympics at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. Tony Gustavsson, head coach of Australia's national women's soccer team, called a meeting. Instead of leading the team through a tactical discussion, he told the players he had different plans for the evening."They played about a three-minute highlight reel on YouTube of the moment of Cathy Freeman's race," Matildas defender Aivi Luik said. "And by the end of it, there was a lot of emotion going around in the room. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)

Cathy Freeman, Australia’s iconic Olympian, pays Matildas a surprise visit before Women’s World Cup

By Luke Winstel - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2000, file photo, Australia's Cathy Freeman celebrates winning the women's 400 meter race at the Summer Olympics at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. Freeman ignited the Olympic flame to open the Sydney 2000 Games and returned 10 nights later to win a gold medal in the 400 meters that had been a long time in waiting for country. She was the first Aboriginal person from Australia to win an individual Olympic gold. And she celebrated in a bare-foot victory lap with an Australian flag and the red, black and yellow Australian Aboriginal flag together in her hand. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)

Freeman’s legacy endures long after Sydney’s flame went out

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press