All players are at the field that morning to work on their technique and tactics. Then, they were gathered around.

"Okay. Before we ended our session today, let's played a 6-sided match. Alex and Ryan, came out here" said Berhalter.

"You're going down this time, little bro" said Alex.

"We'll see about that, sis" replied Ryan.

"Okay. Now, we want you to choose your teammates. Make sure that your team have 3 men and 3 women each. Now, choose your first teammate" said Jill.

"I choose Zack" said Ryan. Zack Steffen came out and stands by Ryan's side.

"Then, I'll chose Alyssa" said Alex. Alyssa then stands by Alex's side.

"Can I chose the rest altogether?" asked Ryan.

"Sure" said Berhalter.

"Then, I choose Reggie, Tierna, Rose and Mal" said Ryan. All players mentioned then makes their way to Ryan.

"Then I'll chose Kelley, Matt, Christian and Tyler" said Alex.

"Team Alex will win for sure. They have 3 men to play outfield while Team Ryan only have 2 since Zack played as goalkeeper" said Lewis.

"Agreed" said Mihailovic.

"That's sound sexist but I need to agree with that" said Lindsey.

"Okay. The stipulation this time; the team that scored 5 goals first is a winner. The rest of you, who thinks team Ryan will win go the right side while who thinks team Alex will win go to the left" said Ellis. Then, all players went to the left side.

"Just you to know. The losing team and their supporters will need to do 10 laps before cooling down while the winning team and their supporters don't have to do any lap. If any of you want to change team, now is the final chance" said Berhalter. Nobody moved.

"Very well, then" said Ellis.

"Everyone thinks we will lose" said Tierna.

"Don't worry, T. Believe in me, there's a reason why I chose all of you here. Now, here's the plan" said Ryan before tell his teammates his plan.

"Briliant. No wonder you got offer to play in overseas straight after graduating from high school" said Cannon.

"Totally agreed" said Rose.

Later on;

The match begins with team Ryan kicked off the match. Ryan passed the ball to Mal before Mal sent the ball to Tierna. Tierna then runs with ball before passing it to Rose. Rose then runs with the ball. When Pulisic approached her, Lindsey sent the ball to Ryan. Ryan then dribbled passed through Kelley before sent the ball to Mal by passing it through between Miazga's legs. Mal then shoots the ball into the net to make it 1-0.

"Really? I thought team Alex will score first" said Tobin.

"Relax. It just 1-0" said Bradley.

Then, the match restarted with Pulisic tried to score directly during kick off but Steffen managed to catch it. Ryan then signalling Steffen to sent the ball to Cannon. Cannon then runs with the ball before sent the ball to Rose. Rose then runs to the right before tried to sent it to Mal but Pulisic managed to intercept. Seeing this, Ryan signalling Mal to stay on her position while Cannon and Rose backed off.  Ryan then quickly runs towards Pulisic. Pulisic managed to pass the ball to Alex but too bad Alex was already being marked by Rose that managed to steal the ball. Rose then sent the ball long to Mal. Mal then runs with the ball while Ryan followed her for backup. Mal then sent the ball to Ryan that later shoots the ball into the net to make it 2-0.

"What is happening here?" asked Christen.

"Don't worry. It just either fluke or Team Alex are giving them chance to score" said Morris.

The match then restarted with Alex passed the ball to Boyd. Boyd then passed the ball to Kelley. But, somethimg weird happened as Team Ryan didn't even moved. Kelley then sent the ball long to Alex that already in the opponent's half but Rose then intercept the ball before sent it to Mal. Mal then runs with the ball. When Miazga and Kelley approached her, Ryan signalled Mal to kick the ball to the crossbar which she did. The ball then bounced directly to Ryan that was unmarked. Ryan then hits the ball with an overhead kick into the net to make it 3-0.

"Seriously? I never expecting this" said Tobin.

"Exactly. What is going on here" said Zardes.

Alex then restarted the match by passing the ball to Pulisic. But then, Mal and Rose blocked his way. He then tried to pass the ball to Alex but then, out of nowhere Cannon came and intercept the pass before passed it to Ryan. Ryan then runs with the ball until he just 1-on-1 situation with Alyssa but then Ryan sent the ball to Tierna that already on his right. Tierna then shoots the ball into the net to make it 4-0.

"You have such a great architect there" said Ellis.

"Well, even I never expecting that actually" said Berhalter.

Then, the match restarted again. This time, Alex tried to shoot the ball directly towards the goal but Tierna blocked it before sent the ball long that reached Ryan. Then, Ryan played 1-2 pass with Mal before sent the ball to Rose. Rose then quickly shoots the ball into the net to make it 5-0 thus ended the match. Everybody is so suprised with the result.

"How come this is happening" said McKennie.

"Okay, everyone gathered around. I know all of you quite surprised with the result, am I right?" asked Berhalter.

"Yes, coach" replied all players.

"The reason is why is this happened is because of the tactical that Ryan sets for his team. If you're realised, when team Ryan attacked, they always go with 4 players. And everytime one player with the ball, one player will back that player up so, that, they won't enters the opponent's territory alone. Then, if you realised, Team Ryan will attacked from left or right side and they never attacked from the middle. Why, because they want to make all opponent players focused on one side only while they set a player to sneak in at another side. By doing so, the player with the ball just needs to send the ball to another side fast. That's why just now they can find space to score" said Berhalter.

"Yeah. That's why I chose Tierna and Reggie because they are able to play in positions that always did overlapping in a match while Rose is able to control the situation at the middle. Even if we lose the ball, Rose can create distraction good enough for us to regroup. The reason why I chose Zack in my team because we all know how strong are the men's shot are. No offence to our women's goalkeepers but I don't think any of you can save men's shots clearly because we all know there is always a strength different between men and women. That's why Zack is there" said Ryan.

"That's true. Any question?" asked Ellis.

"No, coach" replied all players.

"Then, Team Ryan may cooling down while the others, 10 laps before cooling down. Now, go" said Berhalter.

"You have such a genius brother there, Al" said Pinoe while running their laps.

"Yeah. No wonder 2 former World Cup winners want him to play for their nation" said Kelley.

"Yeah. I guess playing at Brazil and UK in such a young age making him knows what to do" said Sonnett.

"That's true" said Alex.

Later on;

Alex sat besides Ryan on the bus with Ryan's head leaned on her shoulder.

"Honey. Can you clear your schedule tonight?" asked Alex.

"Sure. But why?" asked Ryan in returned.

"You'll meet Jeni and Jeri at my room tonight" said Alex.

"Okay. Now, I'm nervous. What if they hate me" said Ryan.

"They won't. You're a wonderful person. I'm sure they will love you" said Alex while carress Ryan's head. Ryan just nodded.

Later that night;

Ryan made his way to Alex and Tobin's room since Alex sets his meeting with their sisters there. Ryan takes a deep breath before knocked the door. After a while, Alex opened the door.

"There you are. C'mon in" said Alex while takes Ryan into her room. Ryan then saw Jeni and Jeri already there. Ryan and Alex then walked towards them with Ryan holding Alex's hand.

"C'mon, Ryan. Don't be afraid of us. We're your sisters too" said Jeni.

"That's true. Alex is the only one that is mean inside this room" said Jeri.

"Hey" said Alex.

"Sorry. Kind of nervous actually" said Ryan before he and Alex takes a seat.

"You've grown up so much, Ryan" said Jeni.

"How you're doing, little brother?" asked Jeri.

"I'm fine. Thanks" replied Ryan.

"So, where had you been these 9 years after dad left you and your mom? We didn't know anything about you especially dad keeps telling us that you will turn into an alcoholic and drugs addicted just like your mother. So, we didn't look for you because of that" said Jeni.

"That's true. We're sorry being such ignorant, Ryan" said Jeri.

"It's okay. You didn't know" replied Ryan.

"So, what happen to you after dad left you and your mother?" asked Jeni. Ryan was hesitated for a while.

"It's okay, Ryan. Just tell them" said Alex. Ryan nodded before told Jeni and Jeri what happened.

"Oh my god. We have no idea that you had been through all of that" said Jeri.

"That's true. No wonder Alex here is so protective towards you" said Jeni.

"Now, you got it" said Alex.

"We're sorry for what you had been through. I can't believe that you stayed with a foster mom while still having family members. We feel so bad about it" said Jeri.

"It's okay. Like I said, it's not your fault. I never blamed any of you here though" said Ryan.

"Don't worry, Ryan. From now on, you have all 3 of us. You can just call us if you need someone to talk to" said Jeni.

"That's true" said Jeri.

"Thanks. It means alot to me" said Ryan.

"But just you both to know, I am always being his favourite sister" said Alex.

"Why is that?" asked Jeni.

"His middle name is Alexander, his birthday is same with mine, we're both are strikers and played for USA. Not to mention, his USA team's jersey is no.13 just like me" replied Alex.

"All that similarities didn't make you automatically his favorite sister" said Jeri.

"That's true" said Ryan. Alex glared at Ryan before grips his head.

"Hey, let me go, you rascal sister" said Ryan.

"Not now!" said Alex.

"Now, you believed in us that Alex is the mean sister, right?" asked Jeni.

"Yes" replied Ryan.

"That's what you got for not agree with me" said Alex before let Ryan's head go.

"You're lucky I love you. If I don't, I already punch you" said Ryan.

"Aww, I love you too" said Alex before kissing Ryan's forehead.