“I think there was something a little bit forbidden when it comes to navigating that situation,” Christen said. “We’re both forwards so competing for a spot, competing for time. And then off the field, locking it down, being in a relationship and navigating that through the early, early stages of our relationship.”
Of course, being off the same team made things easier, too.
“It wasn’t until we both weren’t playing on the same team that it was a little bit easier for us to come forward and share our relationship a little bit more,” Christen noted, before joking, “Tobin always played ahead of me, it was set.”
Ultimately, they wanted to be on defense when it came to their privacy.
“It’s kind of this protective bubble,” Tobin explained of keeping their relationship status within the confines of their team and closest friends. “It was kind of more normal than it sounds.”
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