Chicago mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza ran a TV ad during her successful re-election campaign for Illinois comptroller about how playing on soccer teams with boys paved the way for playing in the boys club of politics.

Now, a few months later, she’s recycling parts of the spot for a new TV ad in her run for Chicago mayor, her campaign staff confirms.

“All I wanted to do was play soccer. And my mother said, ‘oh no, honey, you can’t play soccer. Only boys play soccer,’ ” she says in the ad.

“When people tell me I can’t do something, it just motivates me even more,” she says.