Stay ConnectedFull Time is The Athletic’s dedicated podcast for the U.S. women’s national team, the National Women’s Soccer League, and the larger world of international women’s soccer. Three times a week, join Meg Linehan, Tamerra Griffin and Jillian Sakovits as they tackle the culture, context, and conversations about the sport here in America and beyond, with help from fellow writers, guests and insiders from all corners of the game.
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The IX Newsletter’s Howard Megdal is here to discuss the latest on equal pay, with U.S. Soccer trying to take some big steps in collective bargaining negotiations and in the public sphere, plus the role of the equal pay documentary, public statements and tweets in the back-and-forth between the federation and the players.
Follow Howard on Twitter: https://twitter.com/howardmegdal
Read Howard’s latest on equal pay at Forbes: https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardmegdal/2021/09/16/has-us-soccer-grabbed-the-pr-high-ground-in-equal-pay-fight/?sh=20edf8fb4cf1
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Sometimes you just want to talk about things that make you happy — so Kavitha Davidson, our culture writer at The Athletic, joins Full Time to discuss the second season of Ted Lasso, from appreciating the weekly nature of the show to a new appreciation for Higgins to the show’s embrace of earnestness and subversive feminism.
Follow Kavitha on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kavithadavidson
Kavitha’s Ted Lasso review: https://theathletic.com/2719847/2021/07/21/sophomore-slump-not-at-all-the-new-season-of-ted-lasso-doubles-down-on-its-awesomeness/
Our interview with Ben Olsen, new Spirit president: https://theathletic.com/2811768/2021/09/07/ben-olsen-washington-spirit-nwsl/
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Meg is back from vacation and Steph Yang joins the show to help her catch up on another absolutely wild week in the NWSL. Plus, Douglas Reyes-Ceron from the Rose Room Collective joins Full Time to provide some supporter perspective on what’s happening with the Washington Spirit, and why a single banner created an entire NWSL news cycle.
Follow Steph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thrace
Steph’s article on Christen Press signing with Angel City: https://theathletic.com/2785520/2021/08/23/christen-press-angel-city-nwsl/
Steph’s article on the new coaching staff at Gotham FC: https://theathletic.com/2800336/2021/08/31/gotham-fc-scott-parkinson-hire/
Follow Rose Room Collective on Twitter: https://twitter.com/RoseRoomCo
The latest on the Spirit ownership battle from the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/08/30/washington-spirit-owners-steve-baldwin/
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Meg and Steph are in Portland for the Women’s International Champions Cup, and discuss the tournament’s opening matches between Lyon and Barcelona and Portland and Houston. We check in on the latest from the Washington Spirit as well and their sponsorship announcement, plus the major NWSL trade this week between Kansas City and Portland.
Follow Steph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thrace
Check out Artifact: https://www.heyartifact.com/loveletters/
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Pablo Maurer and Steph Yang join Full Time to discuss our reporting around the coaching situation happening with the Washington Spirit, after head coach Richie Burke was suspended pending an investigation by the team this week. Plus, we take a step back to discuss some of the tensions and issues facing the NWSL.
Read our report on the Washington Spirit here: https://theathletic.com/2764932/2021/08/11/washington-spirit-richie-burke-nwsl-investigation/
Molly Hensley-Clancy’s reporting on Richie Burke and the Spirit is essential reading: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/08/11/richie-burke-nwsl-spirit-verbal-abuse/
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Steph Yang and Meg are here with the final edition of our Olympics coverage on Full Time, with a very happy Steph celebrating Canada’s victory over Sweden via penalty kicks to win Gold. We’ve got some thoughts on the match, a little bit of reflection about what comes next for the USWNT, and say goodbye to Tokyo 2020 (and get just a bit hyped for the 2023 World Cup already).
For all our Olympic women’s soccer coverage at The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/tag/tokyo-2020-womens-soccer/
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Steph Yang and Meg are here with another early morning reaction to a USWNT match — and we finally got a good 4 a.m. game, with the U.S. sneaking past Australia to win bronze in a “no defense, just vibes” 4-3 affair.
For all our Olympic women’s soccer coverage at The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/tag/tokyo-2020-womens-soccer/
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Jeff Rueter of The Athletic joins Full Time for our final matchday minus-one preview episode ahead of the bronze and gold medal matches on Thursday. We talk about joy and some of the overall impressions of the USWNT through this tournament and what comes next, plus Jeff flips the script and asks me a couple of questions about what trying to cover the Olympics remotely has been like compared to the 2019 World Cup.
For all our Olympic women’s soccer coverage at The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/tag/tokyo-2020-womens-soccer/
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Jamie Wine, partner at Latham & Watkins, joins Full Time to provide some perspective from the U.S. Soccer Federation on the USWNT players’ appeal in the equal pay lawsuit, following the opening brief from the players’ legal team and six amicus briefs (including ones from the U.S. men’s national team’s players association and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).
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Sweden and Canada picked up semifinal wins to advance to the Gold medal match in Japan, while the USWNT and Australia will play for bronze on Thursday morning (4 a.m. ET). Steph Yang joins the pod for our game day breakdown of the historic result for Canada, another underwhelming result for the U.S. and what it might mean for the team moving forward.
Read Steph’s article, ‘What’s gone wrong for the USWNT at the Olympics’: https://theathletic.com/2746578/2021/08/02/uswnt-olympics-what-went-wrong/
Read Meg’s article, ‘Lacking their usual joy, the USWNT’s Olympic flaws are tough to pin on one root cause’: https://theathletic.com/2746658/2021/08/02/uswnt-olympics-losses/
For all our Olympic women’s soccer coverage at The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/tag/tokyo-2020-womens-soccer/
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