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Full 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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Full Time with Meg Linehan: A show about women's soccer

Angela Hucles (4:28) joins Full Time from her garage recording set-up to discuss calling games remotely, what’s happening with the USL, her ownership with the NWSL expansion team in Los Angeles, finding her leadership voice and some WUSA memories.

Follow Angela Hucles on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/angelahucles

Fueling Dynamic Leaders: https://www.fuelingdynamicleaders.com/

 

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The Only Angela Hucles

It’s mailbag time! You had questions — a lot of them. Here are the answers in an extra-long episode to fit as many in as possible. Topics include: Kristie Mewis making her USWNT return, some early thoughts on the upcoming expansion draft, merchandise, women’s soccer coverage at the Athletic, and a lot of questions about books and beer, plus a hard sell on watching Ted Lasso.

Read “Ted Lasso” pulls off rare jump from Premier League promos to sitcom success by Chris Kamrani: https://theathletic.com/2094135/

 

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42 Questions with Meg

Anne M. Peterson of AP Sports is in this week to break down the NWSL Fall Series, especially her local team in Portland, the U.S. women’s national team camp roster, plus her coverage at the Associated Press and how we survived at the 2019 World Cup.

Follow Anne on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnieMPeterson

Subscribe to The IX newsletter: https://theix.substack.com/subscribe

AP’s women’s soccer hub: https://apnews.com/hub/womens-soccer

Read Matt Pentz on Madison Hammond of OL Reign: https://theathletic.com/2133313/

Read Meg’s story on Meghan Duggan’s retirement: https://theathletic.com/2135654/2

 

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Press Boxes from Paris to Portland

Sam Stejskal and Pablo Maurer of The Athletic join Full Time to discuss their latest reporting on political donations from MLS owners and how they’re at odds with the social causes the teams and fans support, and how this lens applies to the NWSL and the American soccer landscape.

Follow Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/samstejskal

Follow Pablo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MLSist

Read Disconnect: As MLS teams back social causes, owners’ money often fights them by Pablo and Sam: https://theathletic.com/2148851/

Read On Living Well and Writing Furiously by Adam Whittaker Snavely: https://snavely.substack.com/p/on-living-well-and-writing-furiously

Read USWNT’s Vlatko Andonovski on how scouting, preparation led to October’s call-ups by Meg: https://theathletic.com/2142137/

Listen to Soccer 101 from Total Soccer Show: https://www.totalsoccershow.com/soccer101

 

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Money, Money, Money

Steph Yang of All for XI is back on Full Time to help break down the rules of the upcoming NWSL expansion draft for Racing Louisville FC, game out some scenarios of how we think the draft might go, and propose a plan so wild it might just work.

Follow Steph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thrace

All for XI: https://www.allforxi.com/

Meg’s expansion draft story at The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2161738/2020/10/26/nwsl-expansion-draft-rules-racing-louisville/

 

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Racing into the NWSL Expansion Draft

Ann Odong zooms in from Australia and we catch up on a decade-plus of trying to grow the game and coverage of women’s soccer, look ahead to the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand (yes, this includes quokka talk) and discuss managing burn-out, sightseeing on soccer trips and most importantly, community.

Follow Ann on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnOdong

Follow The Matildas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheMatildas

An entire documentary on quokkas: https://youtu.be/JLJ7NnpmGus

 

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The Six Degrees of Ann Odong

Steph Yang from All for XI is back — and we do our best to make sense of the NWSL expansion draft for Racing Louisville FC and the picks made on Thursday night, including the rights to Tobin Heath and Christen Press.

Follow Steph on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thrace

All for XI: https://www.allforxi.com/

Recap of Meg’s Live Q&A from during the expansion draft: https://theathletic.com/2189811/2020/11/10/live-qa-nwsl-expansion-draft-with-meg-linehan-on-11-12-at-7-p-m-et/

 

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The Picks Are In

John D. Halloran checks in from Chicago to break down the USWNT roster for their upcoming six-day camp and friendly against the Netherlands, plus reactions to the NWSL’s new plans for the 2021 season and the state of NWSL coverage.

Follow John on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JohnDHalloran

Follow John’s Work at The Equalizer: https://equalizersoccer.com/author/john-d-halloran/

More on the USWNT roster call-ups: https://theathletic.com/2204300/2020/11/17/final-uswnt-squad-of-2020-is-about-small-changes-not-seismic-shifts/

More on the plans for 2021 at the NWSL: https://theathletic.com/2205704/2020/11/18/nwsl-announces-modified-2021-schedule-including-challenge-cup-return/

 

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Thanksgiving Football with the USWNT

First, Brooks Peck of The Athletic joins Full Time to fully break down The Year of Kristie Mewis after her return to the USWNT and goal against the Netherlands. Then, Arianna Scavetti of Lyon Offside helps break down just what is happening with the France national team as the conflict between captain Amandine Henry and head coach Corinne Diacre elevates in a public fashion.

Follow Brooks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrooksDT

Read Brooks on Kristie Mewis during the Challenge Cup: https://theathletic.com/1955627/

And read Brooks on Kristie Mewis, USWNT goalscorer: https://theathletic.com/2225800/

Follow Arianna on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AScavs

Find her work at Lyon Offside: https://lyonoffside.com/author/ascavetti/

 

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A Tale of Two Midfields

This week, Full Time is breaking down the giant NWSL news of the relocation of Utah Royals FC to Kansas City, from the perspective of both markets. Chris Kamrani of The Athletic joins from Utah to walk through our reporting on the Royals and Utah Soccer Holdings, including what comes next and the potential for the team to return in 2023. Then, Blue Crew media director Danielle Russell gives the Kansas City perspective, with a look back at 2017 and the journey to a second chance at a NWSL team.

Follow Chris Kamrani on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chriskamrani

Read the latest reporting on Utah at The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/2247321/

Read the Q&A with Angie and Chris Long: https://theathletic.com/2247699/

Follow the Blue Crew: https://twitter.com/kcbluecrew

 

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There and Back Again

Debuting Thursday, June 25th on The Athletic:

 

Full Time with Meg Linehan is a weekly soccer podcast expanding The Athletic’s coverage of the U.S. women’s national team, the National Women’s Soccer League, and the larger world of international soccer. Meg tackles the culture, context, and conversations about the sport here in America and beyond, with help from fellow writers and insiders from all corners of the game.

 

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