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Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're rewatching

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Speaker 1: the Rachel Kundananji standing on the ball and breaking ankles

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Speaker 1: NWSL playoff matchups. It's Friday, November eighth, and the games

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Speaker 1: their own fears and their own sadness, and they deserve

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Speaker 1: our love and our support. So we're showing up for

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Speaker 1: Yasmine Ryan and Jenna Niswanger about entering the season's playoffs

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Speaker 1: without veteran Ali Krieger, teams, superlatives and earning caps with

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Speaker 1: the national team. Plus what's the fact about the fearmongering

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Speaker 1: after this. Welcome back, Orange Slices. Here's what you need

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Speaker 1: to know today in soccer news. The NWSL playoffs begin tonight.

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Speaker 1: The first quarterfinal is the top seeded Orlando Pride hosting

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Speaker 1: the number two Washington Spirit and number seven BAFC, followed

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Speaker 1: by defending champs number three Got Them FC against six

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Speaker 1: and ESPN Plus. We'll give you a full NWSL playoff

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Speaker 1: preview later in the show. One other NWSL headline to

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Speaker 1: the club signed UT Austin's Trinity Buyers before the roster

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Speaker 1: new CBA. In tennis news, the Women's Tennis Association Tour

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Speaker 1: Finals are well underway and semi final matches take place today.

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Speaker 1: First up, we'll be keenwe Jen and Barbora Krachikhova, followed

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Speaker 1: by Arena Sablenka versus Coco Goff. The final will be

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Speaker 1: played on Saturday. Igasfontek won it all last year, defeating

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Speaker 1: Jessica Pagula in straight sets. You can watch the WTA

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Speaker 1: finals matches on the Tennis Channel or on Fubo TV

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Speaker 1: starting at seven thirty am Eastern. In hockey news, the

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Speaker 1: their jerseys for the twenty twenty four to twenty five season.

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Speaker 1: The jerseys were made by Bauer, and fans can pre

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Speaker 1: stores on November fourteenth. We'll link to the pre order

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Speaker 1: calendars now, folks, the puck drops on the next PWHL

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Speaker 1: season November thirtieth. In college basketball news, South Carolina released

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Speaker 1: junior forward Ashland Watkins has returned to team activities, beginning

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Speaker 1: with practice today end quote. The twenty one year old

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Speaker 1: pre trial Intervention, a program meant to provide a second

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Speaker 1: Watkins had not worked out with the team, didn't travel

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Speaker 1: game is at three Eastern on Sunday against number nine

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Speaker 1: to celebrate the New York Liberties Championship win, Nike has

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Speaker 1: She's a midfielder for New York New Jersey GOTHAMFC of

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Speaker 1: What's up, Jenna.

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Speaker 1: Jenna funniest person on the team sonic arose Okay, yeah,

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Speaker 2: Anyone who shoots over the bar? Okay, does not shoot low?

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Speaker 1: Okay. Let's talk about this team. Yeahs, obviously you're the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, that's great. Jenna Alie obviously a big loss

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Speaker 4: This year feels more business like get the job done,

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Speaker 1: Being the underdog sometimes easier, yeah, being the favorite or

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Speaker 1: for Ali last year. Do you want to end the

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Speaker 1: hopes and dreams of a Canadian legend?

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Speaker 2: Well, I love.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, I mean I think if we get them

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Speaker 4: out early and like, then then they have no chance

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Speaker 4: to win it. Versus if they were on the other

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Speaker 4: side of the bracket, they could have had a better

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Speaker 4: chance to get to the final. And then I think

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Speaker 4: that game, I mean probably would have been harder just

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Speaker 4: because I mean it's a final, but.

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Speaker 5: Rip off the band aid early. Yeah, I think it

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Speaker 5: in the first round. Yeah, let's just let them down

451
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Speaker 5: easy while it's yeah, they made it here.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I feel.

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Speaker 3: Like you want to play like the hardest teams, Like

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Speaker 3: last year we played North Carolina than Portland and then

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Speaker 3: Rain and like just you don't, I don't know, you

456
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Speaker 3: don't necessarily want like an easy quarterfinal because then you

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Speaker 3: can take your foot off the gas. So when you're

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Speaker 3: playing a team like Portland, like you have to bring

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Speaker 3: a hundred.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, how are your bodies feeling? There was a lot

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Speaker 1: of soccer this summer. There was NWSL, there was League

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Speaker 1: Ex Feminial, there was the Paris Olympics. There's friendlies for

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Speaker 1: the US national team. There's I think there's like some

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Speaker 1: other Gold Cup stuff I'm forgetting right, I mean, there was.

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Speaker 2: Like Champions League.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, conga, CAF Champion. There's like so many things we

467
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Speaker 1: want to watch more soccer. Y'all want to get paid

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Speaker 1: and recognized as people that everyone wants to go watch

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Speaker 1: and see, and yet soccer's really hard on your bodies. So, yeah,

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Speaker 1: what did you think about this year's schedule. I know

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Speaker 1: it's not going to always be like that because it's

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Speaker 1: an Olympic year, but did you have to take extra

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Speaker 1: care to be ready and capable to bring it during

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Speaker 1: this postseason? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: I definitely did.

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Speaker 4: I mean, with this many games, it's if you don't

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Speaker 4: properly take care of your body, you will be out immediately,

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Speaker 4: and there's it will take everybody down. So I mean, yeah,

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Speaker 4: I gave this This stretch of at like towards the

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Speaker 4: end of the season definitely made me.

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Speaker 2: Pay extra attention to.

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Speaker 4: The details and the type of recovery that I'm doing

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Speaker 4: and finding things that actually work for me and even

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Speaker 4: things that work for.

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Speaker 2: Me a little quicker than what I would be used to.

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Speaker 4: It's not just we've had a lot of months where

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Speaker 4: it's not a full week of recovery, it's two days

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Speaker 4: and then you got to be one hundred percent again

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Speaker 4: in two days. And so yeah, I definitely have like

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Speaker 4: had to pay attention extra to to the recovery and

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Speaker 4: the type of fuel and extra hydration as well, which

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Speaker 4: is which ends up being such a benefit to in.

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Speaker 2: The long run.

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Speaker 4: And knowing that we made it through this and that

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Speaker 4: we did it and came out with very few injuries,

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Speaker 4: nothing season ending, season ending knock on wood, which was great.

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Speaker 2: That's kudos to the team for taking care of themselves

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Speaker 2: as well.

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Speaker 4: But yeah, but at the same time, I think it's

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Speaker 4: really it's really cool to get to experience all these

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Speaker 4: different games in different scenarios, with the different tournaments and

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Speaker 4: international teams and.

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Speaker 2: Playing for different titles. It really it amped up everything,

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Speaker 2: that's for.

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Speaker 1: Sure, Jenna. This is an opportunity to bring New York

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Speaker 1: slash New Jersey another title. Right after the New York

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Speaker 1: Liberty won the w NBA title. Were you watching from

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Speaker 1: across the way watching Ellie the Elephant and the rest

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Speaker 1: of the team get their ticker tape parade and watching

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Speaker 1: the city rally around them and thinking like, oh, yeah,

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Speaker 1: we want to do that again.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think obviously we're at like Kelly's O'Hara's retirement

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Speaker 3: party when they won, and I think it was like

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Speaker 3: cool because everyone's eyes are glued to the TV and

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Speaker 3: it's just so exciting to see the recognition that the

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Speaker 3: w NBA is getting and they deserve and kind of

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Speaker 3: I think when there's a one a win in one

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Speaker 3: woman's sport, it's like a win for all women's sports.

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Speaker 3: So it was really exciting and to see the crowd

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Speaker 3: that they brought in is really inspiring.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we got to get you out one of those

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Speaker 1: parades that looked like a lot of fun. And I'm

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Speaker 1: a Chicagoan, so I was like mildly jealous of New

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Speaker 1: York success, but also like excited for them that it happened. Okay,

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Speaker 1: last question. Yeah, we got Jenna on the DJ tables

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Speaker 1: turntables in the locker room. I know you don't actually

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Speaker 1: have turntables, but you know, go along with me here.

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Speaker 1: What is the song you're requesting pregame before the game

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Speaker 1: against Portland?

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Speaker 4: Well, yeah, the song that I have been listening to

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Speaker 4: before games has been Invincible by pop Smoke.

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Speaker 1: Okay, oh yeah, that one.

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Speaker 2: I'm definitely requesting noted, that's the request.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Jenna, what's your go to? What's what's your song

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Speaker 1: that's going to get the team hype?

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Speaker 3: Jenna, I don't know. Honestly, I'm pressing Shuffle from the spot.

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Speaker 3: If I played this I put together for the team

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Speaker 3: and I I'm gonna go get ready.

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Speaker 2: It's too much pressure.

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Speaker 1: I hate it all right. DJ Shuffle is taking no

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Speaker 1: accountability for what comes out of that. I love it.

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Speaker 2: It's like you guys made the playlist, so if you

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Speaker 2: don't like it, like that's on you.

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Speaker 1: Perfect, perfect, Well, thank you guys so much for taking

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Speaker 1: the time. I know it's a busy week ahead at

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Speaker 1: the quarter final. Good luck in your game and congrats

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Speaker 1: and all the success with the national team too, and

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Speaker 1: thanks for joining us.

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Speaker 2: Thanks, thank you so much.

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Speaker 1: We got to pay some bills when we come back.

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Speaker 1: We dig deeper into the NWSL quarterfinal matchups. Stick with us,

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Speaker 1: Welcome back, slices. Let's preview the NWSL quarterfinals, shall we? First?

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Speaker 1: Tonight Orlando Pride Number one versus the Number eight Chicago

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Speaker 1: Red Stars in Orlando. That's eight pm Eastern on Prime Video.

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Speaker 1: This is the first ever home playoff game for an

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Speaker 1: Orlando team that looked like it might not lose a

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Speaker 1: game all season until after they claimed the shield and

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Speaker 1: took their foot off the gas, and they lost two

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Speaker 1: games while resting players late in the regular season. But

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Speaker 1: the Pride have something to prove after long being an

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Speaker 1: afterthought in this league, and while the shield is certainly

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Speaker 1: an accomplishment, the title is the goal for this team,

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Speaker 1: especially since they'd love to give legendary striker Marta, who's

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Speaker 1: a six time FIFA World Player of the Year, her

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Speaker 1: very first NWSL championship in what could be her final

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Speaker 1: season with Orlando. Meantime, Chicago Red Stars entered the postseason

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Speaker 1: on a three game losing streak and just one win

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Speaker 1: in their last five games. But when you've got Male

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Speaker 1: Swanson attacking and a Listenare in goal, you've always got

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Speaker 1: a shot. The Pride's rallying cry for this game, win

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Speaker 1: one for Marta. The Red Stars tagline the Stars are

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Speaker 1: here to spoil a near perfect season all right. Saturday

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Speaker 1: November ninth, we got the Kansas City Current the number

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Speaker 1: four seed versus the number five North Carolina Courage. That's

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Speaker 1: twelve pm Eastern on CBS and also streaming on Paramount Plus.

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Speaker 1: This is the second playoff appearance for the Current and

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Speaker 1: the first home playoff game for them. They're hoping to

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Speaker 1: benefit from the support of a raucous home crowd that

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Speaker 1: helped them become the first NWSL team to sell out

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Speaker 1: every home regular season game. The Current set the new

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Speaker 1: league mark for goals in a season by a team

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Speaker 1: with fifty seven and by a player tem Wichewinga with twenty,

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Speaker 1: in addition to the most different goal scorers eighteen, and

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Speaker 1: they already claimed two trophies this year in the Summer

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Speaker 1: Cup and the Women's Cup. They got to get through

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Speaker 1: a Courage team that's one of only three teams to

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Speaker 1: beat them this season, but the Courage will have to

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Speaker 1: figure out how to win on the road. To do it,

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Speaker 1: they're just three and ten away from home this season.

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Speaker 1: The Current's rallying cry, We've got Temwa and seventeen other

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Speaker 1: goal scorers. The Courage tagline, we're tops in the league

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Speaker 1: in possession and possess the ability to surprise you with

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Speaker 1: a win Sunday. We've got a doubleheader. Washington Spirit the

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Speaker 1: number two seed versus number seven BAFC. That's twelve thirty

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Speaker 1: pm Eastern on ABC. The Spirit set new club records

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Speaker 1: in points with fifty six, goals scored with fifty one,

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Speaker 1: and wins with eighteen, which also ties the league's single

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Speaker 1: season record, but injuries are killing them, including to star

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Speaker 1: Andy Sullivan, and they're a different team than the one

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Speaker 1: we saw for much of the season. Trinity Rodman always

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Speaker 1: dangerous though. Meantime, BFC is peaking at the right time

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Speaker 1: and has benefited from the arrival of Abby Dhalkemper and

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Speaker 1: the veteran leadership she brings, and Rachel Kundanaji has shown

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Speaker 1: the tricks up her sleeve are all but impossible to defend.

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Speaker 1: The Spirit's rallying cry will be we've flown under the radar,

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Speaker 1: but when it matters, most will come out on top,

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Speaker 1: and the Bays tagline when it comes to winning, we're

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Speaker 1: ten toes down on top of a soccer ball. Finally,

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Speaker 1: New York, New Jersey GOTHMAFC the number three versus number

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Speaker 1: six Portland Thorns, three pm Eastern on ABC. This is

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Speaker 1: a rematch of last year's semifinal when Gotham upset Portland

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Speaker 1: at Providence Park en route to an unlikely title coming

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Speaker 1: out of the sixth seed. But they are not sneaking

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Speaker 1: up on anyone this year as they look to defend

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Speaker 1: their twenty twenty three championship. Portland meanwhile boasting triple Espresso

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Speaker 1: star soph Smith and the greatest international scorer of all time,

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Speaker 1: Christine Sinclair. We'll certainly be trying to play spoiler on

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Speaker 1: Gotham's attempt to repeat Gotham's rallying cry back to back

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Speaker 1: batties Baby and the Thorns tagline one last trophy for Sync.

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Speaker 1: We're super pumped for these games. We've got our schedules

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Speaker 1: cleared out, and we are hoping for a little NWSL

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Speaker 1: chaos despite the parody that we've seen lacking this season.

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Speaker 1: So Alex, give me one big, bold NWSL chaos prediction

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Speaker 1: for this week's quarterfinals.

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Speaker 3: I think we're gonna see at least one upset, and

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Speaker 3: I think that is going to be Portland beating Gotham.

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Speaker 4: Whoa very interesting spicy Do you feel bad saying that

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Speaker 4: given that we had Jenna and Yasmine on today's show?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, they just come on. They give us their time

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Speaker 1: and then immediately you're like, yeah, you're gonna lose. That's

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Speaker 1: exactly bold prediction, Mish. How about you. I think Tim

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Speaker 1: Wichewinga's goal tally is going up from twenty to twenty three.

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Speaker 1: She's got to get a hat trick in this quarterfinal. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think it's happening. A hat trick in the quarterfinal.

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Speaker 1: That is a big bold prediction. I like that. I

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Speaker 1: like that. I don't know if I believe it, Mesh,

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Speaker 1: but I like the idea of that. That would be spicy, Alex.

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Speaker 1: The one I've seen most people call in terms of

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Speaker 1: believing there could be an upset is actually Bay over

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Speaker 1: the Spirit because of the Spirit's injuries, especially to Andy Sullivan.

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Speaker 1: So I haven't heard the Portland call, but certainly there

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Speaker 1: is something to be said for that team rallying around

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Speaker 1: that player in their final year. We saw it with

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Speaker 1: Gotham last year and Ali, so will it be Portland

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Speaker 1: pulling it off for Sink this year? That's a good one.

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Speaker 1: My big bold prediction is a fun one. I just

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Speaker 1: want a river goal in Casey. That's all I want.

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Speaker 1: We've been looking for them all year. We've been cheering

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Speaker 1: for them all year, so give me a river goal.

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Speaker 1: All right. We're gonna list all the matchups and how

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Speaker 1: you can watch in our show notes slices. As you know,

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Speaker 1: we love that you're listening, but we do want you

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Speaker 1: to get in the game every day too, So here's

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