Speaker 1: How does a single word in a large piece of
Speaker 1: legislation connect to the biggest win in US soccer history.
Speaker 1: Welcome everyone to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, as
Speaker 1: we prepare for the much anticipated final between China and
Speaker 1: the United States. It's July. More than people have gathered
Speaker 1: to watch the Women's World Cup soccer final, the largest
Speaker 1: crowd ever to see a women's sporting event. This is
Speaker 1: more than a game. This is a defining moment in
Speaker 1: women's sports history. It's also about a hundred degrees on
Speaker 1: the field, and the California sun is brutal. The closely
Speaker 1: fought game is still tied at zero after one and
Speaker 1: twenty minutes of soccer. The exhausted American and Chinese players
Speaker 1: lie on the turf while trainers massage their cramped muscles.
Speaker 1: The biggest pressure of their lives. For most of these women,
Speaker 1: maybe all, They're most important cadally kicks. With the penalty
Speaker 1: kick shoot out tied at four apiece, the USA's final kicker,
Speaker 1: Brandy Chastain, steps up to the penalty box and into
Speaker 1: the history books. Chop Stain will take it. She missed
Speaker 1: a penalty kick against Charlte the allegart pump and I
Speaker 1: lost that care good. Then the woman known as Hollywood
Speaker 1: to her teammates whips off her jersey and sets off
Speaker 1: one of the most memorable celebrations in sports history. The
Speaker 1: part of the dead is a pass. Whether this was
Speaker 1: that it continues, Lenited States has one the women's world
Speaker 1: top Brandy Chastain's kick mark the climax of a summer
Speaker 1: during which millions of Americans and a new generation of
Speaker 1: soccer fans fell in love with their national team, But
Speaker 1: it marks so much more than just that. Each season
Speaker 1: on The Thread, a podcast from Aussie, we unravel the
Speaker 1: stories behind some of the most important lives and events
Speaker 1: in history to discover how one thing leads to another.
Speaker 1: In season five of The Thread, we tell the story
Speaker 1: of a single unforgettable moment in the California Sun, and
Speaker 1: all of the unsung moments and heroes that made it possible.
Speaker 1: That triumphant moment at the World Cup was weeks, years,
Speaker 1: even decades in the making. Chastain's winning kick never happens
Speaker 1: without a host of other players, most of who never
Speaker 1: donned the USA jersey or made it onto the field
Speaker 1: in California. This season on The Thread, we tell their story.
Speaker 1: We'll hear about some of the unheralded athletes, policymakers, and
Speaker 1: scholars whose efforts gave Chastain and her teammates their chance
Speaker 1: to make history. And we'll learn about some of the
Speaker 1: momentous goals that were scored off the field and behind
Speaker 1: the scenes in board rooms, congressional debates, courtrooms, and on
Speaker 1: college campuses. We'll learn about how little details change the
Speaker 1: course of history, how a single word placed into a
Speaker 1: larger congressional bill altered the life choices of millions of women,
Speaker 1: and how it opened up the floodgates of opportunity that
Speaker 1: led to that glorious summer day at the Rose BOWLT
Speaker 1: in nineteen ninety nine. Subscribe now to The Thread on
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