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

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Speaker 1: and not crying, which is allegedly an old Norwegian response.

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Speaker 2: To how are you up and not crying? That'll have

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Speaker 1: Or maybe, as Miracle Max would say in The Princess Bride,

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Speaker 1: we're only mostly dead, which is still a little alive.

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Speaker 2: Either way, we need it now.

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Speaker 1: It's Thursday, March thirteenth, and on today's show, we'll be

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Speaker 1: chatting with goalkeeper a Listenaier of the Chicago Stars, not

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Speaker 1: the Red Stars, the color neutral Stars, about her wedding

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Speaker 1: filled off season, the nerves that hide behind her stone

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Speaker 1: cold game face, and when she knew it was time

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Speaker 1: to retire from the international game. Plus ranking NWSL teams

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Speaker 1: on a scale of holding steady to madly chaotic, a

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Speaker 1: reminder to savor the final moments of an undefeated season

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Speaker 1: while you can, and a shout out to a team

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Speaker 1: making its first big Dance appearance. It's all coming up

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Speaker 1: right after this welcome back slices. Before we get to

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Speaker 1: just need to give a quick shout out to all

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Speaker 1: the folks at iHeart after an incredible five days in

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Speaker 1: Austin at south By Southwest. I'm going to chat some

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Speaker 1: more about a little serendipitous convo with a musical friend,

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Speaker 1: the backstage scenes at the iHeart Podcast Awards, and my

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Speaker 1: new celebrity BFF later in the show. But I just

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Speaker 1: wanted to say thank you again to the many, many,

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Speaker 1: many iHeart people I worked.

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Speaker 2: With and met over the weekend. It was blast. Okay,

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Speaker 2: here's what you need to know today.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with college hoops, where a few more teams

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Speaker 1: That includes Yukon, which won its twelfth straight Big East

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Speaker 1: title on Monday night, defeating Creighton seventy to fifty. Page Beckers,

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Speaker 1: who finished that game with twenty four points and eight rebounds,

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Speaker 1: of the Big East Tournament three times. The win also

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Speaker 1: Oregon State, competing in that conference journey for the first

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Speaker 2: Having clinched the.

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Speaker 1: Automatic bid, the Beavers are now headed to their fourteenth

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Speaker 1: NCUBAA tournament appearance. Now this is especially impressive after the

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Speaker 1: Beavers lost four starters from last year's twenty seven win

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Speaker 1: NCUBLEA Elite eighteam to new schools after the PAC twelve breakup,

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Speaker 1: tournament championships. Continue through the weekend leading up to the

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Speaker 1: NCAA March Madness Selection Show on Sunday to College Hockey,

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Speaker 1: where the nc Doubleatorney gets underway tonight with three games

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Speaker 1: going to be a busy few hours. Two games start

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Speaker 2: Those games are all available on.

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Speaker 1: ESPN plus to Softball where Athletes Unlimited announced its inaugural

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Speaker 1: AUSL season will kick off on June seventh. Teams will

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Speaker 1: tour during this first season, hitting up at least ten cities,

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Speaker 1: about how Chicago invented softball.

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Speaker 2: That's right too.

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Speaker 1: Unrivaled where entering the championship weekend, the upstart three on

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Speaker 1: three league has a new investor in MNBA player Steph Curry.

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Speaker 1: In a statement announcing his stake, he said, quote, I

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Speaker 2: It's so awesome to see him get on board with Unrivaled.

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Speaker 1: The league's playoffs begin on Sunday, with the number one

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Speaker 1: tournament time in Unrivaled and college hockey and basketball. But

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Speaker 1: we've also got the NWSL kicking off and reminding us

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Speaker 1: the possibilities that exist when everyone's team is still undefeated.

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Speaker 2: That's right.

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Speaker 1: The twenty twenty five NWSL season gets under way this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Here's a quick team by team primer primer heading into

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Speaker 1: heard both, just once and for all. Okay, First up,

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Speaker 1: we've got the Orlando Pride, who entered the season as

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Speaker 1: as the team returned star forwards Barbara Banda and Marta,

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Speaker 1: gm Hailey Carter, and head coach seb Hines. The least

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Speaker 1: stable thing about this team the state it plays in,

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Speaker 1: And now that Trinity Rodman is on record saying it's

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Speaker 1: Kansas City, where former US women's national team head coach

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Speaker 1: likely to be the Temwachewinga Show. The twenty twenty four

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Speaker 1: for a bunch of other clubs, and that includes Gotham FC,

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Speaker 2: Also on Team Chaos.

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Speaker 1: The San Diego Wave, whose twenty twenty four season was

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Speaker 1: Naomi Germa, who broke the women's transfer fee record this

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Speaker 1: Major upheavals seems to be the theme for the NWSL's

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Speaker 1: two other California teams too. There continue to be a

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Speaker 1: lot of questions surrounding BAYFC, both because of the hiring

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Speaker 1: Alyssa and Giselle to multi year extensions in January. Both

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Speaker 1: The North Carolina Courage also boast a young US women's

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Speaker 1: Katraw will also be keeping tabs on Houston's ownership status.

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Speaker 1: Last year was a weird one for the Seattle rain

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Speaker 1: Last up, the Chicago Red Star Excuse me, the Chicago Stars,

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Speaker 1: where our biggest adjustment this season will undoubtedly be getting

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Speaker 2: The biggest question mark for.

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Speaker 1: no date set for return. We'll have plenty more on

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Speaker 1: stick around Slices.

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Speaker 2: Joining us now.

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Speaker 1: She's the goalkeeper for the NWSL's Chicago Stars, the reigning

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Speaker 1: of hard to believe that the start of the NWSL

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Speaker 2: It was like eight and thirty two days or.

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Speaker 1: That's just the travel and the different outfits alone. Did

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Speaker 3: I think just you know, the new the start of

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Speaker 1: It feels like this is an obvious answer based on

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think my biggest rule has been just letting

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Speaker 3: I think maybe in the middle of a season. I

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Speaker 2: That communication helps.

436
00:20:33,080 --> 00:20:35,200
Speaker 3: And again they do the same thing like, hey, well

437
00:20:35,520 --> 00:20:37,440
Speaker 3: we've got a budget, We've got dollars over here, We've

438
00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:40,399
Speaker 3: got dollars over here, And I'm a logical person I

439
00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,480
Speaker 3: can under like, okay, I can understand that. I can

440
00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:45,119
Speaker 3: see where that makes more sense to me than you

441
00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:47,359
Speaker 3: just saying no or you just say like we're not

442
00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,280
Speaker 3: doing that. So and it all comes back to that,

443
00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:54,600
Speaker 3: that communication and that building and continuing to build levels

444
00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:58,040
Speaker 3: of trust and respect and just keeping the dialogue going.

445
00:20:58,080 --> 00:20:59,240
Speaker 3: I think at the end of the day, we all

446
00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:02,119
Speaker 3: want the same thing. We want this club to be successful.

447
00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,200
Speaker 3: We want this club to be, you know, a place

448
00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:08,520
Speaker 3: that players and coaches and staff want to want to

449
00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:10,240
Speaker 3: come to, want to be at. We want to build

450
00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:14,600
Speaker 3: you know, that culture within an organization that is a

451
00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:17,760
Speaker 3: place that people want to be. And in that regard,

452
00:21:17,800 --> 00:21:20,600
Speaker 3: we're all very much aligned, which helps kind of tick

453
00:21:20,680 --> 00:21:24,320
Speaker 3: towards the end goals of from an organizational standpoint.

454
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,960
Speaker 1: Do you think you'll approach this n WSL season differently

455
00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:30,119
Speaker 1: knowing that you don't have national team duties.

456
00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,760
Speaker 3: I think I've always been pretty good throughout my career

457
00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:42,560
Speaker 3: of kind of you know, keeping everything compartmentalized, compartmentalized, thank you, compartmentalizing.

458
00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,240
Speaker 3: And when I've when I've been here, I've been here

459
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:47,920
Speaker 3: and focused on on you know, Chicago and the Red Stars,

460
00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,359
Speaker 3: and when I've been gone. I've been focused on, you know,

461
00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:52,960
Speaker 3: whether it was a friendly or a tournament, things like that.

462
00:21:53,640 --> 00:21:56,400
Speaker 3: Obviously it always does overlap, just in terms of training

463
00:21:56,480 --> 00:21:58,879
Speaker 3: or different things and wanting to stay in form and

464
00:21:59,160 --> 00:22:02,359
Speaker 3: everything else like that up, but I think it's going

465
00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:05,640
Speaker 3: to be I'm excited to kind of just be here

466
00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,639
Speaker 3: one singular focus, not have It's gonna be nice to

467
00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,760
Speaker 3: have some extra off days. I haven't had those. Usually

468
00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:13,640
Speaker 3: I'm playing a game and then flying right into camp.

469
00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:15,600
Speaker 3: So I'm going to have a little bit more time

470
00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:19,400
Speaker 3: here kind of with its players, with the team in Chicago,

471
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:23,439
Speaker 3: to enjoy Chicago summer, which I don't often get to do. So.

472
00:22:24,400 --> 00:22:26,639
Speaker 3: But yeah, I'm excited again just to build off of,

473
00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:30,400
Speaker 3: you know, where we were last year and how we finished,

474
00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:31,960
Speaker 3: and hopefully keep growing.

475
00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:36,119
Speaker 1: You announced your international retirement on November twenty fifth. You

476
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:38,119
Speaker 1: played your final two games for the US women's national

477
00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,399
Speaker 1: team on the thirtieth and then December third, both of

478
00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,320
Speaker 1: them in the Netherlands. It felt very illicit a or

479
00:22:43,359 --> 00:22:45,000
Speaker 1: to not give you, as fans, a chance to say

480
00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,119
Speaker 1: goodbye on home soil. It felt like you were like,

481
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:48,400
Speaker 1: let me just slip on out of here.

482
00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:50,000
Speaker 2: What was that intentional.

483
00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:55,800
Speaker 3: I think the intentionality behind it was keeping it clean.

484
00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:58,879
Speaker 3: Is just like at the end of the year, it

485
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,600
Speaker 3: was not you know, let me avoid the us, let

486
00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:03,520
Speaker 3: me avoid things like that.

487
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,200
Speaker 1: I think it shows of affection and love and praise

488
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:07,479
Speaker 1: and adoration from everyway.

489
00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:13,560
Speaker 3: It just felt clean. It felt like the most I

490
00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:15,280
Speaker 3: wanted to finish the year. Emma and I had had

491
00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,800
Speaker 3: the conversation in when we had those three games. I

492
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:22,879
Speaker 3: think it was October. I think we had the initial

493
00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:27,080
Speaker 3: conversation in Austin of you know, this is what I'm

494
00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:30,960
Speaker 3: thinking for next year. You know, what are your thoughts?

495
00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:33,440
Speaker 3: Where are you going? Where do you see me? Where

496
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:36,320
Speaker 3: do you see the team going? And it was a

497
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,960
Speaker 3: good conversation. I think where we ended up leaving it

498
00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:41,720
Speaker 3: was okay, yeah, I'm pretty I'm pretty settled on this

499
00:23:41,760 --> 00:23:44,119
Speaker 3: is what this is what my plan is. You know,

500
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,200
Speaker 3: I would like to finish the year with the team.

501
00:23:46,280 --> 00:23:49,520
Speaker 3: I would like to see it through. But if you

502
00:23:49,600 --> 00:23:53,080
Speaker 3: are you know, I'm telling you I'm looking to walk

503
00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:55,959
Speaker 3: away and move on. If this, if this needs through

504
00:23:56,000 --> 00:23:57,919
Speaker 3: the end here in October, then I respect that too.

505
00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,320
Speaker 3: If you need to get other players game and kind

506
00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:04,040
Speaker 3: of build, and I think we had the mutual kind

507
00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:05,639
Speaker 3: of understanding of it all. We want to finish the

508
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,800
Speaker 3: year we've been We've had a good year together with

509
00:24:07,880 --> 00:24:10,040
Speaker 3: the team. We've had a strong year with the team.

510
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 3: We knew we were going in to play two great

511
00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:16,119
Speaker 3: opponents in England and the Netherlands, and I wanted to

512
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:18,280
Speaker 3: have I was grateful that she gave me the opportunity

513
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:22,080
Speaker 3: to to play in those games and finish my time

514
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,320
Speaker 3: with the team on a high note. But no, it

515
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,840
Speaker 3: was not. There was intentionality in the timing of the

516
00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:32,159
Speaker 3: time of the year, but not in terms of you know,

517
00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:34,160
Speaker 3: avoiding the US or anything like that.

518
00:24:34,640 --> 00:24:36,000
Speaker 2: We'll get to you either way.

519
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,359
Speaker 1: They'll have a they'll have a giant celebration for you,

520
00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:40,159
Speaker 1: and you'll have to sit in all the love that

521
00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:40,879
Speaker 1: people have for you.

522
00:24:41,600 --> 00:24:43,720
Speaker 3: I still felt a lot of love, that's for sure. Yeah,

523
00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:47,480
Speaker 3: it's now there feel very special. The you know, the

524
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,440
Speaker 3: outpouring of support and love. I think it was a

525
00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,480
Speaker 3: bit overwhelming, for sure. It was more overwhelming than I expected,

526
00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,320
Speaker 3: but there was There was a lot of emotion, for sure.

527
00:24:57,400 --> 00:25:00,960
Speaker 3: But it made me feel, you know, very very special

528
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,840
Speaker 3: in that in that week, and I was grateful for

529
00:25:04,160 --> 00:25:04,760
Speaker 3: all of the love.

530
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,439
Speaker 1: I got to do some like science or research on

531
00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:11,080
Speaker 1: why it's so uncomfortable to like take in compliments and

532
00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,720
Speaker 1: appreciation because I love attention and I love compliments, but

533
00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:15,600
Speaker 1: even I don't like them directly in front of me.

534
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:17,280
Speaker 1: I want to like read about them later when someone

535
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:19,320
Speaker 1: says something nice about it. It's like very uncomfortable to

536
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,960
Speaker 1: be in the moment and have people shower you. There's

537
00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:23,920
Speaker 1: got to be some good research on that. Do you

538
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,080
Speaker 1: remember the moment that you decided to retire? I mean

539
00:25:27,119 --> 00:25:30,600
Speaker 1: obviously when you're on an international team and you're looking ahead,

540
00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:32,920
Speaker 1: you're looking at what's the Olympic cycle, what's the World

541
00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:35,600
Speaker 1: Cup cycle? So it's not just the right now like

542
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:37,520
Speaker 1: it is for so many other sports. It's the what's

543
00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,440
Speaker 1: the next big thing? What age will I be? What

544
00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,000
Speaker 1: will the team look like? Was it a struggle or

545
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:43,639
Speaker 1: was it just logistical for you?

546
00:25:44,320 --> 00:25:48,000
Speaker 3: I think the struggle comes from like the emotional side

547
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,439
Speaker 3: of it. It's like what like to actually follow I

548
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:53,440
Speaker 3: think in your mind like it makes sense certain things

549
00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,600
Speaker 3: and timing wise, but then to actually make the decision,

550
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,600
Speaker 3: follow through on the decision, and you start making a

551
00:25:58,960 --> 00:26:01,600
Speaker 3: is this the right decision? Is it and then it's like,

552
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:05,359
Speaker 3: I think that emotional side of that makes it challenging.

553
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:10,159
Speaker 3: I think for me, if I'm being really, really honest,

554
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:14,000
Speaker 3: I probably knew in January that it was at least

555
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:19,400
Speaker 3: most likely the end. And I think that's obviously hard

556
00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:21,960
Speaker 3: to say because at that point I had no idea

557
00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:23,879
Speaker 3: even if I was on the Olympic roster, if I

558
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,480
Speaker 3: was playing as the starter at the Olympics, if I

559
00:26:26,560 --> 00:26:29,680
Speaker 3: was on the roster, and kind of you know, if

560
00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:32,080
Speaker 3: the Olympics go a different way, the decision may not

561
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:33,880
Speaker 3: even have been mine once I was. So I think

562
00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:38,800
Speaker 3: there's obviously so many different things that went into play

563
00:26:38,880 --> 00:26:42,720
Speaker 3: throughout the whole year. But I think my mindset going

564
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:48,119
Speaker 3: into January into the Gold Cup was I think it

565
00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:50,639
Speaker 3: was like this settled feeling of like this it felt

566
00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:53,520
Speaker 3: like the last year. It felt like, you know, let

567
00:26:53,520 --> 00:26:55,800
Speaker 3: me take everything in a little bit extra, let me

568
00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,440
Speaker 3: try to, you know, soak it all in. This could

569
00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:00,320
Speaker 3: be And I think we all have that once we

570
00:27:00,359 --> 00:27:02,720
Speaker 3: start getting older. It's something I've always talked to to

571
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:06,720
Speaker 3: Becky about into other Yeah, I think once you start

572
00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,160
Speaker 3: reaching i mean even the last few years, every time

573
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,800
Speaker 3: you go into not even just any major tournament, but

574
00:27:13,840 --> 00:27:16,120
Speaker 3: any game you're like, this could be it. I mean,

575
00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:18,159
Speaker 3: that's that's the life of sports. You never really know

576
00:27:18,320 --> 00:27:20,960
Speaker 3: when the end is the end. And I think for

577
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:23,560
Speaker 3: me that's something that is not lost on me that

578
00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,639
Speaker 3: I got to kind of control the ending of it,

579
00:27:26,960 --> 00:27:31,120
Speaker 3: which is not normal, it's not common, but I think

580
00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:35,600
Speaker 3: it was. It was very much of you could, I could,

581
00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,560
Speaker 3: I could feel it coming, a little bit more of

582
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 3: let me, let me really take take all this in

583
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,120
Speaker 3: and it's it's probably going to be it.

584
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:43,399
Speaker 2: Yeah.

585
00:27:43,480 --> 00:27:45,439
Speaker 1: I mean also, not just to get to sort of

586
00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:48,520
Speaker 1: dictate when the international part of your career ended, but

587
00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:50,640
Speaker 1: to go out on top as a champion in your

588
00:27:50,640 --> 00:27:54,240
Speaker 1: final major international tournament is just like storybook stuff.

589
00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:54,920
Speaker 2: It's incredible.

590
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:58,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, now that it's over, let's go back to the beginning,

591
00:27:58,880 --> 00:28:00,679
Speaker 1: and I want to know what you're nerves were, like

592
00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,880
Speaker 1: succeeding Brianna Scurry and Hope Solo, Like, that's unreal.

593
00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:10,840
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I it's probably too hard to put

594
00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:16,480
Speaker 3: into words the actual nerves behind it. I think over

595
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 3: the years I probably tried to cover it as best

596
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:22,240
Speaker 3: I could. I think it's it's funny everybody thinks, you know,

597
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 3: I'm always so hard and like this game face and

598
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 3: serious and honestly, I'm just trying not to throw up.

599
00:28:27,600 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 3: I was trying to read. I'm trying to like keep

600
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:36,280
Speaker 3: my way of like I'm I'm a very processed, driven person,

601
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:42,000
Speaker 3: a very intentional behind everything that I do. I'm very

602
00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 3: focused on preparation, and for me, that was how I

603
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,200
Speaker 3: was able to try to control a lot of those

604
00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,920
Speaker 3: those nerves and the anxiousness that came with, you know,

605
00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:55,600
Speaker 3: following two legends of the game, not just for the

606
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:59,959
Speaker 3: US but international like in the world. And I think

607
00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 3: think where I benefited was I had the time before

608
00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 3: I was the starter to earn and build that trust

609
00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,360
Speaker 3: with my teammates. They got to see the work that

610
00:29:09,400 --> 00:29:11,960
Speaker 3: I put in in training every day, in training camps,

611
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,800
Speaker 3: and you know, maybe not necessarily on the field in

612
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,680
Speaker 3: a game, but in eleven v eleven scrimmages or in

613
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:21,520
Speaker 3: those little moments that the public doesn't see, but the

614
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,720
Speaker 3: coaches and my teammates were able to get a sense

615
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 3: of who I was as a as a person, as

616
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 3: a teammate, as a player, so that when I was

617
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:34,920
Speaker 3: stepping on the field, you know, although I was very

618
00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:38,680
Speaker 3: nervous very anxious. You know, I always wanted to succeed

619
00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 3: for you know, you feel like when you're part of

620
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:42,680
Speaker 3: a team, you don't want to let the people around

621
00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 3: you down. I think that was always my biggest thing,

622
00:29:44,800 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 3: was more as a goalkeeper. It's like, you know, if

623
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 3: I let in a goal, I'm like, oh gosh, I

624
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,040
Speaker 3: let the whole I let the whole team down. And

625
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,840
Speaker 3: what I started learning was I was the only person

626
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,800
Speaker 3: that thought that about myself. You know, my teammates never

627
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,200
Speaker 3: ever look back at me. And if I let in

628
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,520
Speaker 3: a bad goal, which inevitably we all do, or make

629
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 3: a mistake, I never got the eye rolls. I never

630
00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 3: got yelled at. I never got any of that. It

631
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 3: was like, all right, we're good. Like the team was

632
00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 3: always the team, and that always gave me so much

633
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:18,000
Speaker 3: confidence going into any game, you know, even in in tournaments,

634
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:20,800
Speaker 3: taking everything one game at a time and just again

635
00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:22,600
Speaker 3: going back to the leadership, the stuff that we were

636
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:26,720
Speaker 3: talking about before is I had incredible teammates and leaders

637
00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:30,120
Speaker 3: on the field with me that they made it. They

638
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,200
Speaker 3: made it so clear that my only job was to

639
00:30:33,240 --> 00:30:35,040
Speaker 3: be me. I just had to play. I just had

640
00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:36,520
Speaker 3: to be a goalkeeper. They were going to take care

641
00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:38,400
Speaker 3: of all the rest. They were going to make it

642
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,240
Speaker 3: so that I didn't have to worry about and focus

643
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 3: on any other thing other than my job. And hopefully

644
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,640
Speaker 3: now I was able to see that, I was able

645
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,960
Speaker 3: to learn from that, and that's not what I take

646
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,080
Speaker 3: as my role, especially here in Chicago and towards the

647
00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:56,440
Speaker 3: later stages of the national team as well. But you know,

648
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 3: take that burden from the younger players, because I was

649
00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 3: incredibly grateful for it, because I already had all the

650
00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:05,880
Speaker 3: expectations from you know, following behind Hope and you know

651
00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:08,560
Speaker 3: what that looked like, and the expectations that come with

652
00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:12,560
Speaker 3: being the US goalkeeper. You know, that's where there's a

653
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 3: lot of high expectations. I have high expectations for myself

654
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:22,440
Speaker 3: as well, but having such incredible teammates and coaches kind

655
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:24,520
Speaker 3: of very much helped me and my support system off

656
00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:28,080
Speaker 3: the field. Honestly, my family's been incredible. You know, they've

657
00:31:28,120 --> 00:31:30,840
Speaker 3: been there with me since day one. So there's always

658
00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:32,120
Speaker 3: going to be the nerves, that's just how you can

659
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:32,920
Speaker 3: channel them.

660
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think there's a lot of like

661
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,040
Speaker 1: life lessons in there outside of sport for people who

662
00:31:38,080 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 1: carry the weight and feel like everything is dependent on them.

663
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,120
Speaker 1: If they fail, they're failing everyone. And if they ever

664
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,160
Speaker 1: actually stepped back, they would understand the support system that

665
00:31:46,200 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 1: they have and how not everyone's looking at them all

666
00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:50,840
Speaker 1: the time to fix everything.

667
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 2: You mentioned the seriousness that was really just being scared shitless?

668
00:31:56,640 --> 00:31:57,800
Speaker 3: Do you remember secrets out?

669
00:31:58,160 --> 00:32:00,480
Speaker 2: It's right? Do you remember who actually up with the

670
00:32:00,560 --> 00:32:01,360
Speaker 2: nickname Uncle?

671
00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 3: I think it was Steph McCaffrey here in Minneasgo.

672
00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,200
Speaker 2: Can you tell us about being Uncle nare?

673
00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,920
Speaker 3: It's funny everyone's really died out. I always hated this guy.

674
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:15,880
Speaker 3: I always hated this this nickname, but somehow it stuck. No,

675
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 3: I think Steph kind of created it because it was

676
00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 3: always people wuld always just call me to come help

677
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:22,720
Speaker 3: them do stuff I had, Like they would have a

678
00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 3: flat tire, I would have an air pump in my car,

679
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:29,160
Speaker 3: battery like car batteries. I had stuff to hang pictures

680
00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:31,040
Speaker 3: on walls. So I think I just became the person

681
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,600
Speaker 3: that people would always call it. They knew i'd pick

682
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 3: up the phone and come help them do whatever they

683
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,560
Speaker 3: needed done. So it is an endearing nickname, so I'll

684
00:32:39,560 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 3: own it. But yes, yeah, it's can't seem to get

685
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:43,120
Speaker 3: away from it.

686
00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:45,840
Speaker 1: Honestly, uncle, there is better than what you would get

687
00:32:45,880 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 1: if this were happening today, which would definitely be big

688
00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 1: Midwest dad energy. That's what we say about like women

689
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 1: who could fix everything and are around all the time

690
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:55,480
Speaker 1: at the ready.

691
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:58,080
Speaker 2: So I like, uncle better. Yeah.

692
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,880
Speaker 1: Have the goalies in the current nation can't reach out

693
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:02,760
Speaker 1: to for guidance or advice? I know you've worked with

694
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,720
Speaker 1: some in camp previously, but especially understanding now that it's

695
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:06,760
Speaker 1: their turn to step up?

696
00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,640
Speaker 2: Have they been calling you up and asking for help?

697
00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:10,959
Speaker 2: Not really?

698
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,480
Speaker 3: And too, I didn't really. I mean I'll check in after,

699
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:16,000
Speaker 3: you know, I'll send a text after a game when ie,

700
00:33:16,080 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 3: you know, good game, Different things like that. I think

701
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:21,360
Speaker 3: I tried to make it clear what I was leaving of, like, hey,

702
00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 3: if you ever do need anything, like I'm around, I'm here,

703
00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,800
Speaker 3: don't hesitate to reach out. But I actually think it's

704
00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 3: it's kind of a good thing. They've all got each other,

705
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 3: they've got their own thing. They've got a great coach

706
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 3: in Stewart and what that looks like. I think now

707
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:35,960
Speaker 3: that the season is starting and I'll be competing against

708
00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,240
Speaker 3: a lot of them, well, I'm sure we'll catch up,

709
00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:39,880
Speaker 3: you know, on the field, you grab a couple of

710
00:33:39,880 --> 00:33:43,720
Speaker 3: coffee or even just chat after the game and whatnot.

711
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:47,000
Speaker 3: So but no, not necessarily reaching out a ton, but yeah,

712
00:33:47,000 --> 00:33:49,440
Speaker 3: I'm excited to see I'm excited to see where it goes,

713
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:52,040
Speaker 3: who steps up, and you know, I think the competition

714
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,720
Speaker 3: is going to be great than competition. I always benefited

715
00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 3: from having great competition with you know, with Ashland and

716
00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:01,240
Speaker 3: Ad and Jane and we were always coming up. It was,

717
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 3: you know, Ash and I were competing the whole time.

718
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 3: As soon as you know, Hope was out. So I

719
00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:10,000
Speaker 3: think to have that healthy competition where you're supportive but

720
00:34:10,040 --> 00:34:14,560
Speaker 3: also everybody wants to be on the field, but building

721
00:34:14,600 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 3: that dynamic, building that that support as well as the

722
00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:22,400
Speaker 3: competitiveness goes a long way in what the goalkeeper that's

723
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:24,360
Speaker 3: on the field is able to do for the team.

724
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,560
Speaker 1: I think most importantly, have you taught your successors how

725
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: to be penalty kick stoppers and shooters.

726
00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:33,080
Speaker 3: Everyone's got their own style, so I try not to

727
00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 3: mess with it. You know that's everyone's I want you

728
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:36,719
Speaker 3: to mess with it.

729
00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:39,600
Speaker 2: I want to have your style. You're the ones you

730
00:34:39,640 --> 00:34:41,080
Speaker 2: want who gets it done like that.

731
00:34:41,160 --> 00:34:43,920
Speaker 3: As long as they can make the saves. And you

732
00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:48,560
Speaker 3: know everyone's got their process. So again, I think it's

733
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,759
Speaker 3: it's important to be confident with what you're doing when

734
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:55,400
Speaker 3: you're stepping between between the posts and whether to shootout

735
00:34:55,480 --> 00:34:59,160
Speaker 3: or just in a game. So I think that process

736
00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,799
Speaker 3: of even like discover and finding what your process and

737
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 3: what your routine is will give you that confidence that

738
00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:06,640
Speaker 3: you need in those moments.

739
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:08,600
Speaker 2: But what about taking the kicks?

740
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 1: Is it unrealistic to expect your successors to be able

741
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:12,879
Speaker 1: to bury the shots too?

742
00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:15,759
Speaker 3: No, I don't think it's unrealistic. I think you know,

743
00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 3: we train it the same way that the field players do,

744
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,560
Speaker 3: especially when it comes into a tournament. Again, you never

745
00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:24,680
Speaker 3: know when your number is gonna get when you're gonna

746
00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 3: have to step up. It may not be in the

747
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,759
Speaker 3: top five, but I've seen shootouts go all the way

748
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 3: through eleven before, where you've got to be ready, and

749
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:37,120
Speaker 3: we always have been. I think it now just because

750
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:40,480
Speaker 3: I shot a little bit higher in the order. But

751
00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:43,960
Speaker 3: you know, there was nothing different in this tournament in

752
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,880
Speaker 3: the preparation than any other ones other than where coaches

753
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 3: selected kickers to take it. So again, everyone's got there.

754
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:55,680
Speaker 3: We make a big deal about everyone owning their process

755
00:35:55,680 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 3: and finding what works for them, and I would never

756
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:00,959
Speaker 3: want to impart what I do on on anybody else.

757
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,440
Speaker 3: It's important that you know, you can kind of make

758
00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 3: it your own.

759
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think it's just between that Conka

760
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:09,480
Speaker 1: caf W Gold Cup semi final and then the She

761
00:36:09,640 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 1: Believes Cup game that happened, you know, in March and April,

762
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 1: so back to back. These moments of you making three

763
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,919
Speaker 1: penalty saves in a shootout and then burying your own

764
00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:21,839
Speaker 1: shot became the stuff of legend. And now I think

765
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:24,520
Speaker 1: we have very high expectations for whoever succeeds you that

766
00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,960
Speaker 1: they will also be able to do that unbelievable thing.

767
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,759
Speaker 2: Speaking of the She Believes, how was it watching as

768
00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 2: a fan?

769
00:36:31,160 --> 00:36:33,680
Speaker 1: This was your first kind of tournament with the trophy

770
00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:34,799
Speaker 1: that you weren't back there.

771
00:36:36,320 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 3: It was It was good. I mean, it was definitely

772
00:36:38,480 --> 00:36:42,799
Speaker 3: weird for sure to watch, but it was it was

773
00:36:42,880 --> 00:36:45,040
Speaker 3: nice to be a spectator to see where, you know,

774
00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 3: the team team was, you know, kind of in their

775
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:50,600
Speaker 3: process of different things. I think it was a great

776
00:36:50,640 --> 00:36:54,719
Speaker 3: opportunity for a young group obviously missing a number of

777
00:36:55,719 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 3: regulars as well, but again, it's a great opportunity in

778
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,040
Speaker 3: this three year build till the next World Cup for

779
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 3: Emma and the coaches to really start to evaluate and

780
00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:07,799
Speaker 3: to see in a lot of those players that got

781
00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:11,480
Speaker 3: those chances have been consistently playing well and in the

782
00:37:11,560 --> 00:37:15,920
Speaker 3: league and in their clubs environments, so to see somebody

783
00:37:15,960 --> 00:37:20,200
Speaker 3: on an international level is important. So to me, it was.

784
00:37:20,600 --> 00:37:22,760
Speaker 3: It was fun to watch. It was. I was definitely

785
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:25,600
Speaker 3: cheering when when we scored some goals and you had,

786
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:29,120
Speaker 3: But you know, it's nice to be a fan. No tears,

787
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:33,040
Speaker 3: No tears, Actually not that that's that surprising. I'm not

788
00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 3: a big crier, but they're not surprising.

789
00:37:36,200 --> 00:37:41,799
Speaker 1: Oh cool, Okay, last question, toughest question, the three strikers

790
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:46,160
Speaker 1: you are most dreading seeing coming your way this NWSL season.

791
00:37:46,680 --> 00:37:48,960
Speaker 3: I don't like the phrasing of most dreaded.

792
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:52,640
Speaker 2: Okays way, what if you won?

793
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 1: No defender between you and them.

794
00:37:55,480 --> 00:37:57,360
Speaker 3: I mean, we definitely have a big challenge coming up

795
00:37:57,360 --> 00:38:00,759
Speaker 3: in our first week playing against Barbara Banda, so we're

796
00:38:00,800 --> 00:38:04,160
Speaker 3: gonna raining. That's gonna be a tough, tough challenge for us,

797
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,080
Speaker 3: but we obviously saw what she could do, not only

798
00:38:06,080 --> 00:38:07,880
Speaker 3: against us last year, but the rest of the league.

799
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:11,480
Speaker 3: So she's definitely high on that list. But we're preparing,

800
00:38:11,520 --> 00:38:15,239
Speaker 3: We'll be ready for whatever she can throw at us.

801
00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:21,000
Speaker 3: Hopefully try to keep her you know, subdued a little

802
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:24,000
Speaker 3: bit quieter. But gosh, it's hard to pick three. There's

803
00:38:24,040 --> 00:38:25,759
Speaker 3: so many good attacking players in this league. I think

804
00:38:25,760 --> 00:38:28,160
Speaker 3: I feel like every team has like not just one,

805
00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 3: but a second. If you take out the main one,

806
00:38:30,200 --> 00:38:33,600
Speaker 3: it's like you get hit with the double punch. But

807
00:38:33,600 --> 00:38:35,600
Speaker 3: but yeah, I mean, obviously we said we're not gonna

808
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 3: play against Sophia Wilson this year necessarily great. Great, Yeah,

809
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:44,880
Speaker 3: she would definitely have been and you yeah, great, great, congrats.

810
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:46,880
Speaker 3: I'm so happy for you know, her and Michael so,

811
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 3: but yeah, she would have been high up on that list. Obviously,

812
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,319
Speaker 3: trend always it's good to see her, to see her

813
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:55,600
Speaker 3: back in and she's always exciting, always has that flare,

814
00:38:56,880 --> 00:39:00,000
Speaker 3: obviously chewinga reigning MVP. Always got to know where she is.

815
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 3: You know, she can hit you with the speed, she

816
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:08,320
Speaker 3: can hit you with just you know, regular shots. So yeah,

817
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:12,960
Speaker 3: I mean, Ali's yeah, you know, she's I know, she's

818
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,120
Speaker 3: she's been fun to watch kind of elevate that game.

819
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 3: So I'm sure I'm I'm missing some off the top

820
00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 3: of my head that we're going to be impactful, but

821
00:39:23,120 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 3: but no, I think that's That's one of the best

822
00:39:25,160 --> 00:39:26,839
Speaker 3: parts about this league is I think it's the most

823
00:39:26,840 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 3: competitive league in the world. I think every single week

824
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:32,799
Speaker 3: you're you're playing against high quality opponents that you have

825
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:36,239
Speaker 3: to show them the utmost respect and and through preparation

826
00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 3: and everything else, get ready for him and put your

827
00:39:39,080 --> 00:39:41,440
Speaker 3: best foot forward. But you can never let up in

828
00:39:41,440 --> 00:39:43,640
Speaker 3: this league. You always got to be on your front

829
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:47,840
Speaker 3: foot and ready. But I think it's exciting, it'll be

830
00:39:47,920 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 3: it'll be fun.

831
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:50,080
Speaker 2: I can't believe it's already here.

832
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:53,640
Speaker 1: We're so excited for the season for all the Stars games.

833
00:39:53,640 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 1: I almost had red Stars all the Stars games, but

834
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,719
Speaker 1: especially another doubleheader with the Fire at Soldier Field, which

835
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:00,680
Speaker 1: is always a blast, So so much look forward to.

836
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:02,840
Speaker 1: Unless I know you're super busy with the season starting.

837
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:04,680
Speaker 1: Thanks so much for giving us this time.

838
00:40:04,600 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 3: Of course, Thanks.

839
00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:09,279
Speaker 1: Sarah, Thanks so much to a less. I always love

840
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:10,920
Speaker 1: talking to her and I'm so glad we get a

841
00:40:10,920 --> 00:40:12,920
Speaker 1: little more time to watch her play. She's one of

842
00:40:12,960 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 1: the all time greats. Speaking up for those of you

843
00:40:16,160 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 1: Slices in the Chicago area. Come cheer on the Stars

844
00:40:19,200 --> 00:40:21,920
Speaker 1: at their home opener Sunday, March twenty third, when they

845
00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 1: take on the Houston Dash at two pm Central. We'll

846
00:40:24,640 --> 00:40:26,080
Speaker 1: include a link in the show notes to give you

847
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Speaker 1: a twenty five percent off discount on tickets. We have

848
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Speaker 1: to take another break when we come back. A final

849
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:41,520
Speaker 1: wrap up of my magical weekend in Austin. Welcome back Slices.

850
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,120
Speaker 1: As you heard in the show intro, I am hanging

851
00:40:44,200 --> 00:40:46,839
Speaker 1: on by a thread after spending twenty out of twenty

852
00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: two days on the road, and I capped it all

853
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,320
Speaker 1: off with the magical iHeart events at south By Southwest

854
00:40:51,360 --> 00:40:53,960
Speaker 1: in Austin. I told you about some of the weekend already.

855
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,279
Speaker 1: But Sunday night there was this gorgeous dinner with a

856
00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:59,680
Speaker 1: live performance from Matt Quinn of Mountjoy, which happens to

857
00:40:59,719 --> 00:41:02,239
Speaker 1: be one of my favorite bands, and he happens to

858
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,640
Speaker 1: be a friend of mine. It was total serendipity that

859
00:41:04,680 --> 00:41:07,400
Speaker 1: he was booked and they ended up having me interview

860
00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:09,880
Speaker 1: him before he performed for everyone under this like big

861
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:11,880
Speaker 1: gorgeous tree at the Hotel Saint Cecilia.

862
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:12,719
Speaker 2: It was.

863
00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:15,160
Speaker 1: It was pretty magical, so I'm gonna post some videos

864
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:17,600
Speaker 1: of the show on my Instagram for those who love

865
00:41:17,640 --> 00:41:20,120
Speaker 1: Mountjoy and want to hear or I guess those also

866
00:41:20,160 --> 00:41:22,759
Speaker 1: that don't yet know that they will love Mountjoy.

867
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:25,279
Speaker 2: It was a blast. And then the next day was.

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Speaker 1: The big finale of the trip, which was the iHeart

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Speaker 1: Podcast Awards, where I got to present an award with

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Speaker 2: Social Impact, which was very cool.

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Speaker 1: You could take a listen to my acceptance speech and

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Speaker 1: you'll hear that the guy introducing me and handing me

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Speaker 1: the trophy is none other than Ed Helm's of The Office,

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Speaker 1: The Hangover, and the Snaffoo podcast right here on iHeart Here.

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Speaker 2: It is cool.

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Speaker 4: Affecting this not only because there were no othern amnies,

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Speaker 4: but they did tell me the advance, so and I'm

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Speaker 4: on a board usually goes to someone that's kind of old,

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Speaker 4: but I won't take bets to that. I have been

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Speaker 4: at the women's sports game for quite some time, and

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Speaker 4: while it took a couple extra years, a couple extra

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Speaker 4: decades actually than most of us were hoping, sport's don't

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Speaker 4: really thrilling to see the interested women's sports Explode, and

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Speaker 4: I'm so glad that.

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Speaker 5: I had trusted my veteran voice in this space to

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Speaker 5: any major platform.

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Speaker 4: And I want to think I heard for divings the

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Speaker 4: women's sports face with more than just my show Good

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Speaker 4: Game with their Spade, but also with an entire I

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Speaker 4: heard Women's Sports Audio Network and I'm every way my

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Speaker 4: thrice daily women's sports updates on every single one of

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Speaker 4: their five hundred radio stations nationwide.

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Speaker 1: Does sports weather traffic means women's sports too? Right?

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Speaker 4: And also make sure I ask my producers Misha, Alex

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Speaker 4: and Emily for helping make the show what it is.

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Speaker 3: A Good Game is more than just a show.

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Speaker 4: It's a community. And I promise once you dive in

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Speaker 4: and you learn.

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Speaker 1: The stars, states, stats.

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Speaker 4: And stories of women's sports, just like you know in

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Speaker 4: men's sports, you are going to be hooked. So we

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Speaker 4: will not shame you for not getting.

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Speaker 5: On the bad wagon when we told you the first time,

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Speaker 5: or the second or the third.

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Speaker 4: We will have humanity for being like We will just

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Speaker 4: tell you to hop on the bandwagon now and become

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Speaker 4: an orange slice, which is part of our community and

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Speaker 4: joined us because even though.

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Speaker 1: We've been here for a long time, I'm pretty sure

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Speaker 1: we're still just getting started.

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Speaker 3: Thanks.

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Speaker 1: So that was especially cool because I've been sent Ed's

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Speaker 1: memed face no fewer than five hundred times because his

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Speaker 1: character on the Office went to Cornell ever heard of it?

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Speaker 1: And we got to hang out a few times over

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Speaker 1: the weekend, And honestly, he absolutely made my day when

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Speaker 1: I saw this interview pop up on my Instagram with

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Speaker 1: me tagged in it. So it's a reporter from ACL

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Speaker 1: Live talking to him on the red carpet before the

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Speaker 4: I got one question for you out of anybody in

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Speaker 4: the podcast where all, who would you want to be

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Speaker 4: trapped in an elevator? Way?

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Speaker 1: You know, Sarah Spain the coolest.

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Speaker 2: We just talked to her.

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Speaker 1: She's so cool, She's so cool. Yeah, I just got

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Speaker 1: to know her this weekend a little bit like if

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Speaker 1: you're drafted in an elevator, Like that's a good.

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Speaker 2: Hang you guys, it's too much. Just the nicest.

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Speaker 1: So I did not achieve my goal of being bff

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Speaker 1: with Chelsea Handler, which I mentioned on the show last week.

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Speaker 1: But I did, I think, just become best friends with

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Speaker 1: Ed Helms and I also got to talk wooly mammoth

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Speaker 1: mice with Sophia Bush, got to talk murders with Karen

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Speaker 1: and Georgia of my favorite murder podcast. And I'm at

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Speaker 1: Dennis Quaid's Bulldog backstage, so shout out Peaches. I'm exhausted,

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Speaker 1: but it was so worth it. It was such a blast,

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Speaker 1: and I'm always really super grateful that iHeart puts time

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Speaker 1: and money and care into promoting our little newborn of

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Speaker 1: a show with events like the one we had on

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Speaker 1: Saturday night with Lexi Brown. And you guys can promote

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Speaker 1: the show too, by the way, So your good game

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Speaker 1: played the day it is to share an episode with

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Speaker 1: a friend, send him an episode that you think that

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Speaker 1: they might like and tell them it's time to become

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Speaker 1: a slice. Spreading the word is super helpful to us,

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Speaker 1: so thanks for doing that. Find a good one, send

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Speaker 1: it along. We always love to hear from you, so

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Speaker 1: hit us up on email Good Game at wondermedianetwork dot

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Speaker 1: com or leave us a voicemail at eight seven two

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Speaker 1: two o four fifty seventy, and don't forget to subscribe

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Speaker 1: a rate and review. It's easy watch coach Schaeffer shouting

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Speaker 1: out dedicated student journalists, rating five out of five gold

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Speaker 1: stars review friend of the show. Texas women's basketball coach

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Speaker 1: Vick Schaefer took a moment during his team's postgame presser

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Speaker 1: to shout out three student journalists from The Daily Texan

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Speaker 1: who drove sixteen hours to cover the team in the

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Speaker 1: SEC Conference tournament in Greenville, South Carolina.

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Speaker 5: Take a listen, So, if I'm not mistaken, are y'all

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Speaker 5: my three that drove sixteen hours?

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Speaker 2: Yes, sir, I want y'all to know when it comes

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Speaker 2: time to get a job, you put me on your resume.

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Speaker 2: That's really unique.

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Speaker 3: And I'm proud that you guys are here, and I'm

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Speaker 3: proud that you take.

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Speaker 2: Enough pride in your job.

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Speaker 5: That you would do that because you don't have to

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Speaker 5: do that, and I think people need to know that.

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Speaker 2: So thank you for being here. We love to see it.

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Speaker 2: Now it's your turn rate and review.

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Speaker 1: We didn't make you drive sixteen hours to hear this show,

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Speaker 1: so I think that's worth a five star review, right,

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening, slices, see you tomorrow. Good game, Uncle

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Speaker 1: nayor good game ut student journalists, Thank you. The Plague

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Speaker 1: returning due to a lack of sleep, I'm running out

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Speaker 1: of Kleenex and cough meds.

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Speaker 2: Y'all.

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Speaker 1: Good Game with Sarah Spain is an iHeart women's sports

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Speaker 1: production in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You

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Speaker 1: can find us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or

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Speaker 1: wherever you get your podcasts. Production by Wonder Media Network,

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Speaker 1: our producers are Alex Azzie and Misha Jones. Our executive

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Speaker 1: producers are Christina Everett, Jesse Katz, Jenny Kaplan, and Emily Rudder.

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Speaker 1: Our editors are Emily Rutterer, Britney Martinez, and Grace Lynch.

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Speaker 1: Our associate producer is Lucy Jones and I'm your host

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Speaker 1: Sarah Spain