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

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Speaker 1: the news that Google will no longer default to men's

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Speaker 1: we're still bummed that Naomi Germa appears to be headed

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Speaker 1: It's Thursday, January twenty third, and on today's show, we'll

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Speaker 1: be talking to co founder of the Minnesota Aurora, Andrea

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Speaker 1: Yak and former Aurora player Morgan Stone about the inspiration

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Speaker 1: behind the community funded team, the team's long term goals,

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Speaker 1: and all the reasons both meaningful and silly, like Rory

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Speaker 1: the Aurora Sorus to join us as owners. Plus a

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Speaker 1: Jeopardy answer we can get behind TV numbers that show

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Speaker 1: promise and a message hidden in the timing of a

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Speaker 1: contract announcement. It's all coming up right after this welcome

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Speaker 1: back slices. Here's what you need to know today in

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Speaker 1: college hoops, there are a bunch of big games tonight

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Speaker 1: with lots of ranked teams in act. That includes a

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Speaker 1: matchup between number seven Texas and number seventeen Tennessee at

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Speaker 1: eight pm Eastern on ESPN. The Longhorns are coming off

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Speaker 1: a big eighty nine to fifty one win against number

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Speaker 1: eight Maryland on Monday, in which sophomore forward Madison Booker

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Speaker 1: recorded twenty eight points worth noting that the two most

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Speaker 1: recent NCAA champs, number two South Carolina and number five LSU,

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Speaker 1: were also set to meet tonight, but that game has

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Speaker 1: been moved to Friday due to travel difficulties because of

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Speaker 1: the winter storm that coated Louisiana in a thick layer

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Speaker 1: can we get all that snow up out of New

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Speaker 1: Mama needs a break from cold weather. Come on. Oh. Also,

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Speaker 1: remember earlier this week when we told you about the

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Speaker 1: new deal Don Staley just signed, making her the highest

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Speaker 1: paid coach in women's soops. Well, given that LSU coach

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Speaker 1: Kim Mulky previously held that record, it makes you think

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Speaker 1: maybe South Carolina was trying to send a message with

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Speaker 1: versus LSU. Anyway, we'll have more on what to expect

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Speaker 1: in that NCAA champion showdown during tomorrow show. A bunch

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Speaker 1: of other ranked teams also in action tonight, including number

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Speaker 1: one UCLA and number three Notre Dame. Will link to

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Speaker 1: the full schedule in the show notes to Soccer. The

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Speaker 1: NWSL schedule is out. We got a few highlights to

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Speaker 1: look forward to in twenty twenty five. First play gets

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Speaker 1: underway with the Challenge Cup on March seventh, featuring a

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Speaker 1: rematch of last year's championship, the Orlando Pride versus the

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Speaker 1: Washington Spirit. Regular season gets started the following week and

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Speaker 1: continues for twenty six count them twenty six match weeks.

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Speaker 1: The league is introducing a new Rivalry weekend scheduled for

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Speaker 1: August eighth through the tenth, that will feature matchups between

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Speaker 1: Portland and Seattle, Angel City and San Diego, and Gotham

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Speaker 1: November two with the return of Decision Day. That's right,

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Speaker 1: all fourteen teams competing on the final day, though we're

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Speaker 1: not yet sure if all those games will be kicking

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Speaker 1: our fingers and toes for chaos and a close title race. Also,

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Speaker 1: some of the teams put out some pretty fun schedule

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Speaker 1: release videos, so go peruse their socials and give them

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Speaker 1: a watch. More NWSL. On Tuesday, Angel City big wigs,

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Speaker 1: including new controlling owner Willow Bay, who invested in the

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Speaker 1: team with her husband Bob Eiger last year, gathered to

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Speaker 1: cut the ribbon on a new team performance center at

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Speaker 1: California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California. The performance center

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Speaker 1: team moved to Woodland Hills last year. It includes a

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Speaker 1: fifty four hundred square foot gym, three locker rooms, a

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Speaker 1: children's playroom, a full soccer pitch, and an adjoining half field. Man,

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Speaker 1: do we love the facility? Wars that are going on

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Speaker 1: a new record, a new amount of money spent. What

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Speaker 1: a time? What a time. Kristin Press of Angel City

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Speaker 1: right now. For now, they've signed Sam Lady, former head

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Speaker 1: TV ratings from the debut weekend are out. Viewership of

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Speaker 1: we talk all things Aurora FC, with Andrea Yak and

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Speaker 1: Morgan Stone joining us now the co founder of Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Aurora and chair of the Aurora FC board. A sports

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Speaker 1: and entertainment marketer, she was formerly VP of business development

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Speaker 1: NASL team. She's also led a wide range of events

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Speaker 1: for different orgs, including two Minnesota Super Bowls. A broken

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Speaker 1: It's Andrea Yach. What's up Andrea? Hi, Sarah, thanks for

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Speaker 1: coming on joining her. A former Minnesota Aurora player, she

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Speaker 1: She was the second highest goal scorer that year, and

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Speaker 1: She's now playing professionally and Lisbon, Portugal, presumably living on

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Speaker 1: Pasta de Nata and sardines. It's Morgan Stone. What's up, Morgan?

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Speaker 2: Hello? How are you? Thanks for having me?

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Speaker 1: We are all jealous that you're in Portugal right now,

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Speaker 1: enjoying some sunshine and all the delicious food. We can't

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Speaker 1: Sarah Spain team, the Minnesota Aurora. So Andrea tell us

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Speaker 3: So Aurora is the effort of some normal community people

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Speaker 3: COVID and decided why not us? And in hindsight, you know,

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Speaker 3: And we decided to become a community owned team, which

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Speaker 3: And so last fall twenty twenty four, we decided to

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Speaker 3: we're the largest independent women's community owned team in the country.

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Speaker 1: Amazing. Can you tell us about the USLW level in

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Speaker 3: And we're really proud that of our teams of our

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Speaker 3: when we founded the team, was to create space for

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Speaker 1: And for listeners who remember hearing the name or the

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Speaker 1: Who are the players that you were playing alongside.

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Speaker 2: And I was really grateful to be able to play

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Speaker 2: it's definitely filled with a roster of really really talented

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Speaker 2: Being a part of this team means not just being

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Speaker 2: many different things in the country, but in our community especially,

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Speaker 1: It's obviously pre professional, so you're not paid a salary.

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Speaker 1: What is covered in terms of like expenses and stuff.

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Speaker 2: They take really good care of us. Even though it

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Speaker 1: Shout out Steven Andrea. This particular capital raise ends January thirty. First,

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Speaker 1: That's awesome. What happens if someone's listening to this late

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Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, Andrea, When does the season start?

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Speaker 1: And honestly, again, if the time is not right for you,

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Speaker 1: we totally get it. Like Andrea said, just being engaged

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Speaker 1: in women's sports helps push us all forward. Following the team,

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Speaker 1: Oh it also helps if you leave us a nice review,

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Speaker 1: to offset the bro that just wrote Trump with one star.

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Speaker 1: We need less of that, and we need more like

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Speaker 1: this one from murfh six point thirty quote. Exceptional and informative.

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Speaker 1: Sarah and her team deliver every single episode. I've learned

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Speaker 1: so much and laugh at the same time. This has

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Speaker 1: Thanks mrph favorite pod that really makes my day. I

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Speaker 1: love that. If you're still not convinced that reviews are

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Speaker 4: Alex getting a Jeopardy response wrong but still winning in

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Speaker 4: our Hearts rating three out of three Daily Doubles review.

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Speaker 4: During Monday's episode of Jeopardy, the final Jeopardy clue was quote.

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Speaker 4: A US Navy website says its journey from New London

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Speaker 4: previously ruled by the Soviets. Unfortunately, contestant Jen Feldman wasn't

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Speaker 4: only one that matters. She wrote, what is watch more

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Speaker 4: Women's sports? Jen, on top of being a women's sports

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Speaker 4: she also told me that she hopes highlighting women's sports

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Speaker 4: own all time favorite athlete, Sue Bird. Sarah, I think

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Speaker 1: Oh, I can pass that memo along. Sue Bird will

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Speaker 1: be getting that note. By the way, Alex, you completely

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Speaker 1: Sarah Spain. I can't believe you buried the lead. What's up?

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Speaker 1: We love a badass Jeopardy bitch, and I also never

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Speaker 1: would have gotten the answer to that question the USS Nautilus.

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Speaker 1: Absolutely not. I prefer watching celebrity Jeopardy. I get more

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Speaker 1: right anyway. Message is headed to Sue byrd right now.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for that review, Alex. Now it's your turn rate

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Speaker 1: and review, and thanks for listening slices. See you tomorrow.

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Speaker 1: Good Game, Andrea, Good Game, Morgan Q trivia hosts that

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Speaker 1: only include questions about men's sports. Good Game with Sarah

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Speaker 1: Spain is an iHeart women's sports production in partnership with

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Speaker 1: Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find us on

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Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Speaker 1: Production by Wonder Media Network, our producers are Alex Azzie

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Speaker 1: and Misha Jones. Our executive producers are Christina Everett, Jesse Katz,

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Speaker 1: Jenny Kaplan and Emily Rudder. Our editors are Emily Rudder,

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Speaker 1: Britney Martinez, and Grace Lynch. Our associate producer is Lucy

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Speaker 1: Jones and I'm your host Sarah Spain