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

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Speaker 1: attempting to trademark Sacramento Monarchs and Charlotte Sting just in

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Speaker 1: case we could be looking at a future payday like

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Speaker 1: the folks sitting on the Houston Comets name. It's Tuesday,

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Speaker 1: April twenty eighth, and on today's show, we're joined by

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Speaker 1: President of the Northern Super League Christina Ltz and Ottawa

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Speaker 1: Rapid FC star dB Pridham. We talk about season two

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Speaker 1: of Canada's first ever Pro Women's Soccer League, DB's decision

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Speaker 1: to leave Europe to sign with the upstart Canadian Endeavor

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Speaker 1: and how the PWHL helped change the landscape for all

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Speaker 1: women's sports in Canada. Plus who's cutting onions it's been

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Speaker 1: a while, and consider us California Dreaming.

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Speaker 2: It's all coming up right after this welcome back. Here's

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Speaker 2: what you need to know today, Starting with soccer.

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Speaker 1: Sofia Wilson has made a solid return to the NWSL

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Speaker 1: and the US women's national team after taking time off

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Speaker 1: Wilson found the back of the net and stoppage time

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Speaker 1: it was a counter attack off in Angel City free

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Speaker 2: As Wilson hugged her.

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Speaker 1: was her first since November twenty twenty four, when her

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Speaker 1: Also on Sunday night, Utah Royals FC traveled to Washington

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Speaker 1: The first goal came in the very first minute from

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Speaker 1: captain Paige Cronin, who was making her first start of

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Speaker 1: The victory marked the largest away winning club history and

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Speaker 1: Into the top three of the league standings for the

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Speaker 1: first time since twenty nineteen. As for Seattle, the loss

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Speaker 1: Fishlock announced she'll retire at the end of this season.

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Speaker 1: We'll keep you updated on our status more soccer. Gotham

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Speaker 1: FC is partnering with New York City mayors or on

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Speaker 1: Media video on Sunday, Mayor Mom Donnie don dea Gotham

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Speaker 1: The tickets reportedly sold out in less than an hour,

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Wings media day Monday, Paige Becker's used the

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Speaker 1: newly drafted Wings player and former Yukon teammate Asyfud. The

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Speaker 1: of think pieces and podcast chats, as the two publicly

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Speaker 1: in a romantic way in quite some time. During her

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Speaker 1: introductory press or, Fud was actually asked if they're still

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Speaker 2: While on Monday, Becker's took the mic to share a

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Speaker 3: Quite frankly, I believe Me Aisy's personal relationship is nobody's

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Speaker 3: Me and Asy have always been the most professional. We've

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Speaker 1: Becker's added that she only plans on addressing this once

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Speaker 1: full video of Becker's in the show notes. Speaking of

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Speaker 1: the Wings, with opening night in the WNBA approaching, some

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Speaker 1: fan favorites are already seeing their time in training camp

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Speaker 1: popular college players new draftees Texas standout Kylo Olday Baker,

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Speaker 1: waved former Maryland standout Chiant Sellers, who was drafted but

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Speaker 1: As these new, very different lineups come together after a

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Speaker 1: wild free agency period, one player we still haven't seen

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Speaker 1: Natasha Cloud, who was with the New York Liberty last season.

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Speaker 1: Now we've brought this up a couple times on the show,

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Speaker 1: but the veteran guard remains unsigned. With less than two

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Speaker 1: of the Show Annie Costable, who's now in her new

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Speaker 1: Cloud has been quote unquote blackballed due to her activism.

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Speaker 1: Per Constable's reporting, multiple teams have expressed interest in the

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Speaker 1: As for rejoining the Liberty Team, GM, Jonathan Cole, who

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Speaker 1: As for Cloud herself, she took to the social media

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Speaker 1: yet to speak. That's intentional and my power. I've just worked,

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Speaker 2: Right year after year after year. Eleven.

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Speaker 1: To be exact, I know who I am, I know

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Speaker 1: To water polo, The University of Southern California is the

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Speaker 1: Sunday ten to nine. The wind marks the USC Trojans

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Speaker 1: The Bears were chasing their first ever national title, and

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Speaker 1: for one in NCAA women's water polo National Championship makes sense.

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Speaker 1: to check player Linda Noskova. The stunning upset was Noskova's

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Speaker 1: expected to lose her world number three ranking to Egos Fiontec. Meantime,

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Speaker 2: We got to take a break.

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Speaker 1: She's the president of the Northern Super League, Canada's first

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Speaker 1: senior roles at spots including CFL, Woodbine Entertainment and most

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Speaker 1: a University of Manitoba Faculty of Law graduate mom of two,

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Speaker 4: Hey, how are you? Thank you for having me?

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Speaker 2: Well, thanks for coming on the show. So exciting.

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Speaker 1: Season two of the NFL just got underway this past weekend.

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Speaker 1: We're going to get into all the excitement around a

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Speaker 5: Startup, through and through, started by former national team player

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Speaker 5: But the great news was it was a fantastic season.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I've had that like my entire life.

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Speaker 1: Well that's so fun then, so you get to go

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Speaker 2: Just to build on that.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I want to talk about that later because I

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Speaker 4: Was just it was a no brainer.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Christina, what did you see in terms of fan

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Speaker 1: You know, dB, when you look at the role of

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Speaker 7: you know, it just shows how important it is. To

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Speaker 7: continue that inspiration for the future generations. And I think

442
00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,520
Speaker 7: the importance of just being ourselves and really connecting to

443
00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,360
Speaker 7: the people that you know, have helped make this league possible.

444
00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:43,080
Speaker 7: Soccer wouldn't be anything without the fans, and we're really

445
00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:47,320
Speaker 7: grateful that they're showing up. And to continue that connection

446
00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,840
Speaker 7: to our fan base and set it up for future generations.

447
00:20:50,880 --> 00:20:53,879
Speaker 7: For Ottawa Rapid to be a historical club as the

448
00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:57,160
Speaker 7: years go on, and to continue building that fan base

449
00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:58,480
Speaker 7: is really important for the club.

450
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Speaker 4: I think in.

451
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Speaker 7: Terms of just being really proud of, you know, wearing

452
00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:05,920
Speaker 7: the Autawa Rapid jersey and being a person that represents

453
00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,960
Speaker 7: the Northern Super League is something that we don't take

454
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Speaker 7: for granted and we all have that mindset and the team.

455
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, it's amazing to think about.

456
00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,240
Speaker 1: You get to be the childhood memories for some kids

457
00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:18,360
Speaker 1: who grow up later and say, oh, I've been going

458
00:21:18,359 --> 00:21:20,560
Speaker 1: to Rapid games my whole life. Now I'm going to

459
00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,600
Speaker 1: take my kid and teach them about how long I've

460
00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,480
Speaker 1: been going. And the memories a lot of us have

461
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Speaker 1: for men's pro leagues that now exist for younger people

462
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Speaker 1: with women's leagues.

463
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Speaker 2: It's so cool you know, Christina.

464
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Speaker 1: When I hosted the first DESPNW summit in Toronto back

465
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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three, Canada was quite behind when it

466
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Speaker 1: came to women's pro sports. But in a very short time,

467
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,879
Speaker 1: the country now has several PWHL teams. The first WNBA

468
00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,199
Speaker 1: team tips off in two weeks, and of course the

469
00:21:44,280 --> 00:21:47,240
Speaker 1: NSL is now in its second year. The US had

470
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Speaker 1: a major head start, and yet the last few years

471
00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,120
Speaker 1: have still felt like a rocket ship down here. How

472
00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:55,600
Speaker 1: has the women's sports boom felt up there?

473
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Speaker 6: It's incredible.

474
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Speaker 5: Four years ago, five years ago, there was nothing, and

475
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,000
Speaker 5: you know, a lot of our league staff, you know,

476
00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:05,800
Speaker 5: we were all working for pro men's teams or leagues

477
00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:09,919
Speaker 5: and watching the starts of things kind of come together.

478
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Speaker 5: And then I think for me, the turning point in

479
00:22:14,040 --> 00:22:19,000
Speaker 5: Canada was the p WHL draft. And again, those who

480
00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:23,080
Speaker 5: are close to them, and we're all very close uppere

481
00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:26,800
Speaker 5: in Canada. It's a really tight knit community in a way.

482
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Speaker 5: Not surprised, but when you saw that come to life

483
00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:33,960
Speaker 5: and you saw the engagement, that was the thing that

484
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,480
Speaker 5: propelled the business really quickly. And yes, you know, the

485
00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:41,920
Speaker 5: knock on effect of Angel Rees and Caitlin Clark and everything.

486
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Speaker 6: That some people will say was the fuel that let.

487
00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,639
Speaker 5: The whole engine that played up here as well, But

488
00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:50,760
Speaker 5: it was that p WHL draft that did it. And

489
00:22:50,840 --> 00:22:54,080
Speaker 5: so as soon as they came out, we knew that

490
00:22:54,160 --> 00:22:57,679
Speaker 5: we had to make this happen quickly and more than

491
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Speaker 5: ride a wave because we don't want to speak in

492
00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,840
Speaker 5: those terms anymore, but be a part of this movement

493
00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:06,520
Speaker 5: and really recognize that, you know, this is it.

494
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:09,680
Speaker 6: We're we're not going back. And so yeah, it has

495
00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,880
Speaker 6: felt like that. That being said, I also don't.

496
00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,240
Speaker 5: Want us to get complacent because this is really hard

497
00:23:17,359 --> 00:23:21,400
Speaker 5: and all of us have significant challenges ahead to make

498
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:26,120
Speaker 5: the commercial model keep up with our fans, like we'll

499
00:23:26,160 --> 00:23:29,359
Speaker 5: do our job and make the product great, you know,

500
00:23:29,400 --> 00:23:31,520
Speaker 5: along with players like dB.

501
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,120
Speaker 6: And the fans are going to come. But we still

502
00:23:34,160 --> 00:23:34,959
Speaker 6: need investors.

503
00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,080
Speaker 5: We still need broadcasters who are going to be you know,

504
00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 5: thinking about their media rights ecosystem. And the men's leagues

505
00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,040
Speaker 5: have had one hundred years set start on us, but

506
00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,960
Speaker 5: their media rights fee keeps going up and up and up.

507
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,760
Speaker 6: You know, something's got to give and change. And same

508
00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:52,719
Speaker 6: thing with sponsors.

509
00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:56,240
Speaker 5: I think there's still some sitting on the sidelines waiting

510
00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:00,760
Speaker 5: to see where this goes and not fundamentally reevaluate their

511
00:24:00,800 --> 00:24:03,920
Speaker 5: portfolios right now. And it's and it's hard because it's

512
00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,440
Speaker 5: still going to take time for those metrics to catch

513
00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,400
Speaker 5: up on women's sports.

514
00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:10,760
Speaker 6: But so it's happening.

515
00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:14,040
Speaker 5: It's exciting, but we can't take our foot off the

516
00:24:14,119 --> 00:24:17,200
Speaker 5: gas and we can't pretend like we're done here.

517
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Speaker 1: Completely agree, you know, dB, your play in the NFL,

518
00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:23,159
Speaker 1: as we talked about, is a big part of you

519
00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,960
Speaker 1: getting the call up to the first national team beyond

520
00:24:26,320 --> 00:24:29,159
Speaker 1: helping change the face of women's sports in Canada. That's

521
00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:32,480
Speaker 1: something Diana Matthison talked about in founding the NFL, not

522
00:24:32,720 --> 00:24:36,040
Speaker 1: just that she was creating a space for folks to play,

523
00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:38,879
Speaker 1: but also for them to be seen and play outside

524
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Speaker 1: of Canada to make the Team Canada team stronger and better.

525
00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:43,680
Speaker 2: You had dual citizenship.

526
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Speaker 1: How did you decide to play for Team Canada and

527
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Speaker 1: then tell us what that call up meant?

528
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Speaker 7: I mean, I've wanted to play for Team Canada ever

529
00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,600
Speaker 7: since I was young. I vocalized that I was in

530
00:24:54,840 --> 00:24:57,480
Speaker 7: kind of talks with the youth Canadian national team a

531
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Speaker 7: little bit, but never got like an official call in

532
00:25:00,960 --> 00:25:03,000
Speaker 7: and you know, as I said, like I was born

533
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,240
Speaker 7: and raised California, but you know I would I'd be

534
00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,639
Speaker 7: representing like my friends and maybe like where I went

535
00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:12,000
Speaker 7: to school and where I was raised, but everything else

536
00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:15,680
Speaker 7: is Canadian. My blood's Canadian, how I was raised is Canadian.

537
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:20,119
Speaker 7: My whole family is Canadian. So I would be representing

538
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,879
Speaker 7: my family, my roots, my blood. So it was a

539
00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:26,639
Speaker 7: no brainer for me. And to have the NFL as

540
00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:29,040
Speaker 7: an opportunity to come and then play in front of

541
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Speaker 7: Canadians and my family and then to get maybe that

542
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,639
Speaker 7: extra eyes on me for the Canadian national team was

543
00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,359
Speaker 7: a big reason why I came to the NSL. And

544
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Speaker 7: like I said, it was a big risk for me

545
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:44,520
Speaker 7: in my stage in my career, twenty seven years old,

546
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:48,600
Speaker 7: and to make that jump was big, especially while I

547
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,159
Speaker 7: was playing in Europe, and you know, I had thoughts

548
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:52,800
Speaker 7: of staying in Europe, but I was like, you know

549
00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,760
Speaker 7: what this feels right in my gut. This could be

550
00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:58,119
Speaker 7: my chance to be in front of my family and

551
00:25:58,160 --> 00:26:01,480
Speaker 7: also for Casey Stony to see me play more. And

552
00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,160
Speaker 7: that risk came high toward and and yeah paid off

553
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 7: and it was the best risk I've ever taken in

554
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:08,480
Speaker 7: my life.

555
00:26:08,520 --> 00:26:10,800
Speaker 4: And I'm so grateful and.

556
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:13,600
Speaker 7: So happy that i made that decision because it was

557
00:26:14,040 --> 00:26:16,959
Speaker 7: it was a lot to go all in on it,

558
00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:19,560
Speaker 7: and and I'm really happy that I made that decision

559
00:26:19,560 --> 00:26:20,000
Speaker 7: to come.

560
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Speaker 6: Here and to build on that.

561
00:26:21,400 --> 00:26:24,480
Speaker 5: It's it's not only you know, the chance to be seen,

562
00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,640
Speaker 5: it's it's the minutes, right And coach Tony has said

563
00:26:27,680 --> 00:26:28,840
Speaker 5: that time and time again.

564
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,280
Speaker 6: You could possibly, you know.

565
00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 5: Player like dB could sign with a better club, but

566
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:36,399
Speaker 5: if you're not getting those those minutes to improve your

567
00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,399
Speaker 5: game and to get better and to have that live

568
00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:41,240
Speaker 5: match experience.

569
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Speaker 6: It's just not the same.

570
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 5: And there are only certain number of international spots on

571
00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,159
Speaker 5: an NWSL roster, and so those are things that I

572
00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:52,000
Speaker 5: think we look to as a benefit for this league

573
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Speaker 5: to get the chance.

574
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Speaker 2: To have the call up for sure.

575
00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:56,800
Speaker 1: Well, season two just started. Y'all kicked it off with

576
00:26:56,840 --> 00:27:01,440
Speaker 1: a really killer campaign called Built to Thrill that actually

577
00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:03,719
Speaker 1: involves a player, So tell me about it, Christina.

578
00:27:03,960 --> 00:27:06,639
Speaker 6: Yeah, built a thrill our season two campaign.

579
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:11,040
Speaker 5: Sort of late last year, we were approached by Halifax

580
00:27:11,119 --> 00:27:16,320
Speaker 5: Tide player Tiffany Cameron, who said to us, I'm a

581
00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:18,560
Speaker 5: hip hop artist. I'd love to do something with you

582
00:27:18,680 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 5: sometimes and you hear those things and you're kind of like, Okay,

583
00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:22,360
Speaker 5: that's interesting.

584
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,800
Speaker 6: We should we should look at this.

585
00:27:23,920 --> 00:27:27,400
Speaker 5: But then she actually wrote the theme song and all

586
00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:30,080
Speaker 5: of us in the office heard it and said, oh

587
00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,240
Speaker 5: my gosh, I think that's our campaign song.

588
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:33,720
Speaker 2: And so she.

589
00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 5: Went in with a JUNO nominated hip hop artist here

590
00:27:37,680 --> 00:27:40,760
Speaker 5: who helped with the track and recorded the track that

591
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:43,280
Speaker 5: is in all of our brand spots and did a

592
00:27:43,280 --> 00:27:46,439
Speaker 5: full video and gosh, the players are so all of

593
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:48,359
Speaker 5: our players are so great in front of the cameras.

594
00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:50,760
Speaker 5: So we had our media day and put some visuals

595
00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,680
Speaker 5: to it and it's been really really well received.

596
00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:54,159
Speaker 2: Really cool.

597
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:57,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, I love discovering when world class athletes are also

598
00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:00,600
Speaker 1: world class singers. It really doesn't make me feel like

599
00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,399
Speaker 1: no talent loser at all. It definitely does wonders for

600
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:04,960
Speaker 1: the ego.

601
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:08,240
Speaker 6: Well, and have you seen DB's fashion line.

602
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:12,680
Speaker 1: Well, you've brought me to my next question, because dB,

603
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:15,480
Speaker 1: in addition to being the nsl's best player last.

604
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:18,439
Speaker 2: Year, you're also a designer. So how long have you

605
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:19,640
Speaker 2: been interested in fashion?

606
00:28:19,960 --> 00:28:21,320
Speaker 4: Honestly, my whole life.

607
00:28:21,920 --> 00:28:23,440
Speaker 7: I remember when I was young, I would put on

608
00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 7: the most random outfits.

609
00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,600
Speaker 4: I'd wear like a.

610
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,639
Speaker 7: Tinker Bell dress and then wear cowboy boots and just

611
00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,919
Speaker 7: do whatever I wanted. And that came from just getting

612
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:36,000
Speaker 7: that like confidence and just like excitement for my mom

613
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:37,960
Speaker 7: just being like, you got it, that looks good.

614
00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:39,960
Speaker 4: Let's go, like never doubting.

615
00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:41,480
Speaker 7: What I put on, and that just made me feel

616
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:43,720
Speaker 7: really confident in what I was wearing on a daily basis.

617
00:28:43,720 --> 00:28:46,920
Speaker 7: And then my mom's an interior designer and my dad's

618
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:50,720
Speaker 7: also into fashion, and in school, I was loving art

619
00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:54,080
Speaker 7: classes and my I think it was my sophomore year

620
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,760
Speaker 7: of university at the time, it wasn't allowed where I

621
00:28:56,800 --> 00:29:00,480
Speaker 7: could make money outside of soccer, so with n rule,

622
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 7: so I was just painting on my teammates shoes and

623
00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,280
Speaker 7: when they were dirty or run down, and then someone

624
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:08,480
Speaker 7: else on another team saw it, like a basketball player.

625
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:10,200
Speaker 7: One of my friends was like, oh, please paint my

626
00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,959
Speaker 7: basketball shoes, and then I painted his, and then another

627
00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,160
Speaker 7: player wanted something, and it just kind of like spiral

628
00:29:15,200 --> 00:29:18,480
Speaker 7: affected and I was like, whoa, this is actually kicking off,

629
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,840
Speaker 7: like maybe after university I can start making this something,

630
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,320
Speaker 7: and I just kept doing it.

631
00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:23,760
Speaker 4: People wanted custom.

632
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,920
Speaker 7: Apparel, custom designs, and it just kind of blew up,

633
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,520
Speaker 7: and it's a way for me to kind of turn

634
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 7: my brain off from soccer because it's constantly spinning with

635
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:33,400
Speaker 7: the sport.

636
00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:37,320
Speaker 4: So it's been an amazing balance.

637
00:29:36,960 --> 00:29:40,840
Speaker 7: For me to express my creativity in another way and

638
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:44,320
Speaker 7: express myself in another way and have that kind of

639
00:29:44,440 --> 00:29:47,480
Speaker 7: pause on the soccer side of my life and really

640
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,960
Speaker 7: just dive into art and fashion.

641
00:29:50,240 --> 00:29:53,320
Speaker 1: You made some really cool Autawa rapid painted denim jackets,

642
00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:57,080
Speaker 1: but my favorite is the fit with the blue button

643
00:29:57,160 --> 00:30:01,000
Speaker 1: down crop and the jeans that you painted the white jeans.

644
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:03,800
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Oh my god, that's the sickest fit.

645
00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:04,760
Speaker 4: The first look.

646
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:08,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was so think it good things. So the

647
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,920
Speaker 2: name is Bee b ai E, which is your middle name.

648
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:13,920
Speaker 7: So it's my first name. Yeah, I have two parts

649
00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:16,680
Speaker 7: my first name. My parents can decide between calling me delaye.

650
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,560
Speaker 7: Your bay Bay is actually named after George and Bay,

651
00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 7: which our family has a house on and it's French,

652
00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:27,280
Speaker 7: so it's called be ai E. And the eye is

653
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,720
Speaker 7: lowercase because my bay, like it's a play on words

654
00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:33,760
Speaker 7: of before anyone else, and an eye is lowercase to

655
00:30:33,840 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 7: express the individual style is before anyone else. So you

656
00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,160
Speaker 7: wear what you feel true in and what you feel

657
00:30:40,200 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 7: your best in. And I think there's a lot of

658
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:47,160
Speaker 7: pressure in society to wear like what's in or what's cool,

659
00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 7: But I think the real style is just wearing what

660
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,600
Speaker 7: feels cool to you and what you feel like most

661
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:54,760
Speaker 7: confident in. And that's why I do a lot of

662
00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,240
Speaker 7: custom designs, because I like to collaborate with people to

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Speaker 7: kind of feel what they're feeling and make something that

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Speaker 1: So it's all custom right now, right the average person

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Speaker 1: can't go buy anything yet from your designs. No, not yet, Okay,

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Speaker 1: you know, Christina, On a previous show we mentioned the

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Speaker 1: NSL hotline. You had Diana reading off all the games,

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Speaker 1: matchups and channels for the week.

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Speaker 2: So fun have there.

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Speaker 1: Been conversations behind the scenes about brand voice and messaging,

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Speaker 1: because it sure feels like this year you're stepping into

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Speaker 1: a more curated and intentional branding and voice for the league.

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Speaker 5: With the success of our first year, it's allowed our

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Speaker 5: owners and investors to have the confidence to invest more. So,

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Speaker 5: not to put too fine a point on it, but

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Speaker 5: last year we really didn't have a marketing budget. We

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Speaker 5: were going off the tailwinds of this incredible story of

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Speaker 5: the league coming together and you know, folks like you

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Speaker 5: talking about us. This year, we had a little bit

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Speaker 5: of more time and budget to really think this through.

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Speaker 6: But this is Kelly Shouldeye.

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Speaker 5: This was all done in house with some free las.

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Speaker 5: We have an incredibly talented group of creators.

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Speaker 6: At the league.

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Speaker 5: You know, I've worked both on the entertainment side of

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Speaker 5: media and then the sports side, and I think there's

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Speaker 5: still so much fertile ground for sports to have a

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Speaker 5: lot more fun and be more entertainment focused and be

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Speaker 5: much more part of the pop culture.

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Speaker 2: Right the zeitgeist.

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Speaker 1: It feels like it that's very intentional, and it's really

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Speaker 1: smart when brands do that. We've noticed it over here,

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Speaker 1: particularly with something like Unrivaled that again is something out

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Speaker 1: of nothing, but everyone's in instantly because they made it

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Speaker 1: so clear what their perspective was, that they were similar

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Speaker 1: to NSL run by a female athlete.

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Speaker 2: It's been fun to watch the league sort of develop.

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Speaker 1: Anything else new and different for season two that you're

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Speaker 1: excited about or that we should know about.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean, i'd quite everybody to our new YouTube

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Speaker 5: show that is going to be kind of like our

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Speaker 5: version of Manning Cast. The first one is in May

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Speaker 5: coming up, but hosted by Kate McKenna, but also the

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Speaker 5: very flat no personality era cloud Sarcasm, and we're going

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Speaker 5: to have special guests. Maybe we can get you Sarah

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Speaker 5: on We would love to, and it's just going to

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Speaker 5: be watching the match. Signal will still be that they're

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Speaker 5: doing the great play by play, but this is our

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Speaker 5: chance to kind of lean back, have an interactive experience

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Speaker 5: and watch the game through a lens that was built

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Speaker 5: for that platform.

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Speaker 6: So that's something we're really excited about that we'll be

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Speaker 6: launching in the coming weeks.

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Speaker 1: And then a seventh club set to join in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty seven, so expansion already on the brain dB for

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Speaker 1: this season two. Is there any big name athlete or

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Speaker 1: celeb you'd most want to see pitch side at one

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Speaker 1: of your games?

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Speaker 4: Oh that's a great question. I mean we've already had

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Speaker 4: to go of course, Christine Sinclaire pretty big deal.

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Speaker 1: Drake would be sick. I knew you were going to

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Speaker 1: say that. It's the most Canadian answer ever. What about Kendrick?

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Speaker 1: Are your team Drake?

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Speaker 2: Do you have to be?

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Speaker 4: I love Drake?

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Speaker 2: It feels like you'd have to be Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I mean that would be sick, especially like when we play.

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Speaker 7: Away against AFC at BMO, Like if he's just in

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Speaker 7: a box, that'd be sick.

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Speaker 2: Thanks so much for joining us.

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Speaker 1: So excited to chat with you and excited for the

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Speaker 1: second season to be getting underway.

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Speaker 4: Good luck, dB, Thank you, Sarah, Thanks for having me, Thanks.

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Speaker 1: Sarah, Thanks again to Christina and dB for hanging out

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Speaker 1: with us.

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Speaker 2: And don't forget.

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Speaker 1: to take another break when we return. Finally a math

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Speaker 1: class that adds up. Welcome back, Slaces. We love that

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Speaker 1: We'll link to the schedule and that NFL hotline one

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Speaker 1: eight three three NSL live again in today's show notes.

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Speaker 1: Also check out DB's custom clothing brand, Bay Designs. We'll

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Speaker 1: It's easy watch a college class devoted to w stats,

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Speaker 1: rating one of one math class. I'd actually be excited

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Speaker 1: to attend review. I know, I know I shouldn't feed

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Speaker 1: into the math is hard stereotypes, but y'all.

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Speaker 2: For some people, math is hard. I like the words, but.

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Speaker 1: I might be convinced to give numbers another go if

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Speaker 1: I had the chance to take Communicating Mathematics through Sports Data,

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Speaker 1: a course developed by University of Washington math doctoral student

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Speaker 1: Matti Brown. Shout out to slice leanne a UW alumna

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Speaker 1: herself for alerting us to Mattie's class and Matty's TikTok

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Speaker 1: and insta, which are full of fun quick videos diving

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Speaker 1: into WNBA statistics. We'll link to a great story about

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Speaker 1: Matty's course, which ended with a field trip to a

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Speaker 1: Seattle Storm game, and also tour TikTok and Instagram in

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Speaker 1: the show notes. Now it's your turn, y'all, Rate and review.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening. See it tomorrow. Good game, Christina, good game,

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Speaker 1: dB you how easy it is to slip up between

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Speaker 1: NSL and NWSL, different leagues, very different countries, but I'm

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Speaker 1: still stumbling.

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