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Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we've got

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Speaker 1: It's Monday, March sixteenth, and the bracket has been revealed.

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Speaker 1: Instant takeaways from selection Sunday ahead of the NCAA Women's

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Speaker 1: Basketball Tournament. Also, Big Citrus will recap a weekend of

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Speaker 1: IRL hangs in Boston. All three members of the Good

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Speaker 1: Game team were at Boston Legacy's inaugural home opener, so

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Speaker 1: we'll tell you how Game number one for the new

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Speaker 1: tales from the Lazy nut Tavern drinking basement bruise with

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Speaker 1: a whole bunch of friends of the show. Plus it's

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Speaker 1: time to get mad, another record setting night in Nebraska

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Speaker 1: and red cards, refcams and a royal return. The NWSL

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Speaker 1: Welcome back slices. Happy Monday. Here's what you need to

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Speaker 1: know today. Let's start with college hoops and the reason

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Speaker 1: we all paused the OSCARS broadcast Sunday night. The Women's

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Speaker 1: Basketball Championships Selection Sunday special presented by our friends at

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Speaker 1: Capital one over on ESPN. Now, we'll talk a whole

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Speaker 1: lot more college hoops this week, and specifically attorney bracketology,

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Speaker 1: but just a quick takeaway from each regional. So, Regional

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Speaker 1: number one Fort Worth, Yukon is the number one seed,

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Speaker 1: and watching this bracket get unveiled, I'm thinking we could

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Speaker 1: see number two Vanderbilt and the nation's top score, MIKAELA

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Speaker 1: Blake's meet number six Notre Dame and Hannah Hidalgo. That

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Speaker 1: meet number one Yukon there, and that's former longtime Yukon

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Speaker 1: assistant Shay Ralph facing her old boss Gino Oriama and

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Speaker 1: Regional two Sacramento. Andrea Carter pointed out smartly on ESPN

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Speaker 1: Duke thinks they should be a two seed. They're a

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Speaker 1: Regional three, Fort Worth, number one seed here is Texas,

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Speaker 1: Iowa and TCU the number two and three seeds. Now,

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Speaker 1: to know to pro hoops. Remember how we called that

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Speaker 1: According to the Associated Press, WNBA commission Katy Engelbert said

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Speaker 1: have to get expansion going. We got to get free

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Speaker 1: comes out to soccer, where the NWSL is back and

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Speaker 1: bigger than ever. All sixteen teams, including the league's two

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Speaker 1: matchup between the Portland Thorns and the Washington Spirit. Portland

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Speaker 1: that first touch from Moultrie, specifically saying, quote, never in

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Speaker 1: expansion team Boston Legacy FC fell to Gotham FC one

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Speaker 1: Enjoy it while last Boston, because Denver's coming for you

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Speaker 1: in the show. Also on Saturday, the Casey Current beat

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Speaker 1: The Athletic Staying in Australia could endanger the player's family

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Speaker 1: Games wrapped up on Sunday, but not before friend of

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Speaker 1: the show Oaksana Masters, added another couple of medals to

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Speaker 1: Milan Courtina as the most decorated US Winter at Paralympian

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Speaker 1: most decorated Paralympian of all time. American swimmer Trisha Zorn

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Speaker 1: highlights from the final few days of competition include new

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Speaker 1: so excited to welcome you to the Good Game Mix

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Speaker 1: because most of them are very regular listeners, and so

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Speaker 1: after you left, they were all raving about you.

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Speaker 3: Of course, Oh thanks, Yeah, it was great to mean everybody. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: great time.

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Speaker 1: Well, we stayed there a little too late on Friday,

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Speaker 1: but we rallied, got it together to get back there

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Speaker 1: the next morning and hop down a little party bus. Alex,

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Speaker 1: you drove.

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Speaker 5: I drive down.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it wasn't easy enough drive on Saturday morning with

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Speaker 4: no Boston traffic.

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Speaker 1: Nice because you I full disclosure, which I think I

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Speaker 1: mentioned several times this weekend. I don't know where anything

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Speaker 1: is on the East Coast. You don't have to go

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Speaker 1: through Boston to get to Gillette.

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Speaker 4: No, I go like a little loopy loop circle, Like

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Speaker 4: there are two highways that go around Boston, Big Circle

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Speaker 4: and little circle.

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Speaker 5: And I went little circle around Boston.

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Speaker 1: Okay, because the traffic from Boston to Gillett was aggressive

447
00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,960
Speaker 1: and we wouldn't have made it on time except for

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00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:56,040
Speaker 1: our shuttle bus driver drove on the shoulder illegally full

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Speaker 1: of full fifty minutes of the trip, like absolutely zero

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Speaker 1: care for the law, just blowing by two lanes of

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Speaker 1: dead stop traffic for fifty minutes, no breaks, no stops,

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Speaker 1: no concern. And so we had a nice half hour

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Speaker 1: right when we got there to settle ourselves into the

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Speaker 1: suites before the game started and to make sure we

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Speaker 1: knew where we were going. You took the train bank

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Speaker 1: or right? Was it a scene?

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Speaker 3: It was a scene, And I'm so glad I took

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Speaker 3: the train. I had never been to Gillette. I'd never

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Speaker 3: been to any NFL stadium actually, so it was cool

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Speaker 3: to see the whole campus like environment. But yeah, to

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Speaker 3: get there, it was this special train that was time

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Speaker 3: to get you to the stadium well in advance of kickoff,

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Speaker 3: and then it left thirty minutes after the final whistle.

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Speaker 3: And it was so fun because everybody was there in

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Speaker 3: their gear, in their NWSL gear, and I felt like

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Speaker 3: I was on my own version of a party bus,

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Speaker 3: just with the public.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, so Alex, you tailgated with some field hockey friends.

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Speaker 3: Right.

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Speaker 1: We couldn't make it over there because again we got

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Speaker 1: there like thirty minutes before the game started. And we

472
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Speaker 1: were in some random lot for parking passes, and as

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Speaker 1: we started walking to go toward where we thought your

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Speaker 1: lot was, we ran into Susip from espnW and her

475
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Speaker 1: lesbian flag football team. So then of course we ended

476
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Speaker 1: up getting all wrapped up and one of her teammates

477
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Speaker 1: was featured on the JumboTron chugging a beer later, so

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Speaker 1: we felt like, yeah, we felt like we knew a celebrity,

479
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Speaker 1: were like, we know her choo.

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Speaker 3: She crushed it well.

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Speaker 4: Bianca made it over to the parking lot to see me,

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Speaker 4: and I think we also need to disclose that Big

483
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Speaker 4: Citrus was all in the same place, but Big Citrus

484
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Speaker 4: did not get together at any point, which is kind

485
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Speaker 4: of crazy because it still has not happened dating back

486
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Speaker 4: to the beginning of the show in Misha either.

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Speaker 1: Really, the slices are always separate, so honestly, literally, we

488
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Speaker 1: were getting ready to leave the nut Friday night and

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Speaker 1: I realized, oh, I still haven't asked, like what because

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Speaker 1: Maura and Sarah from my crew were organized like tickets,

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Speaker 1: and I was like, oh, you know, are we all

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Speaker 1: set for tickets and shuttle tomorrow? So we ended up

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Speaker 1: in like three separate suites bouncing around and so that's why, Like,

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Speaker 1: by the time we actually got in, the game was

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Speaker 1: about to start, and I was like, I don't want

496
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Speaker 1: to go wandering trying to find the press box and

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Speaker 1: then try to get Bianca to come from wherever she's

498
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Speaker 1: sitting in the stands. And then halftime was new Kids

499
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Speaker 1: on the Block, So sorry, guys, We'll have other times

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00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:16,119
Speaker 1: to hang out. But Jordan was calling so and then

501
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:17,960
Speaker 1: the game ended and it was like we were going

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Speaker 1: to Gotham sweet to like or Carrie from Gotham was

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Speaker 1: coming to chat with us. We were waiting for her,

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Speaker 1: and then we had to leave. So it was like

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Speaker 1: we never got to all be in the same place,

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Speaker 1: even though we were all in the same place.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, but it was fun to be in proximity.

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Speaker 1: Yes, it was fun to.

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Speaker 4: Be in proximity. I felt the vibe. I felt like

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Speaker 4: we were connected even in distance. But the tailgating was

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Speaker 4: super fun. I was very impressed with the tailgate scene

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Speaker 4: for game one of.

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Speaker 5: A franchise, And it was especially funny.

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Speaker 4: Because I basically was part of an impromptu Wellesley Field

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Speaker 4: Hockey a lum tailgate, and none of us had really

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Speaker 4: communicated in advance of the game of like, Hi, I'm

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Speaker 4: going to the Boston Legacy season opener. But when you

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Speaker 4: have game that's not that far from Wellesley, and Wellesley

519
00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,920
Speaker 4: is a very feminist women's sports college, everyone just makes

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Speaker 4: it to the Boston Legacy home opener on their own.

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Speaker 4: So it was really great to connect with me for

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Speaker 4: a bunch of former teammates. Yes, we have an alumni

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Speaker 4: game coming up, but I don't think we need to

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Speaker 4: play in it anymore. We're just gonna go to more

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Speaker 4: legacy games together.

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Speaker 1: That's so fun. By the time we got there, I

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Speaker 1: was kind of glad. I was in a suite. It

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Speaker 1: is usually not my favorite way to watch a game

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Speaker 1: like that because you feel a little bit separate from

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Speaker 1: the action and the fans. But it was cold and windy,

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Speaker 1: and I was happy to be inside.

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Speaker 4: Well, let me tell you where it wasn't windy, the

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Speaker 4: press box, because I ended up going to the game

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Speaker 4: with a press credential. And I got up to the

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Speaker 4: press box and I was wearing my heated vest and

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Speaker 4: I had my handwarmers and my little rainbow headband.

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Speaker 5: And it was indoors.

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Speaker 4: I was like, Wow, it's nice to be an NFL

539
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Speaker 4: reporter apparently because you don't have to sit outside, the

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Speaker 4: weather must be nice. It was weird because I would

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Speaker 4: describe it as sterroll. It was a nice view of

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Speaker 4: the field. You were kind of high up in the corner,

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Speaker 4: but everything was so muffled, and so it was like

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Speaker 4: I didn't feel like I could really engage with the

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Speaker 4: crowd at all or get a good sense of like

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Speaker 4: how they were reacting to things. And so I ended

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Speaker 4: up for the second half going down into the stands

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Speaker 4: and sitting with a friend of mine, which was really nice.

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Speaker 4: And there we were in the thick of it, and

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00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 4: there was a guy like three seats over who was.

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Speaker 5: Yelling shoot, and I was gonna punch him in.

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Speaker 4: The face because I cannot stand when people do that

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Speaker 4: in sports that they know literally nothing about.

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Speaker 5: But yeah, it was it was a really interesting vibe.

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Speaker 4: And I do have to say, though we talked about

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Speaker 4: this a little bit last week, but it is crazy

557
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:50,040
Speaker 4: to think that this was the biggest inaugural home game attendance.

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Speaker 4: Thirty thousand people is incredible, But it was weird.

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Speaker 5: That it wasn't full.

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Speaker 3: Oh you thought so, I.

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Speaker 4: Feel bad saying that I did think it was weird

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Speaker 4: that it wasn't like maybe it was the perspective of

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Speaker 4: like when I was sitting down below, like I felt

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Speaker 4: like I was like looking up at just like empty

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00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:06,080
Speaker 4: seats in a way.

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Speaker 1: Well because you were. But I mean, if it was full,

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Speaker 1: it'd be sixty five thousand people. Yes, I mean that's

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00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:15,080
Speaker 1: the problem with playing in venues that aren't meant for

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Speaker 1: women's soccer. I mean, this is so the Chicago Stars

570
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 1: and Chicago Fire at the MLS team used to share

571
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Speaker 1: a stadium, and a couple of years ago the Chicago

572
00:28:24,840 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 1: Fire broke off and decided to play downtown Chicago, which

573
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Speaker 1: is a better place. But the only place to play

574
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Speaker 1: is Soldier Field, where the Chicago Bears of the NFL play.

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Speaker 1: And if you fill the lower bowl of twenty thousand people,

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Speaker 1: that's a decent number of people for Chicago MLS game.

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Speaker 1: They don't draw a lot the Chicago Fire, but that's

578
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:44,040
Speaker 1: an entire upper bowl that's empty, and it never feels

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Speaker 1: like the energy of a full building. And this is

580
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 1: inevitable here, which is why it's so incredible and impressive

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Speaker 1: that the Denver Summits opener is going to be fifty

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Speaker 1: thousand plus people and going to be an NFL stadium

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Speaker 1: that's almost full. I was really impressed, and I thought

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Speaker 1: the energy was really good for a very half full,

585
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 1: not even half full stadium. But I agree with you, like,

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00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,840
Speaker 1: you're never going to be able to have the feeling of,

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00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,040
Speaker 1: you know, a crazy opener if you're playing in a

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00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:13,360
Speaker 1: stadium that's built for a sport that you're not going

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00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 1: to touch. You're just not going to get sixty five

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Speaker 1: thousand people.

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Speaker 4: And I think also because it's an open roof, like

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Speaker 4: even the sound, I felt like it escaped a little

593
00:29:21,800 --> 00:29:24,400
Speaker 4: bit more easily. So I never had a great like

594
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,840
Speaker 4: auditory experience where I was like, wow, this sounds like

595
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Speaker 4: thirty thousand people. It just it didn't feel that way

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00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:31,000
Speaker 4: too completely agree.

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Speaker 1: And also in the suites, the windows could be closed

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00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,120
Speaker 1: and it was cold and windy, so we would try

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00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,880
Speaker 1: to keep them open. And then literally people's like beers

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00:29:38,880 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 1: and wines were like flying off of the tables onto

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Speaker 1: them because the wind was so strong.

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Speaker 4: Stuff was flying across the field all game, Like I

603
00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:48,320
Speaker 4: just kept seeing like rosters like just blowing across the field.

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00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,520
Speaker 3: Oh, the trash was the twelfth player of the game.

605
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:53,120
Speaker 3: Absolutely exactly trash.

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Speaker 1: At one point it was definitely like an industrial sized

607
00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:57,960
Speaker 1: trash bed that was flying across like it wasn't even

608
00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,440
Speaker 1: just a normal plastic bat. But yeah, so we would,

609
00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:02,840
Speaker 1: but it felt like we weren't even at the game

610
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:05,000
Speaker 1: with the windows closed, so it was hard. That part

611
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,840
Speaker 1: was hard. Also, the new Kids on the Block audio

612
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,280
Speaker 1: was terrible. I don't know what it was like for y'all.

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00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 1: I think maybe we were just in the wrong place

614
00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:14,920
Speaker 1: we were in. We actually left the suite we spent

615
00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:16,400
Speaker 1: most of the time watching it to go to a

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Speaker 1: suite with a better view, and then immediately took that

617
00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:22,560
Speaker 1: suite over, blocked everyone's view, dancing to all of the music,

618
00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:24,200
Speaker 1: and then left and went back to our others. We

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Speaker 1: were like, thanks Sea because we needed to have the

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Speaker 1: best view. But the audio, we could barely even tell

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Speaker 1: what songs they were singing because I think the speakers

622
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:36,560
Speaker 1: were while facing away from us and they were getting garbled.

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Speaker 3: I think you were in the wrong location for the performance,

624
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:44,160
Speaker 3: which to note, people who were in Swedes should also

625
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:45,680
Speaker 3: be able to enjoy the show.

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Speaker 5: But for us down in the stands, justice for the sweet.

627
00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:53,680
Speaker 3: Sitters, somebody think of us one percent, But for the

628
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:55,560
Speaker 3: rest of us who were down in the stands the

629
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:59,880
Speaker 3: lower bowl. I was floored by new kids on the block.

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00:30:59,880 --> 00:31:03,800
Speaker 3: I had no expectations Sarah. I knew that Sarah was

631
00:31:03,840 --> 00:31:07,400
Speaker 3: going to be so excited, and so I was like, Okay,

632
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,960
Speaker 3: let me just see if I can look into some

633
00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,640
Speaker 3: of the Swedes. I don't have obviously any binoculars or

634
00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:15,760
Speaker 3: anything like that, and see if I can spot her.

635
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 3: And I'm looking and I'm like, okay, people are dancing,

636
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:22,000
Speaker 3: but there's no rhythm, there's no you know, that's that's

637
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:25,479
Speaker 3: not Sarah. And I turned my head and I see

638
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 3: a couple of people doing choreographed moves with passion, and

639
00:31:30,360 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 3: I was like, I've seen no. I saw those moves

640
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:35,440
Speaker 3: last night at the Lazy Nut yep. And so I

641
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,720
Speaker 3: took a video. Sa, I cannot believe that in an

642
00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,320
Speaker 3: NFL stadium, I spotted you. I was telling my friends.

643
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:42,920
Speaker 3: I was like, guys, I am sure that's Sarah. They

644
00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,320
Speaker 3: were like, you are no, Like you are not gonna

645
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 3: be able to spot her.

646
00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,960
Speaker 1: That was me. The video was absolutely me and Aaron

647
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:52,440
Speaker 1: and my friend Leah the night before at the Lazy Nut.

648
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 1: Not only do we learn the like swinging like choreography

649
00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:58,480
Speaker 1: to the right stuff. But then we of course already

650
00:31:58,560 --> 00:32:01,840
Speaker 1: knew the handover head to hang and tough, and we

651
00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,800
Speaker 1: at the Lazy Nut. Our friend Mora had made custom

652
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:08,160
Speaker 1: koozies that not only had the Lazy Nut and Boston

653
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:09,960
Speaker 1: legacy on them, but also on the other side had

654
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: new kids on the block dance auditions like Midnight or whatever.

655
00:32:13,000 --> 00:32:14,920
Speaker 1: So we took it upon ourselves to make sure that

656
00:32:14,960 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 1: we were prepared with full choreo. And I have to

657
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:21,000
Speaker 1: say I am clearly biased, but I think the rest

658
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,479
Speaker 1: of the suite appreciated it. I think they the audio

659
00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 1: was so bad that we became the show, right, Yeah,

660
00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 1: you're welcome.

661
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 3: And wasn't that your plan all along?

662
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:30,800
Speaker 1: Isn't it always?

663
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,040
Speaker 4: I think that needs to be a pitch, Like I'm

664
00:32:33,080 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 4: now thinking of Super Bowl halftime shows, like it's hard

665
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:38,800
Speaker 4: to see, like you need to have an in sweet

666
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:40,720
Speaker 4: dancer to make the experience come to.

667
00:32:40,760 --> 00:32:41,920
Speaker 3: Line, Alex, that's a good idea.

668
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:43,720
Speaker 1: Give me a tree and I will be the Bad

669
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:47,640
Speaker 1: Bunny foliage inside the suite. For those who don't know,

670
00:32:47,720 --> 00:32:51,120
Speaker 1: the trees and Bad Bunny's performance were people, and they

671
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 1: all like ran off the field when it ended other

672
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,160
Speaker 1: things of note. Elizabeth Banks and Ali Raisman, who are

673
00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,800
Speaker 1: two owners of the team, were there. Sam Muis and

674
00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,479
Speaker 1: Chris Lilly, who are two advisors, were on the field

675
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:05,880
Speaker 1: and did a little welcome. The Lieutenant Governor of Boston

676
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:09,959
Speaker 1: made it March fourteenth, Boston Legacy FC Day in Massachusetts.

677
00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,560
Speaker 1: So there were some cool moments. They brought out little

678
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:15,800
Speaker 1: girls onto the field, which in soccer they call those kids' mascots,

679
00:33:15,800 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 1: which I always hate, but they brought out It's really weird.

680
00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:20,800
Speaker 1: They brought up the little girl at the beginning. So

681
00:33:20,840 --> 00:33:23,200
Speaker 1: there were some moments of sort of pageantry. But to

682
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,520
Speaker 1: Alex's point, and it might have been this week, but

683
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 1: I do feel like those were lost a little bit

684
00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,440
Speaker 1: because of the size of the space and having been

685
00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:34,280
Speaker 1: to like a Valkyrie's inaugural game compared to this, it

686
00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: didn't feel as different and special, And I think part

687
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 1: of that is just one of the issues with soccer

688
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:43,719
Speaker 1: is you get one halftime, and in basketball there are

689
00:33:43,760 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 1: constantly moments where the play stops, and there's timeouts, and

690
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:49,480
Speaker 1: there's quarter breaks, and there's all these moments to do

691
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 1: activations and to speak to your crowd and to bring

692
00:33:51,840 --> 00:33:54,520
Speaker 1: people out and to have you know, moments of history made.

693
00:33:54,600 --> 00:33:57,840
Speaker 1: And that's something I think soccer does need to figure out,

694
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,720
Speaker 1: is how to have a couple more organic things during

695
00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:03,440
Speaker 1: a game that incorporate the crowd and make them feel

696
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:04,560
Speaker 1: like they're part of it. Yeah.

697
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:07,640
Speaker 4: Starting to understand why the World Cup added water breaks

698
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:10,800
Speaker 4: which are actually commercial breaks for every single game this summer.

699
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,319
Speaker 4: Hopefully they have some fan activations then.

700
00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:16,719
Speaker 1: And I know soccer like people will criticize me, but

701
00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 1: I have no problem with one quote unquote water break slash,

702
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:23,440
Speaker 1: heet break slash. We all know what we're doing here.

703
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,880
Speaker 1: Break where you can find a way to get the

704
00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 1: crowd in the game if it's low and scoreless than

705
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 1: anything else. Just a little moment for marketing, get those

706
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 1: sponsor activations going and make that money.

707
00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:38,320
Speaker 3: Well, speaking of the Men's World Cup, very very quickly,

708
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,520
Speaker 3: this is a stadium that will hold games in a

709
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:44,160
Speaker 3: couple months here, and I thought it was really interesting

710
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:46,880
Speaker 3: right when Alex and I we looked at the field,

711
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:50,279
Speaker 3: we thought, why is the grass a different color on

712
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:53,800
Speaker 3: the outskirts of the field as opposed to inside the lines.

713
00:34:54,440 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 3: And it's actually because there is new grass that has

714
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:01,120
Speaker 3: been laid for the upcoming Men's World up and it

715
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:05,839
Speaker 3: was supposed to be installed a while ago. Boston got

716
00:35:05,840 --> 00:35:09,839
Speaker 3: a blizzard and delivery and installation was really delayed. It

717
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 3: even required the New England Revolution the men's team their

718
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,400
Speaker 3: home open air to be postponed. So this was the

719
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 3: first game that was ever played on this new grass

720
00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,479
Speaker 3: and I think it showed. I thought that was really

721
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:26,520
Speaker 3: interesting how the women's team was kind of getting the

722
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:27,839
Speaker 3: short end of the stick.

723
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:33,560
Speaker 1: Interesting or predictable. Often they are like the let's incubate

724
00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:37,800
Speaker 1: some ideas with women before we make these big, fancy,

725
00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:41,480
Speaker 1: well paid men play on this field or deal with

726
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:46,280
Speaker 1: these rules or whatever it is. Ladies, here we go again,

727
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,400
Speaker 1: just gold medalists and yapping. We got to take a

728
00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 1: quick break. But when we come back more on our

729
00:35:50,640 --> 00:36:02,200
Speaker 1: Boston boondoggle, let's talk about the game because the thing

730
00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,880
Speaker 1: that stands out the most to me was how often

731
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:07,920
Speaker 1: it stopped for cards. And I have to admit from

732
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,320
Speaker 1: up in the suite and like chit chatting while watching.

733
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:12,160
Speaker 1: There were a couple of replays where I'm like, oh,

734
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:13,919
Speaker 1: absolutely a card, And then there were a couple where

735
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,520
Speaker 1: I'm like, what was that call? Are they just card

736
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: happy because it's the first game of the season and

737
00:36:18,600 --> 00:36:21,040
Speaker 1: it was a record for the league. A new league

738
00:36:21,080 --> 00:36:24,320
Speaker 1: record of nine yellow cards were issued between these two teams,

739
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:26,640
Speaker 1: it felt like it, and a red card for Bianca

740
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 1: Saint George, who the first three times I said her

741
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:30,360
Speaker 1: name to my friend who explained that she used to

742
00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:32,399
Speaker 1: play for the Color Neutral Stars and was now on

743
00:36:32,400 --> 00:36:34,920
Speaker 1: Boston Legacy, I called her Bianca Saint George, and I

744
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,000
Speaker 1: was like, damn it. Yes, I've never called anyone Bianca before.

745
00:36:38,040 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 1: Her name's Bianca, but Bianca from my job has made

746
00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:45,600
Speaker 1: me start calling everyone. And that's exactly what I said, Alex,

747
00:36:45,640 --> 00:36:48,080
Speaker 1: I go, this is like Alana, Elena, Alana. I hate that.

748
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:51,560
Speaker 1: But yeah, Bianca Saint George, who used to play for

749
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:54,040
Speaker 1: Color Neutral Stars, got a red card in the seventy

750
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:57,040
Speaker 1: seventh minute, and as galpal Sports Leslie Ryder reminded us,

751
00:36:57,080 --> 00:37:00,359
Speaker 1: actually before the game ever began, Bianca Saint George's tied

752
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,120
Speaker 1: for the lead league in fowls last season and this

753
00:37:03,320 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 1: was her fourth red card of her career. So of

754
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:08,279
Speaker 1: all the people on the field, that's who I want

755
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,440
Speaker 1: to put my money down on to do something a

756
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 1: little crazy. But yeah, I did the play was just

757
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:15,440
Speaker 1: disrupted a lot for penalties.

758
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:17,879
Speaker 4: Yeah. My friend Becky, who's a slice and I'm sure

759
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:21,200
Speaker 4: is listening to this on Monday morning, she asked me

760
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,680
Speaker 4: after the game, was that a record for cards? And

761
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 4: I was like, oh, no, I don't think so, so

762
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:28,240
Speaker 4: please that Becky now will know that it's a record.

763
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,239
Speaker 4: But my theory, and I'm curious if you have any

764
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:34,439
Speaker 4: thoughts on this, is it can be really hard mid

765
00:37:34,520 --> 00:37:37,960
Speaker 4: season to start officiating something if you haven't been calling

766
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:41,000
Speaker 4: it all year. And so my thought was like, are

767
00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:44,800
Speaker 4: they trying to like set the stage. You know, guidance

768
00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:47,439
Speaker 4: comes down from on high saying hey, in the league

769
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:49,239
Speaker 4: this year, we really want to be tight on X,

770
00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 4: Y and Z, And this was the officials trying to

771
00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:55,440
Speaker 4: make that clear very possible.

772
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,600
Speaker 1: There were certainly some aggressive plays that were deserving, and

773
00:37:58,640 --> 00:38:00,960
Speaker 1: then there were other times where you know, maybe also

774
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:03,359
Speaker 1: the officials are out of shape too. It's their first

775
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:05,600
Speaker 1: game and they got fooled. They got fooled by a

776
00:38:05,600 --> 00:38:09,440
Speaker 1: couple of dives and a couple my ankle, my head.

777
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:11,200
Speaker 1: I mean someone did get kicked in the face. So

778
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 1: there's that. The game ultimately came down to an Esterai

779
00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:19,080
Speaker 1: Gonzales goal Lily Relcrosted just went slipped right past another

780
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:21,799
Speaker 1: Gotham player, but Estair was in the right place sent

781
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:23,799
Speaker 1: it past Casey Murphy in the fifty fifth minute. The

782
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,359
Speaker 1: best view of the goal was the refcam, so if

783
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,759
Speaker 1: you didn't see that angle, go back and find it.

784
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 1: The refcam also in a game with nine yellows especially

785
00:38:33,840 --> 00:38:37,920
Speaker 1: entertaining because that's nine different opportunities to see someone arguing

786
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 1: right in the ref's face from their angle. I personally

787
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 1: big fan of the refcam, mainly because I would have

788
00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 1: made a name for myself if a refcam had existed

789
00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,359
Speaker 1: in field hockey or basketball, where I got a yellow

790
00:38:51,400 --> 00:38:54,640
Speaker 1: card almost every game senior year, and basketball where I had,

791
00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:58,719
Speaker 1: let's just say, some sharp elbows and never ever thought

792
00:38:58,719 --> 00:39:01,640
Speaker 1: I committed a foul in my entire life. So I

793
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,040
Speaker 1: like seeing the players who look like they're going to

794
00:39:04,080 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 1: fight the ref because that would be me.

795
00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:09,080
Speaker 4: And as someone who gets severe motion sickness, I hate

796
00:39:09,120 --> 00:39:09,680
Speaker 4: the refcamp.

797
00:39:10,480 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 5: It's hard to watch.

798
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,320
Speaker 3: I love the refcam. It's like I'm never going to

799
00:39:14,400 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 3: be on a stage even a third of that size.

800
00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:18,760
Speaker 3: I want to see what it's like from the players

801
00:39:18,800 --> 00:39:21,399
Speaker 3: point the best point of view. Nachelle Brinns was like, oh,

802
00:39:21,480 --> 00:39:24,440
Speaker 3: that refcam did me dirty, Like it's so funny. I

803
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:25,319
Speaker 3: love the point of view.

804
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, it was so good. Well, it was a fun match.

805
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,400
Speaker 1: I was impressed that Boston kept it tight for as

806
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:32,319
Speaker 1: long as they did. A one zero loss to the

807
00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:35,359
Speaker 1: defending champs is nothing to sneeze at in their very

808
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:38,800
Speaker 1: first game. And actually talking to Megan Burke of the NWSLPA,

809
00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,279
Speaker 1: the Boston team was one of their last meetings. So

810
00:39:41,320 --> 00:39:43,959
Speaker 1: the PA and their reps go meet with each team

811
00:39:44,000 --> 00:39:47,200
Speaker 1: in advance of the season, take questions, talk about new rules,

812
00:39:47,280 --> 00:39:48,919
Speaker 1: you know, whatever they need to do with each team

813
00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:51,319
Speaker 1: before the season starts. And they could only squeeze in

814
00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,799
Speaker 1: Boston at the last minute, like two days before this game.

815
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:57,800
Speaker 1: And Meghan said she was amazed at how much chemistry

816
00:39:57,800 --> 00:40:01,239
Speaker 1: this team already had, their energy, their friendship, how well

817
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: they already seemed to be gelled despite just coming together.

818
00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 1: And she was like, I expect this to be a

819
00:40:05,880 --> 00:40:08,480
Speaker 1: really tight game. I'm really impressed already with how Boston

820
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:11,440
Speaker 1: looked as like a cohesive team. And that's frankly what

821
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 1: we saw. So I think it's a it's a win,

822
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:16,000
Speaker 1: even though it was a loss.

823
00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,000
Speaker 3: It makes me really encouraged to see what they're going

824
00:40:18,040 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 3: to do throughout this season. And then this happens every

825
00:40:21,160 --> 00:40:24,240
Speaker 3: time I see Rose Lavelle play. It's been said before,

826
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:27,400
Speaker 3: I'll say it again. The girl can turn on the jets.

827
00:40:27,480 --> 00:40:30,960
Speaker 3: It's like my mind thinks someone's pressing fast forward. When

828
00:40:30,960 --> 00:40:33,000
Speaker 3: she gets the ball and just makes a break, it's like,

829
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 3: what is happening? So impressive. I love watching her play like.

830
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:40,800
Speaker 1: A little ghost of a Victorian doll running away from

831
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:44,800
Speaker 1: another ghost exactly. There were some fun moments, like checking

832
00:40:44,800 --> 00:40:47,560
Speaker 1: out the fans. They were giving away these like promotional

833
00:40:47,960 --> 00:40:50,960
Speaker 1: little rally towels, so everyone got those going, especially during

834
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:53,160
Speaker 1: New Kids on the Block. There was a woman dressed

835
00:40:53,160 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 1: in a pickle costume. I actually have the same pickle costumes,

836
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: so I particularly enjoyed when they put her up on

837
00:40:58,600 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 1: the JumboTron for a while because our site just started

838
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 1: yelling work it, work it, and then girkit, girk it

839
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:06,800
Speaker 1: like girkins. We were like cirkt kirkt cirktkirkt my gosh,

840
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:08,839
Speaker 1: and so there were a couple of people dressed up.

841
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 1: There's a full leprechaun because it was Saint Patrick's Day weekend.

842
00:41:12,360 --> 00:41:14,279
Speaker 4: I think also just because it was Boston. I think

843
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:15,880
Speaker 4: a full leprechaonn would show up anytime.

844
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 1: You know what, That's probably true. There's probably at any

845
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 1: moment any number of Leprechauns running around Boston. But I

846
00:41:21,640 --> 00:41:24,240
Speaker 1: am excited to see how the team continues to find

847
00:41:24,239 --> 00:41:26,879
Speaker 1: and establish its own little like flavor and flare. And

848
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:30,880
Speaker 1: you know, they did play shipping up to Boston in

849
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:32,800
Speaker 1: the middle of the match, which feels very un brand.

850
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 1: But did you guys notice anything else around the stands

851
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,000
Speaker 1: that was like cool or interesting about this new, brand

852
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:38,880
Speaker 1: new fan base.

853
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,439
Speaker 4: I was really impressed by how much gear fans were

854
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:45,920
Speaker 4: already wearing. It was clear that folks had ordered online,

855
00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 4: had gotten deals as part of their season ticket purchases,

856
00:41:49,040 --> 00:41:51,439
Speaker 4: things like that. It felt like people were very much

857
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 4: wearing Boston legacy stuff or also other women's sports stuff

858
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:58,760
Speaker 4: from either the league Boston Fleet.

859
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:00,560
Speaker 1: A lot of Gotham got them too.

860
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:03,279
Speaker 4: I also have to say, I really want to know

861
00:42:03,280 --> 00:42:06,000
Speaker 4: what pantone color Boston's green is. I feel like I

862
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:09,520
Speaker 4: saw it as both an aqua and a fluorescent throughout

863
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 4: the course of the day, so would love a little

864
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:13,719
Speaker 4: bit of clarity or like you know, six digit hex

865
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:14,839
Speaker 4: code or whatever on that.

866
00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:17,719
Speaker 1: I thought it was beautiful. I love that color, and

867
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:19,920
Speaker 1: I think the green and the pink together, especially on

868
00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:23,000
Speaker 1: the big stage like on the LEDs, around the stadium

869
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:25,080
Speaker 1: and everywhere else, it looked banging. Yeah.

870
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 3: I had some harsh words for the Boston Kid the

871
00:42:27,560 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 3: day that the twenty twenty six season kids came out,

872
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:33,080
Speaker 3: and I'm going to eat those because on the field,

873
00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 3: especially with the black stripe down the side, they looked

874
00:42:36,560 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 3: incredible in person. Can't speak for on TV, but in

875
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:40,920
Speaker 3: person on the field loved it.

876
00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:47,239
Speaker 4: I think my one complaint criticism area of improvement is

877
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:50,440
Speaker 4: there were not nearly enough Swans. You know, I want

878
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 4: to see a swan mascot. I want to see a

879
00:42:52,800 --> 00:42:57,440
Speaker 4: giant swan costume. I want to see swan hats. I

880
00:42:57,480 --> 00:42:59,040
Speaker 4: want to see little flushy toys.

881
00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:03,640
Speaker 3: I think you're just so used to the Olympic level

882
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:07,759
Speaker 3: at mascot integration that you're expecting a lot right now

883
00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:08,480
Speaker 3: for the first game.

884
00:43:08,480 --> 00:43:11,200
Speaker 1: Your Tina brand, you're Tina ban, Tina brand and Melo brand.

885
00:43:11,560 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 1: I did see a couple of Swan hats people with

886
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:17,799
Speaker 1: elaborate swans on their heads, and Alex we did tell

887
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:21,480
Speaker 1: the tale of the swan mascot out in England that

888
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:24,160
Speaker 1: got arrested for assaulting another mascot and went on a

889
00:43:24,239 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 1: drunken rampage. So you recall that there is a history

890
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:32,160
Speaker 1: to swan mascots that maybe they're trying to really vet

891
00:43:32,719 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 1: and establish that they've got the right person in the

892
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:37,760
Speaker 1: suit before they unleashed them on the on the public.

893
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:41,279
Speaker 1: I bet you they will have a mascot. I just

894
00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:44,000
Speaker 1: think they're taking their time to make sure they do

895
00:43:44,040 --> 00:43:44,399
Speaker 1: it right.

896
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,960
Speaker 3: I hope that people put to good use a large

897
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:52,680
Speaker 3: swan like inflatable for a pool this summer. I think

898
00:43:52,760 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 3: that could be a great use to shows in Boston

899
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:56,920
Speaker 3: Legacy Pride.

900
00:43:57,080 --> 00:44:00,000
Speaker 4: I was personally hoping for a moment where like, you know,

901
00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:02,319
Speaker 4: a ball goes out of bounds and then somebody throws

902
00:44:02,320 --> 00:44:03,960
Speaker 4: it back in, and then another one gets thrown in

903
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,360
Speaker 4: at the same time because there's a miscommunication.

904
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 5: Be like, oh, there are too many balls on the field.

905
00:44:08,960 --> 00:44:13,560
Speaker 4: Too many balls that there was only ever one ball,

906
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:15,440
Speaker 4: which is exactly the right number of balls, both for

907
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:17,440
Speaker 4: the field and for the lazy nut and for.

908
00:44:17,400 --> 00:44:21,040
Speaker 1: The promotional campaigns you choose for your new team. I

909
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:23,360
Speaker 1: did get a chance to say stop looking at me swan,

910
00:44:23,920 --> 00:44:27,600
Speaker 1: which is a Billy Madison cut, of course, but yeah, there,

911
00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:29,799
Speaker 1: I could always use more swans, So I agree with that.

912
00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 1: Out the Olympics were just invoked, and you, being Tina brained,

913
00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:36,879
Speaker 1: you also had an Olympic slashback when you stuck around

914
00:44:36,920 --> 00:44:38,520
Speaker 1: to do some like press after the game.

915
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,000
Speaker 4: Right, I have to say that there is nothing like

916
00:44:41,040 --> 00:44:44,440
Speaker 4: an NWSL mix zone. And I'm gonna even put the

917
00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:48,880
Speaker 4: birds mix zone in quotes here to make me miss

918
00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,840
Speaker 4: covering the Olympics, because y'all, we should not live in

919
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:54,520
Speaker 4: a world where it is easier to talk to Olympic

920
00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:58,000
Speaker 4: athletes who have just won a medal than it is

921
00:44:58,080 --> 00:45:00,880
Speaker 4: chuck to NWSL players. And I just said, I said,

922
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:03,440
Speaker 4: and it is something I've complained about for a long

923
00:45:03,480 --> 00:45:06,640
Speaker 4: time in the NWSL. But I'll set the stage for you. Basically,

924
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:11,000
Speaker 4: after the game, reporters can go downstairs and you're in

925
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,400
Speaker 4: this kind of hallway and they call it the mix zone.

926
00:45:14,680 --> 00:45:17,440
Speaker 4: And it was just chaotic. It was kind of unclear

927
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:20,720
Speaker 4: like which way players were coming or going from, Unlike

928
00:45:20,760 --> 00:45:24,160
Speaker 4: the Olympics where athletes are literally required to walk through.

929
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 4: In this case, some of them had to kind of

930
00:45:26,160 --> 00:45:28,319
Speaker 4: be escorted, And so it wasn't like you as a

931
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:30,840
Speaker 4: reporter could call out to somebody, like you had to

932
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:33,560
Speaker 4: rely on the press person to go and get somebody

933
00:45:33,600 --> 00:45:37,479
Speaker 4: if you had a request for them. At the same time, also,

934
00:45:37,680 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 4: like your back was kind of facing where some athletes

935
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:43,080
Speaker 4: were walking like it was just a complete chaotic mess.

936
00:45:43,120 --> 00:45:45,400
Speaker 4: And I don't say that to like throw any specific

937
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:49,040
Speaker 4: organization or PR person or anything under the bus. It

938
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 4: is a league wide issue, and I think it comes

939
00:45:52,239 --> 00:45:54,200
Speaker 4: down to like the tradition and culture of the sport

940
00:45:54,239 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 4: and also the expectations. And it is so disappointing to

941
00:45:57,600 --> 00:46:02,240
Speaker 4: me that the NWSL just doesn't have better media access

942
00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:05,560
Speaker 4: for postgame stuff. And I think that there are a

943
00:46:05,560 --> 00:46:08,040
Speaker 4: lot of people that care about making sure that reporters

944
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:10,520
Speaker 4: have access to tell stories, but it shouldn't.

945
00:46:10,120 --> 00:46:10,759
Speaker 5: Be this hard.

946
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:15,480
Speaker 4: It it felt peak and WWSL, and especially after the Olympics,

947
00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 4: it felt really really bad.

948
00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:19,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think it's a microcosm for the larger

949
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:21,640
Speaker 1: issue of the league, which is something I mentioned very

950
00:46:21,640 --> 00:46:24,319
Speaker 1: briefly in my conversation with Jeff Casouf last week is like,

951
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:26,920
Speaker 1: this league has so many stories to be told and

952
00:46:26,960 --> 00:46:29,160
Speaker 1: so many players to be highlighted, and it does not

953
00:46:29,239 --> 00:46:31,080
Speaker 1: do a good job of that. Neither the league nor

954
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:34,640
Speaker 1: the teams themselves do an adequate job for the size

955
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:37,319
Speaker 1: and the investment and the interest that is now there

956
00:46:37,360 --> 00:46:40,600
Speaker 1: for the NWSL. And some of that comes from game

957
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:42,960
Speaker 1: day and some of it comes from otherwise. But I

958
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:45,680
Speaker 1: had a lot of conversations with people who are stakeholders

959
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:47,880
Speaker 1: in the league or otherwise interested in that this weekend,

960
00:46:48,200 --> 00:46:50,960
Speaker 1: and we all agreed that there's so many opportunities to

961
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:53,640
Speaker 1: elevate the people who are playing in a way that

962
00:46:53,680 --> 00:46:56,200
Speaker 1: will bring more fans and keep them coming back and

963
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:58,919
Speaker 1: get them to games, and it's just not being done right.

964
00:46:58,960 --> 00:47:00,799
Speaker 1: And a lot of that is too. Your point right

965
00:47:00,840 --> 00:47:03,200
Speaker 1: after a game like this, when you could take quotes

966
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:05,960
Speaker 1: and interviews and pieces of content and spread them out

967
00:47:05,960 --> 00:47:08,600
Speaker 1: and keep the conversations going about this one day in

968
00:47:08,640 --> 00:47:11,440
Speaker 1: Boston history, and said, people will be limited to whatever

969
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:13,240
Speaker 1: is being put out by the league.

970
00:47:13,320 --> 00:47:14,600
Speaker 5: Shout out to the Boston Globes.

971
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:18,200
Speaker 4: Katie McInerney saw her in Milan at the opening ceremony

972
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 4: for the Olympics s A again at the Boston Legacy game,

973
00:47:21,360 --> 00:47:24,279
Speaker 4: and I asked her so many questions about her experiences

974
00:47:24,280 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 4: in men's sports, because I just I've never been in

975
00:47:26,680 --> 00:47:28,759
Speaker 4: a locker room for an NFL game or an NBA

976
00:47:28,840 --> 00:47:31,319
Speaker 4: game before, and I just wanted to get a sense of, like,

977
00:47:31,640 --> 00:47:32,640
Speaker 4: how does this compare.

978
00:47:32,960 --> 00:47:34,680
Speaker 5: And I think it.

979
00:47:34,719 --> 00:47:40,280
Speaker 4: Is really interesting to see that men's sports are prioritizing

980
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:43,120
Speaker 4: media in a way that women's sports are not. And

981
00:47:43,160 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 4: I think, you know, we hear a lot about the

982
00:47:44,680 --> 00:47:47,760
Speaker 4: locker rooms, and I can understand players not necessarily wanting

983
00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:50,040
Speaker 4: to have locker rooms open to the media. But if

984
00:47:50,040 --> 00:47:51,839
Speaker 4: that's the case, then you need to have a mix zone,

985
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:53,920
Speaker 4: and you need to regulate that mix zone, and you

986
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,560
Speaker 4: need to make sure that athletes are available. The team

987
00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:58,520
Speaker 4: reps that were there yesterday. You know, I ended up

988
00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:00,680
Speaker 4: requesting mitchepurse. We'll get to that in the second and

989
00:48:00,760 --> 00:48:02,080
Speaker 4: like they ended up bringing.

990
00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:02,160
Speaker 1: Her to me.

991
00:48:02,360 --> 00:48:04,960
Speaker 4: It was fine, But sometimes you want to just see

992
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,200
Speaker 4: somebody walk by and be able to read their face,

993
00:48:07,360 --> 00:48:09,719
Speaker 4: see their emotions, see if they're in the mood to talk.

994
00:48:09,840 --> 00:48:12,040
Speaker 4: Maybe another reporter stops them for a second and you

995
00:48:12,120 --> 00:48:15,360
Speaker 4: hear something that that inspires another question. There are so

996
00:48:15,480 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 4: many benefits to having athletes available, and it just always

997
00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:22,720
Speaker 4: feels like, oh, here are these two hand picked athletes,

998
00:48:22,719 --> 00:48:25,359
Speaker 4: and then every reporter is getting the same quotes. Well,

999
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:27,640
Speaker 4: that doesn't lead to more interesting coverage.

1000
00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:29,319
Speaker 1: Yeah, And one of the things I think has to

1001
00:48:29,320 --> 00:48:31,560
Speaker 1: be dealt with with intention is the fact that the

1002
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,680
Speaker 1: media landscape for women's sports is changing. And so while

1003
00:48:34,719 --> 00:48:37,279
Speaker 1: there were some negative responses to the kind of folks

1004
00:48:37,280 --> 00:48:40,640
Speaker 1: who are sometimes getting credentialed for NWSL and WNBA in

1005
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:44,640
Speaker 1: the past, more sycophantic, cheerleader type media, or folks who

1006
00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:47,279
Speaker 1: were covering for a small blog and really didn't have

1007
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:50,320
Speaker 1: the journalistic chops to understand like how the exchanger should

1008
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:52,480
Speaker 1: go or any number of things. There were some really dedicated,

1009
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:56,280
Speaker 1: passionate people not getting paid showing up to cover this stuff,

1010
00:48:56,280 --> 00:48:58,480
Speaker 1: and not all of them were always treating the players

1011
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:02,280
Speaker 1: correctly and or asking questions that were respectful or informed

1012
00:49:02,400 --> 00:49:04,600
Speaker 1: enough for the players. And we are in a new

1013
00:49:04,640 --> 00:49:06,879
Speaker 1: time now. Yes, there still needs to be way more

1014
00:49:06,880 --> 00:49:09,520
Speaker 1: people getting paid to do this work, but there are

1015
00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:12,279
Speaker 1: more outlets who are trying to tell stories and do

1016
00:49:12,360 --> 00:49:15,799
Speaker 1: it the right way, and the league or teams being

1017
00:49:15,840 --> 00:49:18,160
Speaker 1: in the way of that, because they don't set up

1018
00:49:18,160 --> 00:49:21,200
Speaker 1: mix zones correctly and get athletes in a position to

1019
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:23,719
Speaker 1: be answering the questions and doing those interviews. Shouldn't be

1020
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:25,360
Speaker 1: getting in the way of this league growing when it

1021
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:28,239
Speaker 1: comes to content, and I think there you have to

1022
00:49:28,280 --> 00:49:32,840
Speaker 1: be intentional about understanding how to serve your media and

1023
00:49:32,880 --> 00:49:35,120
Speaker 1: your fans in a way that serves your league.

1024
00:49:35,239 --> 00:49:35,560
Speaker 5: Well.

1025
00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:39,680
Speaker 4: It was confusing and chaotic and all around a little

1026
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:42,480
Speaker 4: bit hard to navigate. I did get Mitch Purse, and

1027
00:49:42,640 --> 00:49:45,440
Speaker 4: I wanted to talk to her specifically because ahead of

1028
00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:48,759
Speaker 4: the game I came across a pretty wild statistic. I

1029
00:49:48,760 --> 00:49:51,680
Speaker 4: always love kind of looking at how far things have come,

1030
00:49:51,719 --> 00:49:53,800
Speaker 4: and so I went back to the very last time

1031
00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:56,600
Speaker 4: a Boston women's pro soccer team played in the city.

1032
00:49:57,280 --> 00:49:58,320
Speaker 5: It was the Boston Breakers.

1033
00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:01,560
Speaker 4: Of course, the day was September three, thirtieth, twenty seventeen,

1034
00:50:01,760 --> 00:50:04,919
Speaker 4: and it was a four to three loss to Skyblue FC.

1035
00:50:05,280 --> 00:50:07,799
Speaker 4: So really funny to see that the Boston Breakers last

1036
00:50:07,840 --> 00:50:10,160
Speaker 4: ever game was against the team that is now known

1037
00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:13,600
Speaker 4: as Gotham. That game was held at Jordan Field in

1038
00:50:13,640 --> 00:50:16,799
Speaker 4: Boston in front of about three four hundred and ninety

1039
00:50:16,800 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 4: seven fans, So you know, pretty good glow up for

1040
00:50:20,200 --> 00:50:24,880
Speaker 4: a Saturday's home opener. And the only player that was

1041
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:28,520
Speaker 4: in that game back in twenty seventeen who was on

1042
00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:32,400
Speaker 4: the field on Saturday is Midge Purse. Back in twenty seventeen,

1043
00:50:32,520 --> 00:50:35,240
Speaker 4: it was her rookie season for the Breakers, and actually

1044
00:50:35,360 --> 00:50:37,759
Speaker 4: Rose Level was also on the Breakers that season, but

1045
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:39,799
Speaker 4: I think she had a variety of different injuries that

1046
00:50:39,840 --> 00:50:42,120
Speaker 4: she was dealing with, and so she wasn't playing in

1047
00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:46,560
Speaker 4: that final Breakers game. And so after Saturday's game, I

1048
00:50:46,680 --> 00:50:49,160
Speaker 4: wanted to talk to Midge now on Gotham of course,

1049
00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:52,680
Speaker 4: about if she remembered anything from that game in September

1050
00:50:52,680 --> 00:50:53,600
Speaker 4: of twenty seventeen.

1051
00:50:53,880 --> 00:50:54,680
Speaker 5: So take a listen.

1052
00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:58,200
Speaker 6: If I'm being honest, I cannot remember that game at all.

1053
00:50:58,760 --> 00:50:59,919
Speaker 5: I think you assisted a goal.

1054
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:02,840
Speaker 4: It was a four to three loss for Boston, okay,

1055
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:03,960
Speaker 4: and you got a yellow card.

1056
00:51:04,160 --> 00:51:06,200
Speaker 3: Great sounds like me.

1057
00:51:08,040 --> 00:51:10,000
Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, it's really cool to be back in

1058
00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:12,360
Speaker 6: the market and it was really amazing to see the

1059
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:13,840
Speaker 6: Boston fans show out today.

1060
00:51:14,480 --> 00:51:17,840
Speaker 5: Don't remember that game, but it's a great experience.

1061
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:17,719
Speaker 1: To be here.

1062
00:51:18,080 --> 00:51:20,520
Speaker 4: How different to being in the stadium feel from that

1063
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:23,759
Speaker 4: experience back in twenty seventeen in your rookie year.

1064
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:25,440
Speaker 1: Oh, I mean they're not even comparable.

1065
00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:27,840
Speaker 6: I mean I can't even say I played for the

1066
00:51:27,880 --> 00:51:31,200
Speaker 6: same Boston, which is really amazing, and it's a huge

1067
00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:33,399
Speaker 6: testament to how much the league has grown and how

1068
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:37,600
Speaker 6: much this standard for what we're doing has been rightly

1069
00:51:37,640 --> 00:51:38,240
Speaker 6: so raised.

1070
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:41,000
Speaker 4: I loved hearing Midge's thoughts on that. It's pretty cool.

1071
00:51:41,080 --> 00:51:43,600
Speaker 4: It's obviously not the same Boston team. It's also not

1072
00:51:43,719 --> 00:51:47,120
Speaker 4: the same Gotham Slash sky Blue team either, so pretty

1073
00:51:47,120 --> 00:51:48,840
Speaker 4: cool to see how far both of them have come.

1074
00:51:49,160 --> 00:51:51,160
Speaker 4: Also thought it was pretty cool to see Mitch Person

1075
00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:53,359
Speaker 4: get another yellow card in this game, you know, part

1076
00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:54,000
Speaker 4: of that record.

1077
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:57,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, it seems like legacy being the name of the

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Speaker 1: team that began play on Saturday isn't the only legacy

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Speaker 1: that was carried on. In fact, the legacy of yellow

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Speaker 1: cards being acquired by Boston professional women's soccer teams to

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Speaker 1: the tune of a new record was established on Saturday,

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Speaker 1: which we love to see.

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Speaker 3: It's alive and well, yes it is.

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Speaker 1: Well thanks for your insights. I wish we all could

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Speaker 1: have been hanging together, but in this way we did

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Speaker 1: get to give people a little bit of an idea

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Speaker 1: of what it was like in the suites, in the seats,

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Speaker 1: and in the press box. We will just have to

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Speaker 1: schedule more field trips. So get the check book ready,

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Speaker 1: iHeart all right, we got to take a break. When

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Speaker 1: we come back, we're going to take it back even further.

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Speaker 1: Welcome back Slices. Wanted to give you a quick note

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Speaker 1: about our take it Back segment in Friday Show. You

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Speaker 1: remember we looked at the history of pro women's sports

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Speaker 1: in Boston and Denver ahead of the first games for

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Speaker 1: the Summit and the Legacy. Well, we forgot to mention

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Speaker 1: the Colorado Explosion, the first women's professional basketball franchise in Colorado.

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Speaker 1: The team played in the American Basketball League, the ABL,

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Speaker 1: from ninety six to ninety eight, and they even won

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Speaker 1: the Western Conference title in nineteen ninety seven. Now, the

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Speaker 1: ABL folded midway through the third season. They had a

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Speaker 1: winter schedule that put them in competition with NBA games,

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Speaker 1: and they didn't have the financial and marketing support of

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Speaker 1: the NBA like the competing WNBA did. So even though

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Speaker 1: the ABL folded and the Colorado Explosion is no more,

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Speaker 1: they were still a part of that history in Denver.

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Speaker 1: So thanks to at Amber thirty four owl on Blue

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Speaker 1: Sky for the reminder. We always love that you're listening,

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Speaker 1: but we want you to get in the game every

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Speaker 1: day too, like Amber did. So here's our good game

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Speaker 1: play of the day. Join our shows NCAA tournament bracket challenge.

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Speaker 1: We'll put a link to the group in the show

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Speaker 1: We don't expect perfection, so we're going to give you

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Speaker 1: March twentieth. Now, Alex only believes that people having one

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Speaker 1: bracket of integrity, and so because of her pure stance,

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Speaker 1: of us can all have two chances to win. Also,

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Speaker 1: Unforced Error in Paris, rating one out of one, two

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Speaker 1: many letters review slice. Darla s is traveling in Paris,

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Speaker 1: O La La, and she came across a big Caitlin

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Speaker 1: Clark display at the Nike store on the Shawls LESE

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Speaker 1: CLA rk E. That E stands for erol, like in

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Speaker 1: baseball error. We love Paris, we love the hype for

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Speaker 1: our team USA Star, but the folks who made that

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Speaker 1: poster are what the French call lais en competent. Like

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Speaker 1: Darla said, it manages to somehow be a good game

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Speaker 1: and fu all at once. So to get some revenge,

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Speaker 1: I suggest we hit him where it hurts. Fashion Louise Viton,

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Speaker 1: it is now it's your turn. Y'all rate and review,

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Speaker 1: woman on that supposedly mixed gender team. Good Game with

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