WEBVTT - Super, Super Unhinged with Sydney Leroux & Ali Riley 0:00:01.240 --> 0:00:03.400 Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we can't 0:00:03.440 --> 0:00:05.800 believe it's freaking September already. 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:08.119 God, and since. 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:10.080 We're pissed about the summer coming to a close, we're 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:13.760 taking the day off. Just picture us sitting by the pool, 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:17.960 drinking a marg watching the Paralympics on a propped up phone. 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:21.640 It's the dream. But don't you think for one second 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:25.520 that I'd leave my little slices episode lifts, and today's 0:00:25.920 --> 0:00:28.720 is a good one, a real good one. We have 0:00:28.840 --> 0:00:31.800 a very special group chat with Angel City FC players 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:35.760 Sidney LaRue and Ali Riley. We survived a flat tire, 0:00:36.159 --> 0:00:39.839 a phone overheating, Sid almost dying from heat stroke. We 0:00:39.920 --> 0:00:43.000 got through it all to bring you amazing conversation about 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:46.960 their show BFFR, you know, Becking for Real, And we 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:49.920 talked about a bunch of Angel City stuff the first 0:00:49.920 --> 0:00:52.440 time they met each other. Just so much good stuff 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:54.480 in this So we're gonna jump straight into that and 0:00:54.520 --> 0:00:56.200 we'll get you caught up on all of the weekend's 0:00:56.240 --> 0:00:59.000 big headlines tomorrow, so stick around. Sid and Ali coming 0:00:59.080 --> 0:01:05.000 up right after this, It's time for an extra special 0:01:05.040 --> 0:01:07.000 group chat where we take the tea from the text 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.479 and put it on the airwaves. Joining us now. She's 0:01:09.520 --> 0:01:11.560 a forward for Angel City FC and a World Cup 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:14.440 winner and Olympic gold medalist. She was born in Canada, 0:01:14.440 --> 0:01:16.120 a but she chose to play for the Red, White 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:18.120 and Blue. As a kid, she was a track star 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:20.480 and the first girl to play baseball with the British 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:25.120 Columbia Provincial Little League champion Wally All Stars Wallie Whaley. 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:28.600 She's a former Bruin Wally. She's a former Bruin, a 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:31.640 mother to the two Keyutus kids, and just a simple 0:01:31.720 --> 0:01:34.520 gal who's not dating her teammate Merrett Matthias no matter 0:01:34.560 --> 0:01:36.560 how much the Internet wants it to be. So it's 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:37.920 Sidney LaRue, what's up? Said? 0:01:38.880 --> 0:01:43.000 Hello? Hi, thank you for having me? And al of course. 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:45.559 Yes joining her. A defender and captain for Angel City 0:01:45.640 --> 0:01:47.720 FC and the captain of the Football Ferns, the New 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:51.160 Zealand national soccer team. She's a former Stanford Cardinal. She's 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:53.760 played for professional clubs in the US suite, in England 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:56.400 and Germany. She's a media superstar, the author of a 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.280 plant based cookbook, and she earned my forever respect when 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:01.560 she painted her name the colors of the rainbow flag 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:03.520 and trans flag for last year's World Cup and gave 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:06.320 a big old middle finger to FIFA for not allowing 0:02:06.320 --> 0:02:10.360 captains to wear one love armbands. It's Ali Riley, what's up? 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:10.680 Ali? 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:11.760 Hi? 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:14.840 I'm so glad we could make this happen, and thank 0:02:14.880 --> 0:02:16.880 you for the epic introduction. 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.960 So exciting to have you both on. I am literally 0:02:21.200 --> 0:02:24.360 obsessed with your show and I have to start there 0:02:24.440 --> 0:02:28.120 because if someone were to make you describe begin for 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:31.160 real b FFR to someone who has not yet seen 0:02:31.200 --> 0:02:33.919 it in five words only, Ali, what does it go? 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:37.200 It is super super unhinged. 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:39.720 What about you? Sid? 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:47.440 Chaotic funny? Also, like we talked about real stuff too. 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:50.600 I know that that's not five words, but yeah, chaotic 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:56.360 funny to be Yeah, I think unhinged would probably be 0:02:56.440 --> 0:02:57.119 our number one. 0:02:57.240 --> 0:02:59.919 Yeah, that's my word for the year. Unhinged. I've used 0:02:59.919 --> 0:03:01.639 to more this year than any other and I think 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:05.400 that applies. Whose idea was BFFR. 0:03:05.080 --> 0:03:10.320 Ali, Allie? Yes it was, And I like all of 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:11.480 the BFFR work. 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:12.840 All is Alie. 0:03:13.040 --> 0:03:16.200 She is like amazing at what she does and I 0:03:16.240 --> 0:03:19.120 don't even know, like how to set up my phone 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:22.839 for all the things, and she knows everything, So yes, 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:24.760 it was her her idea. 0:03:25.320 --> 0:03:30.240 Okay, well, I will say that Sid did the or 0:03:30.400 --> 0:03:33.320 she performed as usher for. 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:36.400 Me for our video when it was raining in pre season, 0:03:36.480 --> 0:03:38.040 and that was definitely a catalyst. 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:41.880 And I knew Sid and I loved doing silly things 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.160 together and we have for a really long time. But 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:48.000 when I really saw her her love for being on camera, 0:03:48.040 --> 0:03:50.920 I thought this could be my in right here, and 0:03:51.000 --> 0:03:53.200 also how much people liked it, so we took it 0:03:53.240 --> 0:03:56.000 on the road. We did another video for Valentine's Day, 0:03:56.800 --> 0:03:59.320 which we actually should probably upload the BFFR. It's very 0:03:59.360 --> 0:04:02.560 on brand. And then from there I just started filming 0:04:02.600 --> 0:04:08.360 content and couldn't. It is nothing without Sid, So it 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:11.960 is just logistically I think I maybe pushed. 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:12.680 For this time. 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.560 Yeah, you're the producer, but you're both very much required 0:04:15.600 --> 0:04:20.000 for the content. And if people haven't seen Sid's usher impression, 0:04:21.360 --> 0:04:25.440 that's an immediate go find. Are you taking submissions for 0:04:25.560 --> 0:04:27.880 videos to use in the open, because we literally just 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:30.479 spend all of our prep time watching them over and 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:33.000 over and my producers and I were dying every single time. 0:04:34.200 --> 0:04:38.240 Yes, please, we're we're getting submissions and I just on 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:41.600 my story, Please send them over. This producer needs ideas, 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:44.039 but Sid sends me hundreds. It's just a matter of 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:47.479 sorting through. We have a really good one for the 0:04:47.480 --> 0:04:53.440 next time. It's so funny. Yeah, two soccer ish sport 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:56.240 related ones and then more just unhinged ones. 0:04:56.279 --> 0:05:00.960 But yeah, send them, send them through, please, Sid. 0:05:00.960 --> 0:05:04.960 You've always been very open, very uncensored, but you're demanding 0:05:05.000 --> 0:05:07.320 that of your teammates in this We've got people wearing 0:05:07.400 --> 0:05:10.680 zip patches, We've got bear butts that are barely covered, 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:14.479 we've got tampon tails. How are your teammates reacting to 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:16.760 how looking real the show is? 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.520 I think they love it. I mean I think they 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:22.320 love it. Al would you say they love it? 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:27.799 It's we tell they're telling us they love it. 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:31.000 Yeah. Yeah, we do have like a lot of fun. 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.200 We have a good group, Like we have an amazing 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:36.400 locker room, and we also have like fun with our videos, 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:38.800 so it becomes like something we all laugh about, which 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:39.400 is funny. 0:05:39.760 --> 0:05:42.200 Yeah. And it's interesting to me to watch the Internet 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:44.679 go from like, oh, we're just learning how to film 0:05:44.720 --> 0:05:47.120 stuff and it has to be really precious to now 0:05:47.160 --> 0:05:49.240 it's like, well, if we're going to film everything, we 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:52.960 need to stop making it so polished, because that's making 0:05:53.000 --> 0:05:55.479 everyone's brains break. Like it's not good for us to 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:59.320 see all the fake, constantly made up, constantly perfect. And 0:05:59.400 --> 0:06:02.400 so now we were just like Zip Patch, telling it 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:04.520 like it is. And that's good. I think that's healthy. 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:05.919 If we're going to film all of our lives, they 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:09.080 should look a little more like our lives. I want 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.360 to go back to when you two first met, Allie, 0:06:11.360 --> 0:06:13.520 what was the first thing you remember or thought about 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:15.160 sid So. 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:17.520 We talk about this and I think one of our 0:06:17.560 --> 0:06:21.080 first episodes, but I just thought she had to be 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:23.960 really mean because she played like she was mean. 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:25.400 She still kind of does. 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:28.080 I'm just happy to not be on the the other 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:32.040 team anymore, but you know, and we were joking about how, 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:34.840 you know, she had all these tattoos and like in college, 0:06:34.960 --> 0:06:36.919 and when we were in college, that was still really like, 0:06:37.000 --> 0:06:42.080 oh my gosh, someone has they're dangerous, you know, And 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:45.400 I think we had such we had that competition. I 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:47.839 was a defender, she was a forward. She was the forward, 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:51.800 you know, and having to run around after her. So 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:55.960 we didn't actually have a like personal interaction until years 0:06:56.040 --> 0:07:00.240 later when Cassius was a baby. And yeah, spent time 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:02.640 to sit and her mom, and I think from there 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.160 I knew that if we ever were on the same team, 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:07.359 we would be we would be really good friends, and 0:07:07.560 --> 0:07:09.320 I wouldn't be as scared of her. 0:07:09.640 --> 0:07:13.360 Best friends for real. Bfr Yeah, my mom still thinks 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:14.080 that's what it means. 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:16.280 We're going to tell her that. 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:19.840 Yeah, that's fine, said what did you first think about Allie? 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:24.200 So it was back to our UCLA stand for days, 0:07:24.880 --> 0:07:27.840 and I was just I remember like she was so fast, 0:07:28.000 --> 0:07:31.440 and like I was like, the long balls aren't really 0:07:31.480 --> 0:07:35.480 going to work with this back line, and then you know, 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:37.880 we didn't really. We just like played against each other. 0:07:37.960 --> 0:07:39.880 So we were like competing against each other, just like 0:07:39.920 --> 0:07:44.040 Ali said. But then, yeah, I had to bring Cassius 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:48.720 on a trip to Sweden, and my mom had Cassius 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:51.920 I think downstairs in our hotel lobby, and then Ali 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:53.840 came in and my mom was like, here you go. 0:07:56.160 --> 0:07:58.280 And then I came downstairs and I'm like, oh, hi, 0:07:58.440 --> 0:07:59.920 I feel like chatted a little. 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:01.480 Bit stranger with my baby. 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:03.840 Yeah, we're gonna be We're gonna be friends. 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:08.720 In that episode where you talked about first meeting each other, 0:08:09.120 --> 0:08:11.760 you both also opened up about not really fitting in 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:18.400 growing up. And I love it when super gorgeous, successful, smart, funny, 0:08:18.480 --> 0:08:22.280 amazing people are honest like that, because I think misfits 0:08:22.280 --> 0:08:24.840 and awkward kids and anyone who doesn't feel like everyone 0:08:24.840 --> 0:08:26.680 around them looks the same need to hear that it 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:30.000 gets better, and need to hear that it like maybe 0:08:30.040 --> 0:08:31.920 helps you in some ways to learn that as a 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:34.840 kid and to grow into something. So said, do you 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:36.800 have a message for anyone who doesn't look like the 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:38.800 rest of their neighborhood or maybe feels like an outsider 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:39.800 for whatever reason. 0:08:40.920 --> 0:08:43.760 That it gets better. It always gets better. 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.600 I feel like when I was younger, I'm like, I 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.160 just don't feel like I belong anywhere because I was 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:53.360 half white, half black. So you're like not really like 0:08:53.520 --> 0:08:55.920 on the other side, and you're not really on that side, 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:58.000 and you're just like in this gray area that like 0:08:58.240 --> 0:08:59.679 is really hard to understand. 0:09:01.000 --> 0:09:02.920 And also, my mom was a single mom. 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:07.480 You know, my entire family was white, and so like 0:09:07.600 --> 0:09:10.680 going to like our Christmases. 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.400 And stuff we have like the photos and then. 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:16.640 There's like little meat and the like white blonde, blue 0:09:16.720 --> 0:09:20.960 eyed family. My mom has brown eyes and brown hair, 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:25.880 but her siblings do, and so yeah, I just think 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:29.920 that stay true to who you are always, and like, 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:33.640 don't try and fit into what you think you're supposed 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:36.160 to be, because you're supposed to be exactly who you are. 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:37.880 Yeah, what about you, Alli? 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.880 I think, Oh, first of all, I have so much 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:45.240 respect for Sid and I look up to her so much, 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:48.000 and part of her being so open and real, which 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:51.240 she has done long before BFFR was anything, long before 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:54.880 we knew each other, I think it shows that it 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:58.160 does get better, but also how much we and and 0:09:58.200 --> 0:10:00.720 definitely someone like Sid with the platform she has, we 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:05.320 are fighting to make those communities more open and more 0:10:05.360 --> 0:10:08.040 scenes so people can feel confident that it will get better. 0:10:08.120 --> 0:10:10.719 And some of us are really lucky, maybe. 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:13.520 Not me and Sid, but you're born in the environment 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:15.080 that you have when you're young, you have the sense 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:18.560 of community, and other times you have to find that 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:20.400 community or that community finds you. 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:22.839 And sometimes, which is kind of what we're trying to 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:23.839 do with our show. 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:28.319 You make your own community with people who, yeah, are 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:33.600 gonna support each other and help the people who who 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:35.760 don't feel like they have a community yet, and just 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:38.200 spread joy and positive energy. 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:39.559 And be open and honest. 0:10:39.640 --> 0:10:43.240 And open minded and also like not push people away 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:46.480 and welcome people in if maybe we don't have the 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:50.400 same the same beliefs, but always, yeah, try to make 0:10:50.440 --> 0:10:53.000 the world a better place. And that's something that I think, 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.160 because of what we've experienced when we are younger are 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:59.440 we're so passionate about doing that now and we want 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:04.360 to hopefully have it society be a place where, especially 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:07.720 in sport and for young women and girls and non 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:10.679 binary youth, that things are better now than they were 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:11.439 when we were grown. 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:13.160 But we know we have to keep pushing. 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.120 Yeah, I mean, I think also differences are embraced way 0:11:16.160 --> 0:11:17.480 more than they used to be. But I still think 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:19.240 it's tough as a kid to be confident about what 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:21.280 makes you different, and then you get older and you're like, oh, 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:23.080 that's actually like the coolest thing about me and the 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:24.800 thing that makes me stand out and is the best. 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:26.640 It's just tough to lean into until you get a 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:29.319 little older. But y'all are doing it well now, and 0:11:29.720 --> 0:11:31.520 I'm sure there's a lot of people looking up to 0:11:31.640 --> 0:11:33.400 and thinking like, Okay, this is going to be good. 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:36.199 It's all going to work out. Sid you're one of 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:39.079 the ogs in the soccer game. You came up as 0:11:39.160 --> 0:11:41.720 many different leagues. We're trying to find footing. You played 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:44.560 for a lot of professional teams. Can you name them 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:45.240 all in order? 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:50.000 Yes? So funny story. 0:11:50.200 --> 0:11:53.880 I was the first round first pick to the Atlanta 0:11:53.920 --> 0:11:55.720 Beat and the WPS. 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:59.000 It folded like a month later, so that was fun. 0:11:59.840 --> 0:12:02.880 I went to Boston. From Boston, I went to Seattle. 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.840 From Seattle, I went on a little short stint to 0:12:06.000 --> 0:12:08.079 Western New York. From Western New York, I went to 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:11.000 Kansas City. From Kansas City, I went to Orlando, and 0:12:11.080 --> 0:12:13.040 from Orlando I came to Angel City. 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.480 Whoa well done? Well done? I had the white Caps 0:12:15.480 --> 0:12:17.360 and Sounders off the top. Did those count? 0:12:17.559 --> 0:12:18.079 Oh wow? 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:19.319 Yeah? 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:22.880 White Caps, Sounders? Yeah you're right, Okay, right, you got me. 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:27.679 You were close though. You did well on the last bit, Ali, 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:31.480 what are your episodes at BFFR was an incredible starting 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:34.800 out drunk and then hungover chat with two of your 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:38.280 New Zealand teammates in Paris. It was such a great 0:12:38.320 --> 0:12:40.640 watch and you guys have such a great chemistry together, 0:12:40.800 --> 0:12:43.360 like playing off of each other. But I'm wondering how 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.520 you're doing post games, how you've processed your nerve injury 0:12:46.559 --> 0:12:48.400 keeping you from playing in the games, and then now 0:12:48.640 --> 0:12:51.200 going on to season ending IR for Angel City as well. 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:56.920 Yeah, well that episode was really funny to do because 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:59.960 so much of the focus has been on Canada. Understand 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:05.360 they suffered the consequences of the the punishments that were 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:08.199 dulled out and having those six points taken away and 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:09.240 the coach and all. 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:12.360 It was very scandalous, but it was so funny to 0:13:12.400 --> 0:13:14.440 me that no one was talking to us. 0:13:14.520 --> 0:13:14.800 First. 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.800 There was the really the downside of we were the 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:20.720 ones who were being spied on, and so there is 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:26.400 a lot of frustration around. Maybe the consequences didn't help 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:30.640 New Zealand because Canada did know the game plan, probably 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:34.840 from watching those two trainings, but nothing we can control. 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:38.800 But also just the experience of having the drone at 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:42.360 the training was so funny and weird, And of course 0:13:42.400 --> 0:13:44.440 it was more funny and lighthearted because we had no 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:46.960 idea that that actually because you're like, ooh, someone's spying 0:13:47.040 --> 0:13:47.400 but like. 0:13:47.480 --> 0:13:48.920 Yeah, you don't actually know that. 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.160 You don't think like it's actually going to be a 0:13:51.160 --> 0:13:54.120 Canadian staff member spying on you. So I just had 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:55.400 to get there and it was the last day I 0:13:55.400 --> 0:13:57.040 was going to see them, and the tournament was over. 0:13:57.120 --> 0:13:59.120 We didn't want to have any more distractions, so I 0:13:59.640 --> 0:14:02.760 sh I took my chance to interview them when we 0:14:02.760 --> 0:14:05.360 were out on the last night and then the next 0:14:05.360 --> 0:14:07.160 morning when we were all going our separate ways. 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:11.920 And I think, to answer your question about where I 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:16.680 am mentally and emotionally, it's been really, really hard. I'm 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:17.839 still so sad. 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.840 Is it makes me sad to not be able to 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:23.680 take part in the rest of the season, to not 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:26.040 know where my future lies with the national team that 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:30.320 I've spent seventeen years dedicating so much of my life too, 0:14:30.800 --> 0:14:34.680 and I'm really proud of that. And yeah, being in 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:37.840 the Angel City environment, it brings me so much joy 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:41.200 being around said you know, she checked in on me 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:43.840 so much, but to actually be around her in person 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:45.000 helps me every morning. 0:14:45.280 --> 0:14:47.960 My teammates are so good to me and they keep 0:14:48.000 --> 0:14:48.400 me going. 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:50.920 But it is only the start of week three of 0:14:51.000 --> 0:14:53.040 doing rehab and it's going to be quite a long road. 0:14:53.120 --> 0:14:56.360 So yeah, I'm gonna need them more and more, I 0:14:56.400 --> 0:15:00.120 think as the time drags on. But I think having 0:15:00.280 --> 0:15:03.560 these side hustles, which on the one hand, we don't 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.000 want to have to have, you know, it shouldn't be 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:10.800 a necessity to supplement our incomes, but to have side 0:15:10.840 --> 0:15:13.240 hustles that bring me so much joy, like this project 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:15.920 and to do something with SID and to be in 0:15:15.960 --> 0:15:19.840 a club that that shares my values and that is 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:22.880 truly home in every sense of the word both, you know, 0:15:23.120 --> 0:15:26.560 because I'm from here, but everything that it's it's given 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.840 to me and allows me to feel valued and to 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:30.800 give back to the communities that are important to me. 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:34.280 So I think, all things considered, or like, I'm as 0:15:34.320 --> 0:15:38.280 good as I possibly could be good when I'm on 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:43.680 season ending injury and have this nerve injury. And I 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:45.560 do think this is something I would tell to all 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:49.760 young players when you have a setback like this, How 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:52.720 can you fill your cup so that you know one 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:54.680 day I won't be playing anymore? And that day might 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:58.480 be soon, hopefully not because of this injury. But I 0:15:58.520 --> 0:16:00.360 feel like I've really put in the work in the 0:16:00.440 --> 0:16:04.040 last ten years five years to be balanced and have 0:16:04.080 --> 0:16:06.280 a full life. And I'm lucky to be here with 0:16:06.320 --> 0:16:09.760 my family and with you know, teammates that feel like 0:16:09.840 --> 0:16:10.640 family as well. 0:16:10.680 --> 0:16:13.400 But I think I am really proud that I have. 0:16:15.120 --> 0:16:18.360 Yeah, honed my skills in other areas and found what 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:22.440 brings me joy beside soccer, which brings me huge joy. 0:16:22.880 --> 0:16:25.520 So that going into this phase, which hopefully won't be 0:16:25.560 --> 0:16:28.920 too long, but you never know, I am at peace 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:29.840 with it. 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:32.800 It's great advice. Have something other than soccer be your 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:36.440 identities so that when it does eventually go away, you 0:16:36.440 --> 0:16:38.560 you know you have other things to turn to. We 0:16:38.600 --> 0:16:40.640 got to pay some bills. More from Sid and Alley 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:47.280 coming up right after this, so Sid, I need to 0:16:47.320 --> 0:16:50.800 hear about some rivalries Doom, because we need some good 0:16:50.880 --> 0:16:54.120 rivalries in women's sports. We need the kind of Packers, Bears, Lakers, 0:16:54.120 --> 0:16:57.560 Celtic stuff that gets people fired up or our favorite word, 0:16:57.800 --> 0:17:01.360 maybe a little unhinged about their team. So how legit 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:04.199 is the Angel City versus Wave rivalry? Like these are 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:07.240 two recently founded teams, they're both in so cal Is 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:09.359 there any like real beef that we can get excited 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:09.840 about there? 0:17:12.760 --> 0:17:15.920 I think like it's a rivalry of course because we're. 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:19.520 In southern California, but we also have a lot of 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:21.639 friends on the team. People have left from there and 0:17:21.720 --> 0:17:24.560 come here and like it's all kind of crazy. 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:27.720 But yeah, I would say that it's a little bit 0:17:27.760 --> 0:17:28.440 of a rivalry. 0:17:28.480 --> 0:17:32.560 We're not at like Lakers Clippers situation, but maybe one day. 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:35.320 I just think, like the I feel the same way 0:17:35.359 --> 0:17:37.000 as a fan of women's sports as I think a 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:38.879 lot of the participants do, which is like, it's very 0:17:38.920 --> 0:17:41.720 hard to hate each other. It's almost like that awful. 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:43.720 I hope both teams have fun, which I hate in 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:45.679 men's sports, but in women's sports, I'm like, but I 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:47.680 do like have friends on both teams, and I do 0:17:47.800 --> 0:17:50.760 like all of them, which makes it which makes it hard. 0:17:51.680 --> 0:17:53.840 I want to talk about the new CBA very exciting. 0:17:54.280 --> 0:17:57.159 A major addition is no trades without player consent, and 0:17:57.240 --> 0:18:00.480 I'm wondering, like said, how important is it for players 0:18:00.480 --> 0:18:03.040 to have agency over where they go and for whom 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:05.040 they play. I mean, we've seen you be very vocal 0:18:05.080 --> 0:18:07.159 in public about certain coaches that you've played for in 0:18:07.200 --> 0:18:09.720 the past, and this is going to let players decide 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:11.679 like whether they're happy somewhere and where they want to be. 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:14.640 Yeah, I think it's really important. 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:17.639 You know, from the beginning of the end of USL 0:18:17.760 --> 0:18:21.600 to now, it's changed drastically and there's still a long 0:18:21.640 --> 0:18:23.639 ways to go, but like we're getting there where like 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:26.800 the players come first, and I think that that's really 0:18:26.840 --> 0:18:31.159 important no matter where you are. Obviously all clubs have 0:18:31.240 --> 0:18:34.000 their own issues, but like we are really trying to 0:18:34.119 --> 0:18:35.520 like protect the players. 0:18:36.480 --> 0:18:40.840 So I think, yeah, it's it's. 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:41.800 Been a long time coming, but there is still more 0:18:41.800 --> 0:18:42.680 work to be done. 0:18:43.240 --> 0:18:44.120 Ali, what do you think. 0:18:45.560 --> 0:18:49.360 Yeah, I was in a situation myself at the end 0:18:49.400 --> 0:18:54.399 of my contract in Orlando where because you are owned 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:57.040 by the league and you can't do anything into one 0:18:57.359 --> 0:18:59.720 contract is up, but once the contract is up, they 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:02.840 still own you, like to not have that free agency. 0:19:02.880 --> 0:19:06.199 This isn't so much about the trading, but it was 0:19:06.200 --> 0:19:08.600 the worst off season I've ever had, well this one. 0:19:08.640 --> 0:19:12.040 Now being injured might trump that, but I had such 0:19:12.160 --> 0:19:15.439 uncertainty full disclosure. I also froze my eggs and I 0:19:15.480 --> 0:19:18.439 was scared to tell anybody because I couldn't train. And 0:19:18.480 --> 0:19:20.919 now it's like Orlando doesn't want me. But how am 0:19:20.960 --> 0:19:22.360 I going to get to a new team if they 0:19:22.440 --> 0:19:25.000 know that I'm doing this and I am not training 0:19:25.000 --> 0:19:29.639 in the off season, wasn't able to say what the 0:19:29.720 --> 0:19:32.520 salary I would want was because everything was like Orlando 0:19:32.600 --> 0:19:34.800 to Angels City, and it ended up being a pretty 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:40.280 big mess. My contract, my current contract had gone out, 0:19:40.400 --> 0:19:45.400 so for January I had no insurance, no salary coming in, 0:19:46.600 --> 0:19:50.080