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

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Speaker 1: on the page. Beckers offseason planned for Real. It's Wednesday,

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Speaker 1: August sixth, and on today's show, we'll be chatting with

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Speaker 1: US women's national team and Kansas City current forward Ali

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Speaker 1: Sentnor about her big trade from the Utah Royals, getting

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Speaker 1: her first national team call up, and how she's always

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Speaker 1: improving her game. Plus, the volleyball landscape becomes slightly less confusing,

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Speaker 1: infuriating takes from the WNBA Peanut Gallery, and one baby

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Speaker 1: after this welcome back slices. Here's what you need to

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Speaker 1: know today in footy news. Per friend at the Show,

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Speaker 1: Jeff cassoof Ali Watt is the first player in the

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Speaker 1: history of the Denver I'm at FC NWSL expansion franchise.

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Speaker 1: Watt was traded to Denver from Orlando, where she helped

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Speaker 1: Last season. She's been loaned back to Orlando for the

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Speaker 1: remainder of this season, but she'll begin play with her

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Speaker 1: new Denver squad in twenty twenty six. Watt is a

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Speaker 1: Colorado Springs native, and Denver general manager Kurt Johnson told

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Speaker 1: the ESPN in May that bringing in players with ties

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Speaker 1: to the centennial state is a priority. The loan agreement

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Speaker 1: gives the Pride seventy five thousand dollars in expansion allocation

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Speaker 1: money and thirty seven five hundred dollars in transfer funds. Okay,

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Speaker 1: we know what you're probably thinking. I've heard of transfer

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Speaker 1: funds and normal allocation money, but what's expansion allocation money. Well,

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Speaker 1: in short, it's money that the expansion sides Denver and

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Speaker 1: normal kind and the expansion kind are actually being phased out,

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Speaker 1: it to volleyball, where some big news broke On Monday,

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Speaker 1: the Pro Volleyball Federation announced that it's merging with Major

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Speaker 1: some background. The Pro Volleyball Federation AKAPVF played its second

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Speaker 1: season in twenty twenty five with eight teams, but back

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Speaker 1: in January, ahead of that second season, it was announced

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Speaker 1: that one of those teams, the Omaha Supernovas, would be

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Speaker 1: leaving come twenty twenty six, in order to join Major

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Speaker 1: League Volleyball aka MLV. MLV planned to launch in twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty six with ten teams, So for the last seven months,

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Speaker 1: there's been a whole lot of confusion about the pro

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Speaker 1: volleyball landscape, given that both the PVF and MLV would

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Speaker 1: but also with Love Pro Volleyball, a totally separate league

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Speaker 1: where nearly all of the best American players have opted

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Speaker 1: in December of twenty twenty four. The PVF and MLV

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Speaker 1: Per Sportico. The PVF raised forty million dollars as part

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Speaker 1: Devas family. Yes, that Devas family, who are also owners

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Speaker 1: updated as news rolls. In more WNBA news, Thursday's trade

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Speaker 1: Caitlin Clark's Civil Rights Not for me earlier with Sean MacLean,

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Speaker 1: And I simply cannot all right, well put meiche down

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Speaker 2: After see this is what we're talking about. There was

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I am in all the information and

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Speaker 5: really isn't that pressing for me, is just having fun

431
00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:10,280
Speaker 5: and really going out there and just loving the game

432
00:22:10,359 --> 00:22:13,320
Speaker 5: and loving to compete on this team that has a

433
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:18,840
Speaker 5: crazy competitive mentality and mindset and really just enjoying it.

434
00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:21,240
Speaker 5: I think that's one of the reasons for this move.

435
00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:24,880
Speaker 5: And to be able to just go out there every

436
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,919
Speaker 5: week and have a good time and play good soccer.

437
00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:30,280
Speaker 5: I think that's really the biggest thing in my mind

438
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:30,760
Speaker 5: right now.

439
00:22:31,320 --> 00:22:33,560
Speaker 1: It's interesting because that's the same answer you gave to

440
00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:36,840
Speaker 1: my question about how you look toward the second half

441
00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,159
Speaker 1: of a season with a struggling Royals team was like,

442
00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,560
Speaker 1: play good soccer, get better, find the joy of being

443
00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,359
Speaker 1: in the moment. So first place or last place, you

444
00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:47,040
Speaker 1: have the same approach to the game, which is really cool.

445
00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:49,960
Speaker 1: Off the field. Number one priority, I'm guessing you'll be

446
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:53,239
Speaker 1: in a hotel for a while. Where's all your stuff? Like,

447
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:56,480
Speaker 1: what's important to you to feel settled in in Casey?

448
00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,400
Speaker 5: Yeah? Well, the girls here have honestly been great making

449
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:01,199
Speaker 5: this feel like home, even though I'm staying in a

450
00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,359
Speaker 5: hotel right now. But I have heard from the Casey

451
00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,000
Speaker 5: fans that my number one thing should be getting some barbecues.

452
00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:08,919
Speaker 4: So maybe I'll do that this week.

453
00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:13,160
Speaker 5: But I think, honestly just getting used to the new schedule,

454
00:23:13,320 --> 00:23:16,600
Speaker 5: new new team. Every team has their you know, little

455
00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:18,879
Speaker 5: quirks and things that they do, so I think just

456
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,080
Speaker 5: learning that. But also, you know, getting my stuff back

457
00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:25,560
Speaker 5: in Utah next weekend driving the car. I think getting

458
00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:27,800
Speaker 5: settled in an apartment will make it feel all real.

459
00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:29,680
Speaker 1: Okay, so do you know what you're supposed to say

460
00:23:29,680 --> 00:23:31,200
Speaker 1: after kc oh?

461
00:23:31,240 --> 00:23:34,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, I have my first Casey baby in practice today.

462
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:38,679
Speaker 1: Baby, Okay, okay, what about pitch side coffee? Do we

463
00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:39,200
Speaker 1: know about that?

464
00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:41,000
Speaker 5: Oh my gosh, I already have two bags.

465
00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:41,639
Speaker 4: I'm ready to go.

466
00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,760
Speaker 5: I actually have a Cofkay, you're fine, yeah, coffee machines

467
00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,159
Speaker 5: in transit, so I just gotta wait. The beans have

468
00:23:49,200 --> 00:23:50,160
Speaker 5: to wait, but I have them.

469
00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:53,800
Speaker 1: The beans have to wait, but time doesn't for you,

470
00:23:53,840 --> 00:23:55,639
Speaker 1: because you are thrown right into the mix with your

471
00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:57,760
Speaker 1: new team. Allie, thank you so much for making some

472
00:23:57,840 --> 00:24:02,320
Speaker 1: time to chat with us. We're so so so excited

473
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:04,720
Speaker 1: to see you in the teal out there with the Current.

474
00:24:04,720 --> 00:24:06,399
Speaker 1: This is going to be so fun to watch. So

475
00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:08,040
Speaker 1: congrats on the move and good luck.

476
00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:09,080
Speaker 5: Thank you.

477
00:24:10,560 --> 00:24:12,200
Speaker 1: All Right, as I mentioned y'all, I first talked to

478
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 1: Ali in the middle of July before her trade to

479
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:16,159
Speaker 1: Kansas City. So here's Ali Part one, when she was

480
00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:19,440
Speaker 1: still with the Royals. I'm so glad you could be here.

481
00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 1: We are talking just as the lengthy NWSL summer hiatus

482
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:26,120
Speaker 1: is about to come to an end, so I want

483
00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,760
Speaker 1: to know how you spent your summer. Not so much

484
00:24:28,840 --> 00:24:29,640
Speaker 1: of a break.

485
00:24:30,240 --> 00:24:35,040
Speaker 5: Yeah, we had camp against schemes against Ireland and Canada,

486
00:24:35,080 --> 00:24:38,359
Speaker 5: and then I thankfully got to go home and spend

487
00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,000
Speaker 5: some family time in Newport, Rhode Island. So it got

488
00:24:41,000 --> 00:24:44,360
Speaker 5: some beach time, some lobster rolls. It was amazing.

489
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:48,240
Speaker 1: You are definitely a foodie. I can tell by your

490
00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,000
Speaker 1: Instagram that you are someone who is going to share

491
00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:53,840
Speaker 1: whatever delicious thing you are naushing on. Is there like

492
00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 1: a go to when you're back home? Is it the lobster?

493
00:24:57,320 --> 00:24:59,399
Speaker 5: Oh? Yeah, I think me and my mom had a

494
00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,560
Speaker 5: rule on that we had to have some type of

495
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:04,960
Speaker 5: like seafood or lobster, like every single day.

496
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,240
Speaker 1: That's awesome. I love that we were both at the

497
00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:11,520
Speaker 1: US Women's national team players ball, which was so much fun.

498
00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:13,639
Speaker 1: Do you like the chance to get glammed up or

499
00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:15,680
Speaker 1: do you feel more comfortable in your uniform?

500
00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:20,040
Speaker 5: I definitely feel more comfortable in ath leisure. But it

501
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,280
Speaker 5: was so fun them styling us. They did such a

502
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,440
Speaker 5: good job getting us all glammed, and it's so fun

503
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:28,399
Speaker 5: to see all my teammates like in super glam because

504
00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:29,639
Speaker 5: we never see each other like that.

505
00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:32,840
Speaker 1: Did you get to do the thing where the stylis

506
00:25:32,840 --> 00:25:36,160
Speaker 1: had like just a rack of dresses for you to pick? Yeah,

507
00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:37,480
Speaker 1: Oh my god, so fun.

508
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,919
Speaker 5: It was the first time I've done that before, and

509
00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,600
Speaker 5: I was kind of starstrug. I didn't even know where

510
00:25:42,640 --> 00:25:44,840
Speaker 5: to start, so I did pick the first dress I

511
00:25:44,880 --> 00:25:49,320
Speaker 5: tried on, but it honestly was so amazing, so they

512
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:50,840
Speaker 5: crushed it on for try.

513
00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, you looked incredible. It is so much fun to

514
00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,639
Speaker 1: see all the players getting all delled up. Struck by

515
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,960
Speaker 1: the Cheetah Girls is sort of the unofficial song of

516
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,240
Speaker 1: the Paris gold medal winning national team, and so we

517
00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,919
Speaker 1: saw a handful of those players get on stage and

518
00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,840
Speaker 1: really throw down for that. What other song would you

519
00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:09,240
Speaker 1: put on knowing that it would get this current national

520
00:26:09,280 --> 00:26:11,280
Speaker 1: team bunch of girlies out on the dance floor.

521
00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:15,159
Speaker 5: Oh my gosh. Well, I am definitely not team DJA.

522
00:26:15,480 --> 00:26:18,879
Speaker 5: I will leave that up Torstal for sure, But I

523
00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:22,760
Speaker 5: honestly just love seeing them in their element and they

524
00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,080
Speaker 5: play that song pretty much every single time in the

525
00:26:25,080 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 5: locker room. So I've I've seen that performance once or twice.

526
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 1: We need a new one. So next time we have

527
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:32,719
Speaker 1: you on, you'll have to tell us like what the

528
00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:36,640
Speaker 1: next song is gonna because you know that's your You're

529
00:26:36,720 --> 00:26:38,600
Speaker 1: part of the crew now, so you get to help

530
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 1: pick what's next and what like the next generation is

531
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:42,680
Speaker 1: going to be getting down to exactly.

532
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:44,680
Speaker 5: Gen Z can come up with a new one for sure.

533
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, no offense as an old I don't trust y'all

534
00:26:47,760 --> 00:26:50,520
Speaker 1: with your music taste, But that's not your fault. It's

535
00:26:50,560 --> 00:26:52,720
Speaker 1: not your fault that you know you happen to be

536
00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,680
Speaker 1: born in this particular era and one day you will

537
00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,440
Speaker 1: see the light and magic that is the nineteen nineties

538
00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,879
Speaker 1: music never gets old. You are now part of this

539
00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,760
Speaker 1: legacy for the US women's national team. Forty years of

540
00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:08,440
Speaker 1: the US women's national team, six hundred wins, so much success.

541
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,399
Speaker 1: It's such an honor to get to put on that

542
00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,920
Speaker 1: kit and play with that team. Tell us about getting

543
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,160
Speaker 1: the call from Ma Hay's last October for your first

544
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:15,919
Speaker 1: senior call up.

545
00:27:16,800 --> 00:27:19,960
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean it is something that literally every single

546
00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:24,520
Speaker 5: young girl dreams of to get that email, to be

547
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:29,160
Speaker 5: invited into camp for the first time. And so I

548
00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:31,600
Speaker 5: was having a pretty oh my gosh, the lights just went.

549
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:36,760
Speaker 1: Up, no worries. Oh my god, it's like motion sense

550
00:27:37,560 --> 00:27:41,040
Speaker 1: talk with your hands, alley talk to emotion sets or lights.

551
00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,399
Speaker 5: Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry. That was scary. Okay,

552
00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:45,480
Speaker 5: it's definitely keeping that in.

553
00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:48,000
Speaker 1: Yeah.

554
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 5: So last October, I was honestly really just enjoying my

555
00:27:51,640 --> 00:27:54,840
Speaker 5: rookie season and taking it all in, soaking it all in.

556
00:27:55,480 --> 00:27:59,240
Speaker 5: And I had been in with the U twenties for

557
00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 5: the World's Cup and had a blast. We won the

558
00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:05,960
Speaker 5: bronze medal, which has been done in a pretty long time,

559
00:28:06,080 --> 00:28:08,600
Speaker 5: so it was a very fun accomplishment and I was

560
00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:12,320
Speaker 5: really just enjoying that and playing and then my coach

561
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,240
Speaker 5: kind of mentioned that I was like in the pool,

562
00:28:14,480 --> 00:28:17,919
Speaker 5: which is an honor in itself, so I was like, honestly,

563
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,680
Speaker 5: that's cool, Like let's go with me. And I was

564
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:25,359
Speaker 5: getting a massage and nobody was at the facility and

565
00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:28,119
Speaker 5: then like my GM like knocks on the door, and

566
00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:30,400
Speaker 5: then like my coach is there as well, and they're

567
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,879
Speaker 5: like check check your email, like did you get an email?

568
00:28:32,880 --> 00:28:36,679
Speaker 5: And I'm like face down, like in the night gradle,

569
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,200
Speaker 5: and I was like, what are you guys talking about.

570
00:28:39,560 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 5: I didn't even know, like if it when it was

571
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,240
Speaker 5: supposed to come out or whatever. And I checked my email,

572
00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:47,160
Speaker 5: I'd just start like immediately crying, and it was just

573
00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 5: one of those surreal moments and they were so happy

574
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:52,680
Speaker 5: and congratulated me, and I called my dad and my

575
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 5: dad started crying, and it was just one of those

576
00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 5: things where my whole support system had brought me to

577
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:01,600
Speaker 5: that moment and it was just gonna. I knew it

578
00:29:01,680 --> 00:29:03,120
Speaker 5: was going to be such a fun trip.

579
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:07,880
Speaker 1: And honestly, it's not that you knew it was inevitable,

580
00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,360
Speaker 1: but clearly you were on a path to getting that call.

581
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 1: But it is so nice to sort of be surprised

582
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:15,320
Speaker 1: by how early it comes as opposed to some players.

583
00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 1: You know, we've seen some players like Lo La Bonta

584
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,240
Speaker 1: who wait such a long time to get that call

585
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:23,400
Speaker 1: and get that first opportunity. So how fun for you

586
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: that you don't even have the nerves. You're just enjoying

587
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:28,240
Speaker 1: playing for the U twenty team and they call you

588
00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 1: up to the senior team. You mentioned that that bronze

589
00:29:30,960 --> 00:29:32,360
Speaker 1: that you won with the U twenty team was the

590
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,320
Speaker 1: first in a while. It's interesting because on the youth level,

591
00:29:34,360 --> 00:29:36,520
Speaker 1: the US women haven't had as much success lately, while

592
00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 1: the senior team is of course always dominating. What does

593
00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:42,480
Speaker 1: that tell you about how the US handles like the

594
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,360
Speaker 1: younger levels of soccer And do you think there needs

595
00:29:45,400 --> 00:29:47,120
Speaker 1: to be a change to the club system that we

596
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:48,000
Speaker 1: see abroad.

597
00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:49,720
Speaker 4: Yeah.

598
00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:54,080
Speaker 5: I think the youth tournaments are always so amazing to

599
00:29:54,160 --> 00:29:57,200
Speaker 5: you know, get that experience, and even I've played some

600
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 5: teams with the full team that I've played with the

601
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 5: youth teams, and it really is so nice because you

602
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 5: have that little bit of background of Okay, this is

603
00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:06,560
Speaker 5: the style they're going to play. Obviously, these players are

604
00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:10,200
Speaker 5: going to be better because they're on their full national team,

605
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:12,320
Speaker 5: but it really gives you a bit of an advantage,

606
00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 5: which is nice. But I think Emma coming in that

607
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:20,320
Speaker 5: she's talked to us many times at camps, really is

608
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 5: just changing the youth landscape, changing the way that the

609
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 5: national teams are run for the better. I think she's

610
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:31,080
Speaker 5: doing everything through her female lens. You've probably heard that,

611
00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 5: which I think is amazing. But even when we watch

612
00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:36,360
Speaker 5: the youth team, she's like, this has to be better,

613
00:30:36,480 --> 00:30:39,240
Speaker 5: Like we have to get our youth teams to be

614
00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:41,720
Speaker 5: competing at the level that our full team is with

615
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,360
Speaker 5: the same style and like winning those trophies at a

616
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,640
Speaker 5: youth level because it is important. So I think she's

617
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 5: putting in the work, she's noticing that, and I think

618
00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,480
Speaker 5: it's going to be really good for the youth teams

619
00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:55,400
Speaker 5: to have someone like her leading them and leading the

620
00:30:55,480 --> 00:30:56,040
Speaker 5: charge for them.

621
00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:59,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, what's it like playing for Emma? What stands out

622
00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 1: about her as a coach manager?

623
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 5: Yeah? I think what's so cool about her is she

624
00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 5: is so knowledgeable. She knows exactly how to get out

625
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,440
Speaker 5: of you, like what she wants to get out of you,

626
00:31:11,520 --> 00:31:14,360
Speaker 5: without you like even knowing, which is really cool. And

627
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 5: but she is really one of like the chillist coaches

628
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:22,800
Speaker 5: I've had off the field. She loves being with the girls, like,

629
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:29,080
Speaker 5: loves a good karaoke moment, loves loves just going to

630
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,160
Speaker 5: other sporting events. So I think she's a really cool person.

631
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:34,840
Speaker 5: But you can tell, like you just respect her so

632
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,200
Speaker 5: much that everything she says you're like, okay, let me

633
00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:38,760
Speaker 5: take that all in, Like that's amazing.

634
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:42,360
Speaker 1: Well, the obvious follow up is what's your karaoke song?

635
00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 1: And what's Emma's?

636
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:46,920
Speaker 5: If I never have to sing karaoke again ever in

637
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:49,680
Speaker 5: my life, Like, I will be completely fine with that.

638
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 5: I will be a okay, were you forced to? No complaints? Yeah,

639
00:31:56,160 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 5: so my first camp, I probably I'm pretty out going,

640
00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:05,440
Speaker 5: but I don't think I really spoke much Like I'm

641
00:32:05,520 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 5: like looking at my idols. We go into a meeting

642
00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:12,280
Speaker 5: about pressure and like playing on the world stage, and

643
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,600
Speaker 5: they have a wheel of names on the on the

644
00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 5: screen and who's the first person that gets picked to

645
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,240
Speaker 5: go up and sing karaoke? Me, I'm like on the

646
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:25,920
Speaker 5: Virgin tiers. No, my face is so red I karaoke

647
00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:29,040
Speaker 5: is not my jam. I these are like all my idols,

648
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,320
Speaker 5: and like I might never come back like, what was

649
00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:37,440
Speaker 5: the song? And thankfully I had two other teammates up

650
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:39,400
Speaker 5: there with me and we had to sing Sweet Caroline.

651
00:32:39,480 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 1: So okay, that's an easy one. It's a belter. You

652
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,640
Speaker 1: don't have to have any chops for that one. Yeah.

653
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:46,720
Speaker 5: Even then, it was not good for me.

654
00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:49,920
Speaker 1: But Emma gets up there willingly and can she sing?

655
00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:53,400
Speaker 5: Oh? Yeah, she she can sing anything.

656
00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:56,560
Speaker 1: I'm picturing her like the Hannah Wattingham character and Ted

657
00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 1: Lasso when they all go out for karaoke and they're

658
00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: all like blown away. Yeah, that's Emma Hayes. All right,

659
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: I need to find some footage to this. Yeah, we

660
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:06,480
Speaker 1: got to take a quick break. We'll be right back.

661
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 1: You mentioned that Emma is someone that you know you

662
00:33:19,080 --> 00:33:21,120
Speaker 1: can go to for any kind of advice. Who are

663
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,880
Speaker 1: your player go tos on the national team, whether it's

664
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 1: about soccer or prepping for major tournaments or handling pressure.

665
00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:28,960
Speaker 1: Who are some of the folks you really look up

666
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 1: to and go feel like you can go ask questions of.

667
00:33:32,000 --> 00:33:36,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think it's been really nice Emma giving opportunity

668
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 5: to a lot of younger players because we have each

669
00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:44,600
Speaker 5: other to go through these first experiences with, to really

670
00:33:44,720 --> 00:33:48,800
Speaker 5: kind of freak out with and calm each other's nerves.

671
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 5: So my go to girl is Claire Hutton. We were

672
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:55,400
Speaker 5: roommates at the U twenty World Cup. We're so similar.

673
00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:59,880
Speaker 5: She's like literally my sister. So it's been so great

674
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:03,960
Speaker 5: have each other at camp. But honestly, all the veterans

675
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 5: have been so amazing. Lynn has been great, like teaching

676
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,319
Speaker 5: me the ropes of being a forward on that team

677
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:13,759
Speaker 5: and making the most of your moment. But most of all,

678
00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:18,000
Speaker 5: I think Lindsay has been such a bright spot in

679
00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 5: coming on to the national team. I feel like everything

680
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:23,520
Speaker 5: she says is exactly what I need her to say

681
00:34:23,520 --> 00:34:26,200
Speaker 5: in that moment. I don't know how she knows, but

682
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,439
Speaker 5: I'm like, dang, can you like talk to me every

683
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,640
Speaker 5: game because I feel like whenever you say something, I'm like,

684
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 5: oh my gosh, that's perfect. So she has really taken

685
00:34:36,040 --> 00:34:39,000
Speaker 5: a lot of the younger players on the team under

686
00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,440
Speaker 5: her wing and really taught us what it is to

687
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 5: be a national team player, but also calmed a lot

688
00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:44,600
Speaker 5: of our nerves.

689
00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:48,320
Speaker 1: Those are some pretty good people to get life lessons

690
00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:52,160
Speaker 1: and footy lessons from Lindsay. Horan Heaps and Lynn, Biandolo

691
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:55,000
Speaker 1: both know how to make the most of their moment.

692
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:58,360
Speaker 1: That's for damn sure. Especially Lynn manages. She must have

693
00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:01,759
Speaker 1: the highest percentage of goals per minutes of any word sure,

694
00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: because when she gets subbed down, it's like an instant,

695
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,799
Speaker 1: instant score, instant offense. What part of your game are

696
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:09,280
Speaker 1: you most focused on improving?

697
00:35:10,600 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think I've talked a lot about with my coaches,

698
00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,719
Speaker 5: improving just my decision making and the final third of

699
00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:18,400
Speaker 5: when to pass, when to shoot went to Drobl. I

700
00:35:18,440 --> 00:35:20,320
Speaker 5: think I have a lot of the tools. It's just

701
00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,800
Speaker 5: really refining those and becoming like the most professional I

702
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:25,400
Speaker 5: can in those decisions.

703
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:29,560
Speaker 1: Nice. You share a hometown with the Mews sisters, one

704
00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 1: of our faves, Sam and Christy Hanson Massachusetts. Safe to

705
00:35:33,640 --> 00:35:37,839
Speaker 1: say you grew up watching them? Oh yeah, and idolizing them.

706
00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:41,680
Speaker 5: Yeah, it was so funny. Sam was at the Player's

707
00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 5: ball too, and we got a little Hanson Massachusetts picture.

708
00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:49,400
Speaker 5: And yeah. She's been such a like idol and mentor

709
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:50,239
Speaker 5: of mine growing up.

710
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:52,440
Speaker 1: She brings it up a lot on her podcast. I

711
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:53,880
Speaker 1: don't know if you listen to the women's game, but

712
00:35:53,960 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 1: when your name comes up, she has to be like

713
00:35:56,520 --> 00:35:59,920
Speaker 1: Hanson Massachusetts. That's literal like She's It's just.

714
00:36:01,800 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 5: I feel like some people really don't realize how small

715
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 5: the town is. So it's like, honestly kind.

716
00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:12,719
Speaker 1: Of wild population ten thousand, Like, yeah, that's small, that's crazy. Yes,

717
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,520
Speaker 1: what other players did you watch growing up and model

718
00:36:15,560 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 1: your game after.

719
00:36:17,480 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, there's so many on the national team. I think

720
00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,080
Speaker 5: Tobin Heath. I talked about her a lot and just

721
00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:27,360
Speaker 5: her creativity unc and she was like one of the

722
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,880
Speaker 5: reasons I decided to go to you and see Anson

723
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:32,960
Speaker 5: would just like talk about her for days, and I

724
00:36:33,080 --> 00:36:36,359
Speaker 5: was like, yeah, I can do that, Like I can

725
00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:38,400
Speaker 5: see myself trying to do that, even though I'll never

726
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,080
Speaker 5: be able to do what she did. Just you know,

727
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 5: it's it's so cool to have those people growing up

728
00:36:44,239 --> 00:36:47,480
Speaker 5: like Ama Ham and a Tobin Heath and Marta. Honestly,

729
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,400
Speaker 5: just watching her play, I think the first time I

730
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:52,520
Speaker 5: played Orlando, I was a little bit starstruck.

731
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:54,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, you also got to grow up with the

732
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:58,319
Speaker 1: Boston Breakers in your area. Massachusetts is about to get

733
00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:01,440
Speaker 1: back into the NWSL game, with Boston Legacy FC set

734
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,320
Speaker 1: to begin play next year, but the state did already

735
00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 1: have an NWSL team, with the Boston Breakers playing in

736
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 1: the NWSL for five seasons and then also in the

737
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:12,520
Speaker 1: WUSA and the WPS before that. Did you get out

738
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:14,080
Speaker 1: to Breakers games as a kid?

739
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 5: Oh? Yeah, I had season tickets.

740
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:17,040
Speaker 1: Amazing.

741
00:37:17,600 --> 00:37:21,400
Speaker 5: Yeah. I remember watching like Roosevel play for the Boston Breakers,

742
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,319
Speaker 5: and I still have like a soccer ball of all

743
00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,919
Speaker 5: of their signatures on it, like my club team would

744
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:27,440
Speaker 5: go all the time.

745
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:29,759
Speaker 1: Is it hard for you to be on a team

746
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 1: with people that I mean, I know you're only twenty one,

747
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 1: so some of these players are going to have been

748
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,880
Speaker 1: playing as you were growing up watching them, But to

749
00:37:37,000 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: literally be on a team with someone that you watched

750
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: when you were a child, how do you keep your cool?

751
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:45,719
Speaker 5: Yeah? I think the first couple of times, I'm a

752
00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:48,360
Speaker 5: little bit like, oh my gosh, like I can't, I

753
00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,879
Speaker 5: can mess up, like I have to like give them

754
00:37:50,920 --> 00:37:54,439
Speaker 5: the perfect pass. But I think, like I said, they've

755
00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:57,319
Speaker 5: done such a good job at really integrating us young

756
00:37:57,400 --> 00:38:00,279
Speaker 5: ins into the group, and like I said, teaching us

757
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,200
Speaker 5: kind of because it takes a bit of time to

758
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:06,239
Speaker 5: get used to that environment and that style of play.

759
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 5: I'm still not like fully used to it, but I

760
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,120
Speaker 5: think they make it so easy to play with them.

761
00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:16,279
Speaker 5: And you know, it's just little things like hey, like

762
00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:19,040
Speaker 5: do this next time, or like if you come underneath,

763
00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 5: like it's going to be easier for me to play you.

764
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:25,319
Speaker 5: So I think like they've really taken that role to heart,

765
00:38:25,480 --> 00:38:28,480
Speaker 5: and so it makes it so you feel like teammates

766
00:38:28,520 --> 00:38:31,920
Speaker 5: and you don't feel like they're these like crazy you

767
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 5: know idols that we used to literally try to stay

768
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,439
Speaker 5: after hours after every game to get pictures with them. Yeah.

769
00:38:37,520 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 1: Do you have some of those photos that always surface

770
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:43,240
Speaker 1: on social where it's like you're eight years old standing

771
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:44,520
Speaker 1: next to one of your now teammates.

772
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:47,359
Speaker 5: Oh, unfortunately do. I actually showed Rose one of them

773
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,360
Speaker 5: last camp. I was like, this can't go anywhere.

774
00:38:49,600 --> 00:38:52,040
Speaker 1: No, we need these on the socials. Please please load

775
00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:53,839
Speaker 1: them up, give us a good one sometime soon.

776
00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:54,480
Speaker 5: Yeah.

777
00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I feel like one benefit to Emma

778
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,040
Speaker 1: Hayes bringing on so many new faces and letting so

779
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,800
Speaker 1: many young players get to be a part of the

780
00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:07,200
Speaker 1: team is that there's communication that might not exist amongst veterans.

781
00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 1: Right they're so used to playing together they might even

782
00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:13,239
Speaker 1: get into routines and rhythms, Whereas you've got a bunch

783
00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 1: of newbies that you're trying to figure out how to integrate,

784
00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:18,200
Speaker 1: and it probably forces them to communicate even with each

785
00:39:18,239 --> 00:39:19,920
Speaker 1: other more than they did before. So I think it's

786
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:24,799
Speaker 1: so smart for Emma and the rest of the team

787
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,560
Speaker 1: to do that. All right, let's talk NWSL. I said

788
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:28,800
Speaker 1: at the beginning of the show that you were the

789
00:39:28,880 --> 00:39:30,759
Speaker 1: number one pick in the twenty twenty four draft, which

790
00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,000
Speaker 1: makes you, in theory, the last number one NWSL draft

791
00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,160
Speaker 1: pick ever, because the draft has since been abolished. Is

792
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:38,960
Speaker 1: that kind of like a cool trivia stat that you

793
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:40,640
Speaker 1: get to carry around for the rest of your life.

794
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's like so random, honestly.

795
00:39:44,080 --> 00:39:47,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, but fun, And yeah it's cool.

796
00:39:47,560 --> 00:39:51,080
Speaker 5: I mean it's kind of weird to think about because

797
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:53,160
Speaker 5: that was just the pathway for so long. Yeah.

798
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:55,239
Speaker 1: Well, is there any part of you that is like, Man,

799
00:39:55,320 --> 00:39:56,759
Speaker 1: I missed it by one year and I could have

800
00:39:57,040 --> 00:39:58,920
Speaker 1: been a free agent and selected where I wanted to

801
00:39:59,000 --> 00:39:59,600
Speaker 1: go and chosen.

802
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 5: Yeah. I think there's an element of that. But at

803
00:40:02,760 --> 00:40:05,239
Speaker 5: the same time, you can't go back in time, and

804
00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,239
Speaker 5: I think everything really does have been for a reason

805
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,400
Speaker 5: in your career, and it teaches you different things that

806
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:13,799
Speaker 5: you might have not learned if you got to choose,

807
00:40:13,840 --> 00:40:14,480
Speaker 5: if that makes sense.

808
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:17,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, and that's such a good attitude in my

809
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:21,279
Speaker 1: opinion too. For life is Yes, of course, it's good

810
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 1: to always look back and make sure you're learning from

811
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,359
Speaker 1: the past. But if you spend too much time thinking

812
00:40:25,400 --> 00:40:27,640
Speaker 1: about how things would have gone differently, if this had happened,

813
00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:29,320
Speaker 1: or you had made this choice, or you had done this,

814
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:32,440
Speaker 1: you can't change it. So you're really just like spinning

815
00:40:32,480 --> 00:40:34,439
Speaker 1: your wheels instead of looking ahead and trying to figure

816
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:36,200
Speaker 1: out how to make the best of whatever did happen

817
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:39,640
Speaker 1: or whatever choice you did make. You didn't finish college

818
00:40:39,680 --> 00:40:42,280
Speaker 1: because you were drafted midway through your time at UNC.

819
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 1: It feels like a lot of players are making the

820
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,759
Speaker 1: choice to leave early, especially with the salaries going up,

821
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 1: the investments in teams getting better, the professionalization of the

822
00:40:52,280 --> 00:40:55,920
Speaker 1: league improving. Do you feel like you missed out at all,

823
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:59,239
Speaker 1: just as developing as a person in college and do

824
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:01,239
Speaker 1: you have plans to make go back at some point?

825
00:41:02,120 --> 00:41:04,759
Speaker 5: Well, I did graduate, you did in the two years?

826
00:41:05,520 --> 00:41:09,000
Speaker 5: I did graduate? Holy I was there for two and

827
00:41:09,040 --> 00:41:12,880
Speaker 5: a half years and then I did us. I did

828
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,440
Speaker 5: classes my whole first year as a professional, so I

829
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:19,240
Speaker 5: actually graduated in person December congratulations.

830
00:41:19,520 --> 00:41:23,799
Speaker 1: Thanks so impressive, And yeah, it's a tough school. Yeah,

831
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,200
Speaker 1: really tough. That's very impressive.

832
00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:30,600
Speaker 5: Yeah, education is super important to me, and I knew

833
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:32,879
Speaker 5: I wouldn't have left if I wouldn't have been able

834
00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,759
Speaker 5: to finish my career. I mean finish my degree, not

835
00:41:35,880 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 5: my career. Yeah, finish my degree. I was super keen

836
00:41:38,360 --> 00:41:42,680
Speaker 5: on it. My mom has always been very involved with

837
00:41:42,800 --> 00:41:45,600
Speaker 5: my education and really taught me so much about how

838
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 5: education is power and knowledge is power, and I think

839
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,160
Speaker 5: it's something that's really important to me as a person.

840
00:41:51,320 --> 00:41:53,800
Speaker 5: So I made sure I was able to finish. And

841
00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:57,719
Speaker 5: it was awful at times. I was taking booms at

842
00:41:57,719 --> 00:42:00,960
Speaker 5: six forty five in the morning all summer last year,

843
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:04,720
Speaker 5: so it wasn't easy, but I'm very proud of myself

844
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:07,719
Speaker 5: and I think it was I mean, I actually just

845
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:11,520
Speaker 5: guess lectured at a UNC class this morning with one

846
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:12,520
Speaker 5: of my old professors.

847
00:42:12,640 --> 00:42:14,400
Speaker 1: So way, what was the class?

848
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 5: Yeah, sports Calm. I took it a summer when I

849
00:42:18,719 --> 00:42:21,920
Speaker 5: was in college, so it's I think. I'm so grateful

850
00:42:21,960 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 5: I made the decision to go to college. I think

851
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,759
Speaker 5: it is personal and up to every single individual, and

852
00:42:27,840 --> 00:42:30,840
Speaker 5: it's different for everyone, but I learned so much, like

853
00:42:30,960 --> 00:42:34,040
Speaker 5: you said, about myself and about who I am. I

854
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,560
Speaker 5: made so many connections. I have a lot of friends

855
00:42:36,600 --> 00:42:39,600
Speaker 5: outside of soccer that I still keep in touch with today.

856
00:42:40,320 --> 00:42:42,120
Speaker 5: So even though I was only there for two and

857
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 5: a half years, I really soaked it all in and

858
00:42:45,760 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 5: got that college experience, which I wouldn't change for the world.

859
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,640
Speaker 5: So yes, I do miss it, and sometimes I wish.

860
00:42:53,719 --> 00:42:55,279
Speaker 5: I'm like, oh, I wish I had more time, but

861
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:58,800
Speaker 5: I think everything has really gone the way that I

862
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:02,240
Speaker 5: wanted in the sense of, you know, you can't go backwards,

863
00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:04,800
Speaker 5: but I think it's been great going forward.

864
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's so great. I love your mom's advice. What

865
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Speaker 1: do your parents do for a living? Are they intellectuals?

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Speaker 2: Yes?

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Speaker 5: Both my parents are very smart. My mom is brilliant.

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Speaker 5: I wish I will be able to write an essay

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Speaker 5: like her someday, but I don't know because they're so good.

870
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Speaker 5: But yeah, that my mom's an accountant, my dad's a

871
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Speaker 5: financial advisor. So like type A, I'm Type A. And

872
00:43:29,320 --> 00:43:33,200
Speaker 5: then my sister's so funny. She's like totally Type B.

873
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 5: But she's brilliant as well, so we just like let

874
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Speaker 5: her do her thing.

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Speaker 1: She an artist or something creative type.

876
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,719
Speaker 5: She yep, artists but brilliant. And then my brother's also

877
00:43:42,880 --> 00:43:46,000
Speaker 5: like a little type a nice but yeah, they were

878
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 5: always like soccer is not who you are. It's just

879
00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:51,520
Speaker 5: a part of you and it's what you do and

880
00:43:51,600 --> 00:43:54,799
Speaker 5: it's what like God's gift to you, and like you're

881
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:57,640
Speaker 5: really great at it, but do not let that be

882
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Speaker 5: like your entire personality. And I really think them for that.

883
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you seem really like you've got a great head

884
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Speaker 1: on your shoulders, especially for a youngster, so it seems

885
00:44:05,760 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 1: like they raised your right. I've never been out to

886
00:44:08,200 --> 00:44:10,239
Speaker 1: a Utah game, so tell me what makes game day

887
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: for the Royal special? Yeah.

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00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:16,720
Speaker 5: I think Utah is such a stunning state. Our stadium

889
00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,160
Speaker 5: is right next to the mountains, so like even on

890
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:21,160
Speaker 5: the field you can see like the glimpse of the

891
00:44:21,239 --> 00:44:23,840
Speaker 5: mountains with the sunset. I'm like, can I watch the

892
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:29,000
Speaker 5: game here and playing? So it's really beautiful. I think

893
00:44:29,080 --> 00:44:31,840
Speaker 5: we have a lot of really dedicated fans that you

894
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:34,160
Speaker 5: see them game in and game out, so that's really

895
00:44:34,239 --> 00:44:37,120
Speaker 5: special because they've come become a part of our family.

896
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Speaker 5: And yeah, I think we're a growing team where obviously

897
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Speaker 5: not in the best place record wise, but I think

898
00:44:45,480 --> 00:44:47,919
Speaker 5: the people on the team are what makes it. There's

899
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Speaker 5: a lot of fight, there's a lot of you know, leadership,

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Speaker 5: and there's a lot of just good people on this team.

901
00:44:55,040 --> 00:44:57,360
Speaker 5: So I'm really hoping that that can turn into some

902
00:44:57,480 --> 00:44:58,400
Speaker 5: wins for everyone.

903
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Speaker 1: Yeah, right now, bottom of the table in the NWSL.

904
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,799
Speaker 1: How do you stay positive and motivated for every game?

905
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Speaker 1: What do you use as a motivator if the playoffs

906
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Speaker 1: or maybe winning the championship isn't in reach.

907
00:45:11,160 --> 00:45:14,000
Speaker 5: Yeah, it's really hard, honestly, and I won't sugarcoat it

908
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:17,359
Speaker 5: into that it's all it's all just oh no sun

909
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,959
Speaker 5: Jinda rainbows. It's really hard, and I think especially coming

910
00:45:21,080 --> 00:45:23,959
Speaker 5: from a team like u NC, where if we lost

911
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:25,440
Speaker 5: it was like the end of the world and we

912
00:45:25,640 --> 00:45:30,879
Speaker 5: like had a team meeting about it. Like just coming

913
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:33,399
Speaker 5: from a winning team, it's really hard to go into

914
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:36,480
Speaker 5: like a losing streak. And I mean only won one

915
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,200
Speaker 5: game this year, so it's very difficult and we are

916
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:43,239
Speaker 5: definitely in a low. But I've been really trying to

917
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Speaker 5: just enjoy the journey because I was listening to just

918
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Speaker 5: a podcast the other day and it was like, if

919
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:53,560
Speaker 5: you only enjoy the success and the trophies, like that's

920
00:45:53,640 --> 00:45:56,960
Speaker 5: gonna last you moments and minutes. You really have to

921
00:45:57,160 --> 00:46:00,479
Speaker 5: just soak in like the day to day and enjoy

922
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 5: the finishing drills, and enjoy like the team events like

923
00:46:04,120 --> 00:46:08,839
Speaker 5: after practice, and really just dedicate yourself to like the development,

924
00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,719
Speaker 5: because that's all you can control right now. You can't

925
00:46:11,800 --> 00:46:12,880
Speaker 5: really control the wins.

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00:46:13,120 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 1: That's really smart. What do you think is missing for

927
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,280
Speaker 1: the team? What needs to change to Seymour WS.

928
00:46:18,280 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think consistency. I think we do have good moments,

929
00:46:22,640 --> 00:46:25,120
Speaker 5: but then we have a lot of lapses and those

930
00:46:26,120 --> 00:46:29,719
Speaker 5: have been punished by pretty much every team. So I think,

931
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:33,120
Speaker 5: you know, just the consistency and whether it be like

932
00:46:33,200 --> 00:46:39,560
Speaker 5: set pieces, defensively finishing, I think just continuing to raise

933
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:43,520
Speaker 5: that level. And I think also just really working on

934
00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:45,680
Speaker 5: those connections up top. We've had a lot of people

935
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Speaker 5: come back from injury, so really hammering in the connections.

936
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Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. I've got a silly question for you.

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00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:56,040
Speaker 1: The Financial Services Company Ally is a big sponsor of

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00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:59,160
Speaker 1: the NWSL. They've got their name and their logo all

939
00:46:59,239 --> 00:47:02,440
Speaker 1: over the place, fields and billboards to parties. Does it

940
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:04,839
Speaker 1: ever feel like the endw yourself is just like celebrating

941
00:47:04,920 --> 00:47:05,800
Speaker 1: you everywhere you go.

942
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Speaker 5: Yeah. I always like joking with my friends and like,

943
00:47:09,280 --> 00:47:11,080
Speaker 5: you guys, wish you had your first name and your

944
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:14,400
Speaker 5: last name on your jersey, don't you. And it's funny

945
00:47:14,440 --> 00:47:17,880
Speaker 5: because I saw a l o y so perfect.

946
00:47:18,239 --> 00:47:19,440
Speaker 4: You're there, You're there.

947
00:47:19,920 --> 00:47:22,400
Speaker 1: It's like whenever I go to Spain, I'm like expecting

948
00:47:22,520 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 1: to be so excited because everything except for it's in Spanish,

949
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:27,880
Speaker 1: so it's Espanya, so it's not quite the same. But

950
00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:30,800
Speaker 1: everything that they make for tourists does say Spain on it.

951
00:47:30,920 --> 00:47:32,960
Speaker 1: So I have my selection of every kind of like

952
00:47:33,080 --> 00:47:35,600
Speaker 1: hacky T shirt all over the country that I can rock,

953
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:40,440
Speaker 1: which is sea exactly. All right, we've got a speed

954
00:47:40,560 --> 00:47:43,400
Speaker 1: round here, so quick on these. I need your favorite,

955
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:44,960
Speaker 1: so get to hype you up before a game?

956
00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:47,360
Speaker 5: Uh disturbing of Ariana.

957
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:49,680
Speaker 1: Oh favorite post game meal?

958
00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:55,719
Speaker 5: Ooh anything like potatoes so weird, but like I don't

959
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:58,920
Speaker 5: know a potatoes like anything salty potato.

960
00:47:59,560 --> 00:48:02,000
Speaker 1: I feel like for scump with potatoes, I'm like, you

961
00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:03,839
Speaker 1: know the scene where they just like rattle off every

962
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:05,919
Speaker 1: kind of shrimp. That's me with potatoes. I will eat

963
00:48:05,960 --> 00:48:10,160
Speaker 1: anything that is potato. Leased what's your go to off

964
00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:12,360
Speaker 1: day activity to relax and unwind.

965
00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:18,800
Speaker 5: Ooh that's a good one. Honestly, cooking dinner with friends?

966
00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:21,879
Speaker 1: I love that. That's so fun. Who on your team

967
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:22,560
Speaker 1: is good at cooking?

968
00:48:23,840 --> 00:48:27,680
Speaker 5: I will give two. Poe makes some really fun recipes

969
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:32,160
Speaker 5: and I really enjoy it. And then Kate Delfava, who's

970
00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:35,200
Speaker 5: my neighbor. We like always switch off cooking and she's

971
00:48:35,200 --> 00:48:35,879
Speaker 5: a very good cook.

972
00:48:36,320 --> 00:48:38,400
Speaker 1: What about my girl Tatumlazzo? She used to be on

973
00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:39,200
Speaker 1: My Red Stars.

974
00:48:40,120 --> 00:48:43,320
Speaker 5: Gosh, I love Tatum, but she is usually a guest

975
00:48:43,520 --> 00:48:44,000
Speaker 5: at dinner.

976
00:48:46,040 --> 00:48:48,120
Speaker 1: Isn't that nice though, that you get to be a

977
00:48:48,200 --> 00:48:50,399
Speaker 1: ghost and not have to have the skills and still

978
00:48:50,440 --> 00:48:53,120
Speaker 1: get exactly get to get the goods. Who's the dream

979
00:48:53,160 --> 00:48:54,680
Speaker 1: celeb to have at one of your games?

980
00:48:55,360 --> 00:49:04,160
Speaker 5: Either Simone Biles or Cocoa Golf.

981
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:08,799
Speaker 1: Those are both fantastic retired US women's national team player

982
00:49:08,840 --> 00:49:10,040
Speaker 1: you most wish you could have played with?

983
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:11,400
Speaker 5: Tobin?

984
00:49:11,880 --> 00:49:14,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, I knew that was coming. My producer Alex looked

985
00:49:14,760 --> 00:49:16,879
Speaker 1: it up and apparently you were four years old when

986
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:18,400
Speaker 1: it came out. So she wants to know how that

987
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:20,320
Speaker 1: became your favorite pregame.

988
00:49:20,000 --> 00:49:22,880
Speaker 5: Song because I think, like anything Rihanna.

989
00:49:23,239 --> 00:49:24,200
Speaker 1: Yeah that makes sense.

990
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:26,359
Speaker 5: Yeah, that's kind of a crazy stuff though.

991
00:49:26,719 --> 00:49:31,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, final question. People do bench dark cut.

992
00:49:31,440 --> 00:49:35,279
Speaker 1: We do good, gooder, goodest, so that way you don't

993
00:49:35,320 --> 00:49:37,880
Speaker 1: have to cut anything. Everything could be good, but something's

994
00:49:37,920 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 1: got to be the goodest, and something so good good

995
00:49:41,600 --> 00:49:46,520
Speaker 1: or goodest. Alex Morgan's pink headband, Trinity Rodman's pink braids

996
00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:48,600
Speaker 1: or Megan Rappino's pink hair.

997
00:49:49,320 --> 00:49:55,759
Speaker 5: Megan Rapino's hair is good, Trinity's braids are gooder. Alex

998
00:49:55,840 --> 00:49:58,360
Speaker 5: Morgan's head band is goodest.

999
00:49:59,040 --> 00:50:00,680
Speaker 1: Okay, why is al goodest?

1000
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:04,360
Speaker 5: Because I think I could see myself wearing a pink headband, okay,

1001
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:06,520
Speaker 5: and I feel like it's just iconic, Like you know,

1002
00:50:06,560 --> 00:50:08,799
Speaker 5: when little girls are wearing it, You're like, yeah, that's

1003
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:10,000
Speaker 5: that's good Alex.

1004
00:50:10,600 --> 00:50:12,880
Speaker 1: I also appreciate that you, like me, understand that we

1005
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:15,560
Speaker 1: probably couldn't pull off Rappinos or Trinity's look.

1006
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:18,400
Speaker 5: I think that's the thing. It's just like I cannot

1007
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:21,600
Speaker 5: imagine a result with pink hair. I think they crush it.

1008
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:24,239
Speaker 1: I do just I'm not cool enough for that. It's

1009
00:50:24,280 --> 00:50:27,800
Speaker 1: just too iconic. It's two theirs. Yeah, well, Ali, we

1010
00:50:27,880 --> 00:50:31,040
Speaker 1: look forward to seeing what your thing is other than bangers.

1011
00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:34,040
Speaker 1: So far your thing is bangers long range shots that

1012
00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:37,120
Speaker 1: are absolutely insane. But we've had so much fun watching

1013
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:39,160
Speaker 1: you in this early start with the national team and

1014
00:50:39,239 --> 00:50:42,160
Speaker 1: your time with the Royals. Just keep in you. You're

1015
00:50:42,200 --> 00:50:44,440
Speaker 1: doing such a great job and you're handling yourself so well.

1016
00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:45,960
Speaker 1: I know I sound like a mom or something, but

1017
00:50:46,880 --> 00:50:48,200
Speaker 1: it's just been really fun to watch.

1018
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:50,040
Speaker 5: Thank you, I appreciate it.

1019
00:50:53,719 --> 00:50:56,719
Speaker 1: Thanks so much to Ali for joining us twice. We

1020
00:50:56,840 --> 00:50:58,719
Speaker 1: have to take another break when we come back. One

1021
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Speaker 1: baby shines when the lights are the brightest. Welcome back Slices.

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Speaker 1: We love that you're listening, but we want you to

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Speaker 1: good game play of the day. Follow Ali on social media.

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Speaker 1: It's easy. Watch a little baby giving her parents a

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Speaker 1: lifelong memory at a Las Vegas Saces game rating one

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Speaker 1: out of one. Babies on their feet review all right, slices.

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Speaker 1: This is the kind of thing that actually gives a

1034
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Speaker 1: person baby fever. Not me, obviously, My only maternal instinct

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Speaker 1: is for dogs. But other people, you know, people who

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Speaker 1: like babies and stuff. Anyway, the halftime entertainment during a

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Speaker 1: game between the Aces and the Minnesota Links in Vegas

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Speaker 1: on Saturday was a baby race, and baby number eight

1039
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Speaker 1: did not come to mess around. This kiddle was already

1040
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Speaker 1: off to the races, crawling like a champ, boasting a

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Speaker 1: hefty lead, when all of a sudden she pushed herself

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Speaker 1: up to her feet and started walking. The baby's mom

1043
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Speaker 1: was like beckoning her in shock from the finish line,

1044
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:19,759
Speaker 1: and then wrapped her in a big old hug when

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Speaker 1: she won the race, and later the kiddo's dad said

1046
00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:24,320
Speaker 1: she'd been trying to stand at home, but this was

1047
00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:28,400
Speaker 1: the very first time she'd taken steps. That's the kind

1048
00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:31,399
Speaker 1: of competitive spirit we like to see. And the whole

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Speaker 1: thing was caught on video and on the JumboTron for

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Speaker 1: all of michelob Ultra Arena to see and of course

1051
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Speaker 1: for the parents to show that kiddo when they're old enough.

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Speaker 1: We'll link to the video in our show notes so

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Speaker 1: you can check it out too. Now it's your turn

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Speaker 1: rate and review. Thanks to listening. See you tomorrow for

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Speaker 1: my conversation with US women's national team and got them

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Speaker 1: FC midfielder Rose Lavelle. Good Game, Ali s Good Game,

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Speaker 1: Ali w Gosh, what are the odds? We have two

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Speaker 1: Alley headlines in one show? People who never gave a

1059
00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:03,799
Speaker 1: shit about women's sports but are now writing op eds

1060
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:08,399
Speaker 1: about fowls that amount to civil rights offenses. Seriously, double few.

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