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Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game of Sarah Spain, where we're going

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Speaker 1: back and forth and back and forth and we just

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Speaker 1: can't pick a winner for Saturday's NWSL Championship and you

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Speaker 1: can't make us. It's Friday, November twenty first, and we're

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Speaker 1: recording today's show from the San Jose Civic Center, not

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Speaker 1: to be confused with Civic Center San Jose, to get

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Speaker 1: your hype for Tomorrow's title game between the Washington Spirit

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Speaker 1: and Got the FC. First, we'll bring you tons of

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Speaker 1: content from the first ever NWSL media row, where we

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Speaker 1: caught up with a bunch of players from both the

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Speaker 1: Washington Spirit and Got the FC, including Trinity Rodman, Kroi,

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Speaker 1: Bethune Jadenshaw.

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Speaker 2: And Emily's Sonnet.

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Speaker 1: You can hear their preparation and predictions for Saturday's championship game,

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Speaker 1: plus who they'd like to see.

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Speaker 2: Cheering them on pitch side, and more.

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Speaker 1: Then, Alex and I work the blue carpet at the

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Speaker 1: first ever NWSL Awards on Wednesday. You'll hear from the

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Speaker 1: league's top talent as they choose the winners of our

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Speaker 1: made up Good Game Awards and play our version of

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Speaker 1: Red Rover Red Rover Red Rover let another team's player.

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Speaker 2: Come over, and don't worry.

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Speaker 1: We'll have plenty of title game takeaways and even more

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Speaker 1: interviews from NWSL Championship weekend next week, plus everything you need.

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Speaker 2: To know from the rest of the women's sports world.

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Speaker 1: But today, it's all things San Jose, and it's coming

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Speaker 1: up right after this.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back slices.

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Speaker 1: During Thursday's media row event, I caught up with a

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Speaker 1: few Washington Spirit stars to talk about what makes their

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Speaker 1: team special, secrets to slowing down Gotham in Saturday's title game,

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Speaker 2: Take a listen joining us now.

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Speaker 1: She's a forward for the Washington Spirit, an Olympic gold medalist,

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Speaker 1: practicing the trend spin in the backyard is Trinity Rodman.

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Speaker 2: Let's up, Trinity. Are you tired of talking yet?

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Speaker 3: I'm not?

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Speaker 4: Hi?

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Speaker 2: How are you?

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Speaker 1: You're such an outgoing person that I feel like you're

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Speaker 1: like me, where you can go, go, go, and then

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Speaker 1: you just have to stare at a wall for like

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Speaker 1: an hour. You're in a relationship with a super successful

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Speaker 1: pro athlete. What have you taught him about winning and

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Speaker 5: Oh, get right into it. I don't know if I

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Speaker 5: teach him a lot. He teaches me a lot, but no,

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Speaker 5: I think we relate a lot on like the emotional

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Speaker 3: I don't teach him much.

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Speaker 5: Maybe he can speak on that, but I feel like

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Speaker 2: Oh, I love that. Have you taught him the trend spin?

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Speaker 5: I can do it like on him and break his

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Speaker 1: You gotta keep him healthy, yeah, breaking angles. Is there

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Speaker 5: No, I think I can't even think about that right now,

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Speaker 5: I think, yeah, just focusing on winning. That's all I

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Speaker 1: How are you feeling health wise about how much you

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Speaker 5: This week's been really good and I'm really happy that

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Speaker 5: But yeah, more minutes than last weekend for sure. But again,

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Speaker 3: But I'm just excited that I'm healthy.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned the pressure that you would put on yourself

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Speaker 5: I think, yeah, talking on Ben, like he's taught me that,

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Speaker 1: It's hard to be normal right now when you are

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Speaker 2: When you're injured.

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Speaker 1: When you're in and out, do you feel more of that, like, oh, gosh,

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Speaker 5: I mean, yeah, being out is not ideal at all,

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Speaker 5: But no, I've gotten a lot better at managing the

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Speaker 2: Yeah, what do you think makes your team so special?

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Speaker 5: I think just the togetherness that we have. I think

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Speaker 1: Yeah, what do you think makes Gotham special?

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Speaker 5: They put their foot on the gas at all times,

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Speaker 5: I think that's really special and hard for teams to

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Speaker 2: You're considering how to beat them.

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Speaker 1: What's the one area of the game they're attacked, their

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Speaker 2: Getting inson its head. Not just kidding, I'm just kidding

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Speaker 5: I think, honestly not too much like on like their

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Speaker 1: Who's the one celebrity not your man that you most

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Speaker 5: So I don't wish hmmm, I'll just say Zinda because

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Speaker 5: I always say her for everything.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, who do you look like? Who's playing in the movie?

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Speaker 3: Do you want to be.

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Speaker 2: Good luck on Saturday?

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Speaker 3: Thank you?

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Speaker 1: Hailing from Nigeria, she's a forward for the Washington Spirit

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Speaker 1: who signed with the team earlier this year after spending

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Speaker 1: three seasons playing in Spain. And we can count on

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Speaker 1: our Instagram videos to deliver all the good dance moves.

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Speaker 1: It's Gift Monday. Hi, gift Ic, So nice to meet you.

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Speaker 3: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: What do you think makes your team special?

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Speaker 6: First of all, I think the name, which is Spirit.

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Speaker 6: It's just, uh, it's unique. And coming down to this team,

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Speaker 6: I saw like a family like.

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Speaker 4: Me.

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Speaker 6: We just well not estimates with sisters, with siblings, from

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Speaker 7: Like I just feel like there's these.

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Speaker 2: What do you think makes catom so special?

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Speaker 6: Oh, we played against Gottam thrice this year and it's

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Speaker 6: They have good players and they have this huge to

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Speaker 1: Yeah. When you're thinking about their game, whether it's how

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Speaker 6: For me, I focus more on the defense because I'm

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Speaker 6: I just try to do my little bit.

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Speaker 1: Have you found any weaknesses? And Captain Berger yet.

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Speaker 2: She's amazing.

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Speaker 6: Yesterday I got to say that she's one of the

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Speaker 6: And for weakness, I don't know. I don't think it

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Speaker 2: I love that.

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Speaker 1: Who is the celebrity from around the world from any

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Speaker 1: industry that you'd be most excited to see at Saturday's

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Speaker 1: game watching?

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Speaker 6: Is it possible because I want to see Leono Messi.

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Speaker 2: Lionel Massy?

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Speaker 1: Okay, it's not your favorite talking put Yeah okay, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you know, I've heard teammates describe you as sort of quiet.

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Speaker 6: Dance When you talk about dancing way you talk about entertainment,

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Speaker 2: Okay, I love that. What's your favorite kind of dancing.

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Speaker 6: I grew up in a country with afrobitis all main thing,

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Speaker 2: She is a TikTok dancer. You're a real dancer?

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Speaker 2: That's right? And then first year and the end of yourself.

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Speaker 1: Yea, So yeah, thank you, good luck on Saturday. Thank

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Speaker 2: It's croy baton bowling. Lately, I have not, but we'll

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Speaker 2: You are wisely on your years.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, most definitely the first year you're kind of like

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Speaker 3: Honestly, no thought about it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. What do you think makes the Washington Spirit so special?

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Speaker 1: There hasn't been that much talk of switching coaches MIDI,

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Speaker 4: That's the key word is excuse. Just because it's happening

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Speaker 7: Of course, we've had a lot of things happening.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. What do you think makes Scotham special?

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Speaker 1: Cheeky is a new word that I've heard. How else

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Speaker 4: Confident for sure, confidence, spicy.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, when you're considering how to beat Gotham, is there

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Speaker 1: Who's the celebrity from any industry that you'd most like

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Speaker 4: The past two games are motto has been and quote

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Have you focused on team?

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Speaker 2: Have you focus on team? Because they got underdog my ass?

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Speaker 1: So y'all got team team team team team team team Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Sorry, team team team team team team Team. Thank you

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Speaker 2: so much, Croy. Thanks, I'm talking to you as well,

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Speaker 1: She's a goalkeeper for the Washington Spirit, a two time

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Speaker 2: Of the Year.

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Speaker 1: And it's her birthday, which means it's her twin sister's birthday.

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Speaker 2: Did your team do anything for you today so far?

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Speaker 7: Yeah?

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Speaker 8: I got a cupcake, which I was really shocked because usually.

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Speaker 7: It's like a no sweets allowed.

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Speaker 8: So forty to whom won't name names, but the coaching

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Speaker 2: So I feel very loved.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of pressure to try to get a

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Speaker 8: Yeah right, well it always comes during finals week. So

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Speaker 1: I was there, were you as an owner of the

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Speaker 2: No, no, no, it's great. It's really congratulations.

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Speaker 7: Thank you.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, Sovely, we can repeat and my birthday won't suck

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Speaker 2: There you go.

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Speaker 8: Just like staying focused, which for me is mainly just

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Speaker 7: Of your mind.

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Speaker 2: What makes your team so special?

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Speaker 7: Think our diversity.

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Speaker 8: We I mean literally have players from twelve different countries,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, helps you out.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, what do you think makes Scotam special?

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Speaker 7: They have a lot of ti talent on their roster.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, it always gets a little feisty with Sonnet and

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Speaker 7: But yeah, they're a good team. They have a lot

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Speaker 8: And I think they show up well for big games,

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Speaker 1: When you're considering how to beat Gotham, what's the one

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Speaker 7: They do well keeping possession.

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Speaker 8: I have a lot of great players inside, a lot

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Speaker 1: Who's the celebrity from any industry you would most like

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Speaker 8: I would like to see Caitlyn Clark just because she's

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Speaker 1: Oh okay, we're going up more than just attending for us.

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Speaker 3: Thank you, good luck on side, Thank you very much.

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Speaker 1: I just love to hear all those players rave about

447
00:21:09,320 --> 00:21:12,040
Speaker 1: the camaraderie on this Spirit team. It feels like a

448
00:21:12,040 --> 00:21:14,800
Speaker 1: really special bond. We're gonna take a quick break when

449
00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:16,920
Speaker 1: we come back. We talked to the batties of Got

450
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Speaker 1: Them FC.

451
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Speaker 2: Welcome back, slices. Let's get you back.

452
00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,160
Speaker 1: To the action at NWSL media row as we sat

453
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Speaker 1: down with a few of Got Them FC's finest.

454
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Speaker 2: Joining us now.

455
00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,119
Speaker 1: She patrols the backline for Got Them FC. Has suited

456
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Speaker 1: up for four other NWSL teams, including Saturday's opponent, the

457
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Speaker 1: Washington Spirit. She's a World Cup champ, Olympic Gold and

458
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Speaker 1: Rose Gold medalist, and a seven times she believes Cup champion,

459
00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:47,960
Speaker 1: voted most likely to cut a bitch. It's Emily's sonnet Emily.

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Speaker 7: Hi, what's going on? Thank you for those kind words.

461
00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean accurate words.

462
00:21:52,320 --> 00:21:53,200
Speaker 7: Accurate for sure.

463
00:21:53,320 --> 00:21:57,159
Speaker 1: Yesterday we took a non official limited sample pull and

464
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Speaker 1: you were voted most likely to talk trash and best

465
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Speaker 1: trash talker in the.

466
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Speaker 7: League if it is on best right.

467
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Speaker 2: Yeah, have you always been a trash talker?

468
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Speaker 3: No?

469
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Speaker 7: Maybe.

470
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Speaker 9: I think one of the lines I've always used my

471
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Speaker 9: mom so she want to get you're allowed to misbehave

472
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Speaker 9: in between the white lines, you know what I mean.

473
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Speaker 9: So I think I think the competitiveness and the fiery

474
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Speaker 9: comes down a lot of people. Yes, it's great to

475
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Speaker 9: know that people are listening and they're hearing me. I

476
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Speaker 9: think that's a positive to take from this. That's good feedback.

477
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Speaker 9: But I think you just see a lot of competitiveness

478
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Speaker 9: come out.

479
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Speaker 1: I mean, part of sports is that you do get

480
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Speaker 1: to essentially commit assault legally yin reason, Yeah, totally. So

481
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Speaker 1: if you have something to get out, it's a good

482
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Speaker 1: place for it.

483
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Speaker 7: Within the rule, I would say it's the best place

484
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Speaker 7: for it.

485
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Speaker 9: I think sports teach you a lot, right, Yeah, you know,

486
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Speaker 9: as a child, and I'm still learning as an adult.

487
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Speaker 9: But I'm very happy to still be part of the game.

488
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Speaker 1: Yeah, I do wonder if you worry about whether what

489
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Speaker 1: you say inside the lines is heard outside of them,

490
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Speaker 1: because there was a guy in the comments of the

491
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Speaker 1: video I posted where you were voted best trash talker

492
00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:05,280
Speaker 1: who said, I have pitch side seats and the things

493
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:07,720
Speaker 1: I've heard come on for mouth totally.

494
00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:08,520
Speaker 7: Yeah.

495
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Speaker 2: Maybe not worried.

496
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:11,760
Speaker 7: Because ears are working, Yeah, for sure.

497
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Speaker 9: Yeah, I think I do think there's a lot of

498
00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 9: competitiveness in this league, and if if people are listening,

499
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Speaker 9: that's that's great. I don't I don't know if I'm

500
00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,240
Speaker 9: doing it on purpose, but it's definitely it's definitely, like

501
00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:25,960
Speaker 9: you said, it's heard.

502
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Speaker 7: Yeah.

503
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Speaker 1: My producer Alex wants to know if you've ever insulted

504
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Speaker 1: anyone's dog, which is something that we've heard from someone

505
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Speaker 1: in the w NBA dog.

506
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:34,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, like during the trash talk.

507
00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:36,359
Speaker 1: No, she didn't even realize what she was saying, and

508
00:23:36,359 --> 00:23:38,920
Speaker 1: she just randomly took out someone like.

509
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Speaker 7: No, Yeah, I don't think. I don't think I'm nasty

510
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Speaker 7: if it does.

511
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Speaker 9: If it does, come on, I'm usually saying something pretty

512
00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,920
Speaker 9: funny where maybe like my teammates might hear laugh, right,

513
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Speaker 9: But I don't think so.

514
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Speaker 2: Not personal attacks. I just like you.

515
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Speaker 7: I don't I don't think so.

516
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Speaker 1: I hope you're Yeah, you played for a number of clubs.

517
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Speaker 1: I'm curious what stands out to you most about how

518
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Speaker 1: they differ and how they're the same.

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Speaker 9: Oh okay, that's great. Uh to go through them quickly.

520
00:24:04,200 --> 00:24:07,240
Speaker 9: Portland was a great spot, I think, landing first out

521
00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:10,320
Speaker 9: of college, great fan base, you know, I'm seeing other

522
00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,320
Speaker 9: famises grow just similar, great place to play. Learned a

523
00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,840
Speaker 9: lot there, play with a lot of legends. Looking at

524
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:18,760
Speaker 9: Gotham now or just even DC, I loved playing for

525
00:24:18,840 --> 00:24:22,119
Speaker 9: DC now seeing what they're doing at Audi is absolutely incredible.

526
00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,200
Speaker 9: With the fan base coming out, I mean, being able

527
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,280
Speaker 9: to travel to different markets and play in front of

528
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,320
Speaker 9: you know, excited soccer fans is something that we're definitely

529
00:24:29,359 --> 00:24:31,880
Speaker 9: as a league wanting and leaning into. So it's incredible

530
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Speaker 9: to see. Yeah, now moving to Gotham, being back on

531
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Speaker 9: the East Coast, close to family, and I don't know,

532
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Speaker 9: it's it feel.

533
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Speaker 7: It feels like a good fit.

534
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Speaker 9: I have a lot of friends on this team from

535
00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:47,200
Speaker 9: previous teams, but international experience teammates, so to be able

536
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Speaker 9: to have those connections and build those connections. Not only

537
00:24:50,560 --> 00:24:53,040
Speaker 9: a country button club is obviously beneficial for me.

538
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Speaker 1: Sometimes a no comment is intentional and sometimes it's not.

539
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Speaker 1: Did you intentionally leave out the Orlando Pride.

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Speaker 7: I did not, I was I did not. Actually I

541
00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:02,840
Speaker 7: wasn't there for very long.

542
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Speaker 9: But uh yeah, I don't know if I did not

543
00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,840
Speaker 9: play a game for them.

544
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Speaker 7: So maybe it doesn't.

545
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Speaker 2: Really it's just a bleep.

546
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Speaker 1: Definitely, it was definitely there. Blip I should say not.

547
00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,320
Speaker 1: It's probably a bla But.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, I think everyone we could have just rolled right

549
00:25:17,119 --> 00:25:18,040
Speaker 7: over that. It would have been great.

550
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Speaker 2: What makes got them so special?

551
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Speaker 7: Great question?

552
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Speaker 9: I think the people being able to want to play

553
00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:26,520
Speaker 9: with some of the best players in the world. That's

554
00:25:26,560 --> 00:25:30,240
Speaker 9: not just saying US players, but you know, having Ann

555
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:35,080
Speaker 9: from Germany, Spain, uh Estaire, the Brazilian players who am

556
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,080
Speaker 9: leaving out England, uh Jess Carter, being able to learn

557
00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,720
Speaker 9: from what makes it special? Being able to learn from

558
00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:43,399
Speaker 9: so many different people kind of like in their peak

559
00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:46,119
Speaker 9: is something that I think makes it really special for

560
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Speaker 9: me and what makes it attractive to be here.

561
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Speaker 2: What do you think makes the spirit special?

562
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Speaker 9: They're They're a team that's absolutely has so much talent,

563
00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:57,159
Speaker 9: there coach really well, they're they're they're definitely and I

564
00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:58,000
Speaker 9: mean it's the best way they are.

565
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Speaker 7: They are a problem in the attack.

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Speaker 9: And I think that's why every time Gotham and or yeah,

567
00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,879
Speaker 9: Gotham and Spirit Plague, that you're seeing an incredible match

568
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:10,119
Speaker 9: two teams that really want to win, two teams with

569
00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,360
Speaker 9: a lot of talent and we don't want to give

570
00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,000
Speaker 9: up a lot on both sides. I think that's why, Well,

571
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,040
Speaker 9: that's what's special about them, but why I think the

572
00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,960
Speaker 9: matchup means that being really really great.

573
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Speaker 1: Yeah, people have said cheeky, saucy, totally chippy, totally a

574
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:27,080
Speaker 1: little bit.

575
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Speaker 7: I think it's competitive. Yeah, yeah, I think it just

576
00:26:28,960 --> 00:26:30,040
Speaker 7: means a lot to both teams.

577
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Speaker 9: So it's being able to have obviously talented players with

578
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,840
Speaker 9: who they really want, and then obviously having the champ

579
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Speaker 9: Now being a championship game, you know, the stakes are

580
00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:40,960
Speaker 9: that much higher.

581
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Speaker 2: When you're considering how to beat the Spirit.

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Speaker 1: Is there one aspect of their game, whether it's their

583
00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 1: attack or their approach or their strategy that you focus

584
00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:49,399
Speaker 1: most on trying to stop.

585
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:52,879
Speaker 9: I think the first thing that I think about is

586
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:58,400
Speaker 9: if you're limiting their best players with what they want,

587
00:26:58,400 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 9: whether they want the ball to the feet or the space,

588
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:03,800
Speaker 9: and behind limiting that give yourself the best chance.

589
00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 7: And I would say that I think the team.

590
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:10,240
Speaker 9: That figures out what the other team is doing first

591
00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:12,440
Speaker 9: is going to have the upper hand on the day.

592
00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:14,400
Speaker 9: And I think that just comes down to how how

593
00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 9: well both teams were coached and the type of player

594
00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:18,600
Speaker 9: that you have for both teams.

595
00:27:19,240 --> 00:27:19,880
Speaker 2: We saw that.

596
00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:25,280
Speaker 1: The Spirit perhaps unintentionally, perhaps a social media manager slipped

597
00:27:25,359 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 1: up and put a graphic promoting that the fans should

598
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:31,640
Speaker 1: support them at the final against the Orlando Pride before

599
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:36,000
Speaker 1: the Gotham Pride semi final? Is that bulletin board material?

600
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:40,639
Speaker 1: Are you guys? Are you guys talking about that in

601
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:41,320
Speaker 1: the locker room?

602
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:43,800
Speaker 7: I haven't talked about it.

603
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:47,159
Speaker 9: I'm also someone who doesn't really stay on social media,

604
00:27:47,320 --> 00:27:51,960
Speaker 9: so I mean that might have been brought up. I

605
00:27:52,000 --> 00:27:53,840
Speaker 9: feel like that's a little bit of an outside noise

606
00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,240
Speaker 9: that I'm not really talking about.

607
00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 2: Stay locked in.

608
00:27:58,640 --> 00:27:59,280
Speaker 7: I feel like we do.

609
00:27:59,359 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 9: I think this is definitely staying locked in. But also

610
00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,560
Speaker 9: I keep saying it sounds cuche, but having the process

611
00:28:06,600 --> 00:28:09,439
Speaker 9: and not letting outside noise in really does help. So

612
00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:12,840
Speaker 9: you can continue your regular process going to the last

613
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Speaker 9: game of the season.

614
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Speaker 1: Who's the celebrity from any industry that you'd most be

615
00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 1: excited to see pitchside on Saturday?

616
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:22,840
Speaker 9: Uh? Probably I immediately had an answer, probably like Tina Fey,

617
00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,399
Speaker 9: Ammy Pohlar like that combination. There, Yes, anyone SNL but

618
00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:27,240
Speaker 9: mostly those two.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

620
00:28:27,520 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 9: There was a game with national team that we wore

621
00:28:29,720 --> 00:28:32,000
Speaker 9: names on the back of our shirts and I had Fae.

622
00:28:32,200 --> 00:28:32,560
Speaker 8: Yeah.

623
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,360
Speaker 9: I didn't get to talk to her yet, but that's

624
00:28:35,359 --> 00:28:38,280
Speaker 9: who I'd be pretty pumped to sy that, as would I.

625
00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,240
Speaker 7: Yeah, best, totally perfect, good luck on Saturday.

626
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,160
Speaker 1: Pretty sweet joining us now. She's a defender Forgot the

627
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:46,400
Speaker 1: FC and was named Rookie of the Year Wednesday night

628
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,720
Speaker 1: in front of her adoring and adorable grandfather.

629
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Speaker 2: She's from Hanging a mass A Leo Queen like me.

630
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,719
Speaker 2: It's Lily reel Hi Lily Hello. I love that intro. Yeah,

631
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:56,720
Speaker 2: Leo Queens.

632
00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:58,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean we know how to take up space

633
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:00,360
Speaker 1: and shine a spotlight on others.

634
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,040
Speaker 2: It's the perfect combo.

635
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 1: Speaking of the spotlight, how did it feel last night

636
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,120
Speaker 1: being up on stage Rookie of the Year with the

637
00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 1: best of the best of the NWSL all looking at

638
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 1: you like, hey, your star.

639
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,360
Speaker 10: Yeah, I think, you know, first and foremost, it's been

640
00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,520
Speaker 10: an incredible year just learning from the people around me.

641
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:22,400
Speaker 10: I think I owe a lot to the players that

642
00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:25,480
Speaker 10: I've been privileged to learn from and grow from this

643
00:29:25,760 --> 00:29:27,640
Speaker 10: entire season, and then also the coaches.

644
00:29:27,720 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 2: I think, yeah, just.

645
00:29:29,800 --> 00:29:32,200
Speaker 10: The organization in general has really had my back. So

646
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,000
Speaker 10: it felt good to win an award for the club.

647
00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:37,960
Speaker 1: Who are some of those mentors from the team, Yeah,

648
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:41,320
Speaker 1: I think for me, honestly, the entire back line. You know,

649
00:29:41,360 --> 00:29:43,920
Speaker 1: you have Ann and Gole, you have Jess Carter, I'm

650
00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:47,600
Speaker 1: playing next to Emily Sonnet even Tierna right now, who's

651
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:51,080
Speaker 1: unfortunately out. But just learning from players who have had,

652
00:29:51,400 --> 00:29:55,000
Speaker 1: you know, a multitude of experiences at the club and

653
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,560
Speaker 1: international level, and just you know, the way that they

654
00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:00,960
Speaker 1: look to help me and guide me is just something

655
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,760
Speaker 1: that I really don't take for granted.

656
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,160
Speaker 2: It's been incredible.

657
00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, what's the most you can get out of AKB? Honestly,

658
00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:11,040
Speaker 1: I've been working on my pks.

659
00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 10: That's something she definitely has the upper hand on for

660
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,600
Speaker 10: me right now. I'm still working on being able to

661
00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:21,360
Speaker 10: bury them against her, but she definitely has my name

662
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:22,040
Speaker 10: on those ones.

663
00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, tell me about your grandfather, because there was an

664
00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: amazing video from Wednesday night where the camera's focused on

665
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,360
Speaker 1: you surrounded by media after you won your award, and

666
00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,560
Speaker 1: then panned over to him standing against the wall with

667
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:39,080
Speaker 1: just like the biggest, most proud smile on his face, Like,

668
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:42,560
Speaker 1: tell me about him being here, tell me about your relationship.

669
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:43,240
Speaker 3: Yeah.

670
00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:47,240
Speaker 10: Honestly, for me, when that video was posted, I couldn't

671
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:48,760
Speaker 10: even watch it because I was with a bunch of

672
00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 10: people and I knew I would cry. But yeah, I

673
00:30:51,680 --> 00:30:54,560
Speaker 10: really think that just speaks to the type of person

674
00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:56,920
Speaker 10: that he is. He's really, I would say, the rock

675
00:30:56,960 --> 00:31:01,400
Speaker 10: of our family. He's my father's dad, so and then

676
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 10: my dad also has three other siblings, so yeah, we

677
00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:07,320
Speaker 10: come from a pretty big family. And just to have

678
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:11,720
Speaker 10: someone like him who is our number one fan, you know,

679
00:31:11,760 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 10: I have a bunch of cousins growing up that he

680
00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,760
Speaker 10: was always, you know, in the stands yelling for us,

681
00:31:16,800 --> 00:31:20,720
Speaker 10: And the same goes for in these NWSL stadiums. Maybe

682
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 10: I don't hear him as much, but he's always out

683
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,800
Speaker 10: there yelling, and I just couldn't be more grateful to

684
00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 10: really just have the support of my family in general.

685
00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, I love that.

686
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:33,240
Speaker 1: I tell people this all the time. But my last

687
00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,520
Speaker 1: grandparent passed away when I was twelve. Okay, so whenever

688
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,240
Speaker 1: people have them in their twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, like

689
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 1: the later they I'm just like really like lean on

690
00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:42,680
Speaker 1: them and like, don't just ask them for advice. I

691
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:44,840
Speaker 1: feel like old people are more useful than just being.

692
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:46,960
Speaker 2: As revised all the time on the but like it's

693
00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:48,960
Speaker 2: just a really special thing to happen to have a

694
00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:49,640
Speaker 2: relationship with.

695
00:31:49,680 --> 00:31:51,880
Speaker 1: So you're really lucky being a special What do you

696
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:55,600
Speaker 1: think makes Gotham special? I think for me, you know,

697
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,440
Speaker 1: And one of the main reasons I came here was

698
00:31:58,880 --> 00:32:01,000
Speaker 1: really just to learn from the players around me. Like

699
00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,680
Speaker 1: I said, everyone has so many different experiences. They also

700
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:07,760
Speaker 1: have had, you know, their ups and downs, but being

701
00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 1: able to see how they've embodied different words such as

702
00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:17,760
Speaker 1: you know, grit, passion, aggressiveness, you know, things that you'll

703
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:19,200
Speaker 1: see in the Northeast.

704
00:32:19,240 --> 00:32:22,040
Speaker 2: I'm biased because I'm from there, but just really.

705
00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,040
Speaker 10: Seeing how this club embodies that in general, I think

706
00:32:25,120 --> 00:32:27,440
Speaker 10: was something that drew me to it. And then also

707
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,920
Speaker 10: just being able to be at a place that really

708
00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 10: feels like family. I think I I kind of saw

709
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:36,640
Speaker 10: that when I trained here, you know, the senior my

710
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:39,600
Speaker 10: senior year, I was able to go into the Gotham

711
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:43,040
Speaker 10: environment and just see how it all works, and you know,

712
00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:45,080
Speaker 10: see how they interact as a team and how the

713
00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 10: coaches developed them. And I really just saw this place

714
00:32:50,120 --> 00:32:52,480
Speaker 10: as as the best fit for me, and I you know,

715
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 10: really couldn't be more glad and proud of the choice

716
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 10: that I made. I feel like I've gotten so much

717
00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,320
Speaker 10: out of this year that I never expect it, and

718
00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,560
Speaker 10: then yeah, it's just been awesome.

719
00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:03,920
Speaker 2: You mentioned choice.

720
00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:06,240
Speaker 1: This is the first year that players got to pick

721
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 1: no draft. What was the toughest part about that or

722
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,160
Speaker 1: what was that experience like of having teams actually court

723
00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 1: you in a way almost like free agency, but right

724
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 1: off the bat, before you know anything about anything exactly. Yeah,

725
00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,000
Speaker 1: I think, as you mentioned at the end, there just

726
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:24,000
Speaker 1: not really knowing anything about a lot of the teams

727
00:33:24,080 --> 00:33:27,200
Speaker 1: and having to do that process of meeting with different

728
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: coaches and hoping that you know they're giving you you

729
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:35,000
Speaker 1: know their style of play, and you know what their

730
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:37,240
Speaker 1: culture of their team is like, and just you know,

731
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,640
Speaker 1: taking that for word, I think that was a difficult part,

732
00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 1: and then just trying to figure out different reasons for

733
00:33:43,680 --> 00:33:46,240
Speaker 1: why you're looking at different clubs, being able to see,

734
00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:49,320
Speaker 1: you know, obviously everyone wants to play, but I think

735
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,800
Speaker 1: that it should be bigger than that when you're making

736
00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,440
Speaker 1: this type of decision, and you know, same goes for college.

737
00:33:54,440 --> 00:33:56,000
Speaker 1: I think it was kind of similar to that, just

738
00:33:56,040 --> 00:33:59,560
Speaker 1: being able to see which program for you was gonna,

739
00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:01,320
Speaker 1: you know, get the best out of you and also

740
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:03,840
Speaker 1: challenge you the most. I think that's part of the

741
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:07,040
Speaker 1: reason I landed on Gotham. You know, going into this year,

742
00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 1: I really didn't expect to play. I thought that it

743
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 1: was going to be more of a learning year, just

744
00:34:11,120 --> 00:34:13,600
Speaker 1: learning from the players around me. But you know, with

745
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:17,680
Speaker 1: a couple of the injuries and adaptations moving to outside back,

746
00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:18,640
Speaker 1: I've you know.

747
00:34:18,640 --> 00:34:20,760
Speaker 10: Been able to play a bigger role for this team.

748
00:34:20,880 --> 00:34:24,120
Speaker 10: So yeah, it's just been awesome. I'm really just taking

749
00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,759
Speaker 10: all of the blessings as they come, but I think, yeah,

750
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 10: I've learned a lot from this team in general this year.

751
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:34,239
Speaker 2: What makes the Spirit special, Yeah.

752
00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,759
Speaker 10: That's a good question. I think they're definitely a team

753
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 10: who brings.

754
00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:39,080
Speaker 2: A lot of flair.

755
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 10: I would say that's the biggest word that I think

756
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,960
Speaker 10: of when I think of their team in general. I

757
00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:46,839
Speaker 10: actually know a couple of the girls on that team,

758
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:50,200
Speaker 10: and I think that they have a pretty good culture

759
00:34:50,239 --> 00:34:53,040
Speaker 10: over there as well. It seems like they are very

760
00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:56,440
Speaker 10: close as a team, but also just good people. So

761
00:34:56,640 --> 00:35:00,399
Speaker 10: being able to you know, put that aside for now

762
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:03,800
Speaker 10: and keep the game the game, I think is also

763
00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:05,759
Speaker 10: challenging because you know, at the end of the day,

764
00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:07,919
Speaker 10: we're all a part of the NWSL, We're a part

765
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,600
Speaker 10: of something bigger and maybe you'll you know, play with

766
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:14,000
Speaker 10: some of those players at the youth or the international level.

767
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:17,240
Speaker 10: So it's always funny, you know, keeping a rivalry or rivalry,

768
00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 10: but for the sake of this weekend, it's definitely gonna

769
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,880
Speaker 10: stay that. And then you know, friends after channel your

770
00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:23,960
Speaker 10: inner son exactly.

771
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:27,480
Speaker 1: Yeah, right, when you're considering how to beat this team,

772
00:35:27,680 --> 00:35:30,960
Speaker 1: what's the one area, attack, approach, strategy, whatever it is

773
00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:33,680
Speaker 1: that you're most focused on trying to stop Saturday, Yeah.

774
00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 10: I think for us, and you know, I could say

775
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 10: the same goes for the entire season. I think it

776
00:35:39,960 --> 00:35:43,799
Speaker 10: starts with our play and I think, you know, sometimes

777
00:35:43,840 --> 00:35:47,879
Speaker 10: that's where people, you know, get ahead of themselves looking

778
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:50,120
Speaker 10: at the opponent and trying to figure out what they

779
00:35:50,160 --> 00:35:52,319
Speaker 10: can do to stop them. And it's more, you know,

780
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:56,000
Speaker 10: looking inward and seeing what you can do to put

781
00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:59,239
Speaker 10: forth the best performance to you know, hopefully score more

782
00:35:59,280 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 10: goals than them and lock them down on defense. It's

783
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:04,440
Speaker 10: just for us, I think, looking to put together a

784
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:08,239
Speaker 10: full ninety, a consistent ninety that maybe we haven't seen

785
00:36:08,280 --> 00:36:11,960
Speaker 10: at times throughout this season for Gotham in general. But

786
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 10: I think, yeah, it's something that we're building on and

787
00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:18,520
Speaker 10: have put forward throughout the entire playoffs. So I'm really

788
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 10: proud of the progress that we've made.

789
00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, it definitely feels like if you focus

790
00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:25,400
Speaker 1: on your game, you can beat anyone. You've showed that

791
00:36:25,480 --> 00:36:30,160
Speaker 1: already through the postseason. Underdog's my ass, obviously, the rallying cry.

792
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:32,920
Speaker 1: We've seen some opportunities for bulletin board.

793
00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:34,600
Speaker 2: Material, whether that's just being the eighth seed.

794
00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 1: I mean, that's what you earned, but still you can

795
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:40,280
Speaker 1: decide that that doesn't define you. There's also a graphic

796
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:42,600
Speaker 1: that went up on the website for the Washington Spirit

797
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:45,319
Speaker 1: after they won their semi final match, saying, come see

798
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: us and support us against the Pride and the Final,

799
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:49,440
Speaker 1: even though y'all hadn't played the Pride yet and they

800
00:36:49,440 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 1: didn't make it.

801
00:36:50,560 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 2: Do you think about that? Do you channel that as

802
00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 2: you're getting ready for Saturday?

803
00:36:53,880 --> 00:36:56,760
Speaker 10: Yeah, I'm someone who definitely stays away from the media.

804
00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:00,200
Speaker 10: I think in big moments like this, for me, I'm

805
00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 10: you know, just trying to lean on the people around me,

806
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:06,280
Speaker 10: and there's all where you know, there's already enough pressure,

807
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 10: I think, so it's not engaging with any of the media.

808
00:37:09,760 --> 00:37:12,400
Speaker 10: It's always you know, fun in games, but I think

809
00:37:12,480 --> 00:37:14,560
Speaker 10: for me it's best to just kind of stay away

810
00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:17,080
Speaker 10: from that before games and channel, you know, what I

811
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 10: can do in the game, not add anything extra to it.

812
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:22,640
Speaker 1: It's also a roll of dice, because like you might

813
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:24,480
Speaker 1: see something that you fired up, or you might see

814
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,319
Speaker 1: something and you're like, oh, now I'm.

815
00:37:26,239 --> 00:37:28,240
Speaker 2: Thinking about that, Yeah exactly.

816
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, who's the celebrity from any industry you'd most be

817
00:37:31,440 --> 00:37:33,120
Speaker 1: excited to see pitch that on Saturday?

818
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:34,360
Speaker 7: Ooh, that's a good question.

819
00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:37,200
Speaker 10: I think the first one that comes to mind, only

820
00:37:37,239 --> 00:37:42,080
Speaker 10: because I'm watching Scandal right now, is Olivia Pope, and

821
00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:45,759
Speaker 10: just like her character in general, Yeah, my roommate, her

822
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:48,839
Speaker 10: aunt actually represents her, so I think she has met

823
00:37:48,880 --> 00:37:52,840
Speaker 10: her before, but just always talks about how she carries

824
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,759
Speaker 10: that that character kind of into her life and.

825
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,879
Speaker 2: She like embodies it in general. So I think that's

826
00:37:58,880 --> 00:37:59,439
Speaker 2: super cool.

827
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:03,120
Speaker 10: But also just players from like other leagues and just

828
00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:05,680
Speaker 10: being able to see different women and male.

829
00:38:05,520 --> 00:38:07,400
Speaker 2: Athletes show up for us in general.

830
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 10: So yeah, I'm excited to see who does show out,

831
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 10: but at the same time, I think most of it

832
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:15,839
Speaker 10: will just be I'm just trying to lot on the.

833
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:16,319
Speaker 2: Field, right.

834
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,680
Speaker 1: Fun random carry Washington fact is that before she married

835
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:23,040
Speaker 1: Nomdi awesome lob, back in the day, she was dating

836
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 1: the guy who played the younger kid in Big Okry

837
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:26,600
Speaker 1: Hanks movie, the.

838
00:38:26,600 --> 00:38:27,560
Speaker 2: Guy Josh Baskin.

839
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,360
Speaker 1: I don't know his real name, and I randomly was

840
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:32,400
Speaker 1: in a flag football game against him and she was

841
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,520
Speaker 1: there watching his girlfriend, and it was like.

842
00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:37,200
Speaker 2: Wait, what a random event.

843
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,440
Speaker 1: He was like before scandal, but she was kind of

844
00:38:39,440 --> 00:38:41,359
Speaker 1: a little bit known a little bit, and I was like, wait,

845
00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 1: that actress lady is dating Josh Baskin. And then like

846
00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,360
Speaker 1: years later I was like, whoa, that was Kerry Washington.

847
00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:48,840
Speaker 1: I have a lot of random stories from like my twenties.

848
00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:51,440
Speaker 1: That's also and it's just the most random ass people.

849
00:38:51,719 --> 00:38:54,279
Speaker 10: Awesome, good luck on Zeay, thank you so much, appreciate it.

850
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,319
Speaker 1: She's a forward who joined got them in September from

851
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 1: the North Carolina Courage and won.

852
00:38:58,960 --> 00:39:00,760
Speaker 2: Gold but the national team in Paris.

853
00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:03,080
Speaker 1: A Frisco, Texas native, she brings the country to the

854
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,120
Speaker 1: big city. She's a dog, but she's no underdog. It's

855
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:11,560
Speaker 1: her birthday. It's Jada Cho twenty one.

856
00:39:11,719 --> 00:39:12,160
Speaker 3: Yeah.

857
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:15,800
Speaker 1: Shot, shot, shot, shot, not yet, shot, not yet after party.

858
00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:17,680
Speaker 3: No, you have to wait to that after party.

859
00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 2: Okay, Okay. I heard you had a little celebration.

860
00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,120
Speaker 1: Team had a little celebration after the semi final win

861
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 1: and you were just sitting there.

862
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 2: Like, oh so close.

863
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,200
Speaker 11: Yeah, there was like champagne on the plane from like

864
00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 11: I think Kansas City to home.

865
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 3: Like I was like, you know what, it's not worth

866
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 3: it right now.

867
00:39:34,239 --> 00:39:39,880
Speaker 11: I have one week, like one more game and yeah, we're.

868
00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,040
Speaker 3: Gonna have a big celebration after.

869
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 2: So it's not the time to have your first drink

870
00:39:43,360 --> 00:39:44,520
Speaker 2: wink wink.

871
00:39:46,400 --> 00:39:52,719
Speaker 1: You just never know reacted so right, safety first, I mean,

872
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:57,600
Speaker 1: what's it like celebrating a birthday twenty one with this

873
00:39:57,760 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 1: incredible success all season?

874
00:39:59,560 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 2: Barber Chick.

875
00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,520
Speaker 1: The last couple of weeks preparing for a title game,

876
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:05,799
Speaker 1: I presume family coming in to see, like, yeah, it's

877
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,440
Speaker 1: a lot, like you've already accomplished more than most people

878
00:40:08,480 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 1: ever could dream of and you're just twenty one.

879
00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 2: Now.

880
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean it is so crazy.

881
00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,480
Speaker 11: But I'm like, I keep saying high risk hy reward

882
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:18,319
Speaker 11: for my birthday, Like we're here in the championship, like

883
00:40:18,719 --> 00:40:21,120
Speaker 11: we're going to win, We're gonna have a big celebration,

884
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,520
Speaker 11: And there's actually a lot of birthdays this week, like

885
00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 11: Callan's tomorrow, Josie's birthday is also today. Yeah, I'll my

886
00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:32,240
Speaker 11: team Sonnets is coming up after the game, so yeah,

887
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:35,359
Speaker 11: it'll be it's a fun week. So yeah, I think

888
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:37,239
Speaker 11: we're all just like keeping the good vibes going into

889
00:40:37,239 --> 00:40:41,040
Speaker 11: the game, and knowing that we're playing for the trophy,

890
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:43,920
Speaker 11: we're playing for all the vibes, and we're playing for

891
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 11: my birthday.

892
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:46,920
Speaker 1: I was gonna say, you just made me think of

893
00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:50,480
Speaker 1: this like high risk Kyroward, because it is the kind.

894
00:40:50,280 --> 00:40:52,600
Speaker 2: Of birthday where you're like, oh, this is what I

895
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:52,920
Speaker 2: did for.

896
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,520
Speaker 1: My sweet sixteen, or like I remember my twenty first

897
00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:57,920
Speaker 1: and you're gonna be like I'll feel lost, or like

898
00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:58,560
Speaker 1: we've won.

899
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,160
Speaker 2: Okay, give me that fit. I'm just saying like it could.

900
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:05,080
Speaker 1: Be the story of your life that you're like, yeah,

901
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:08,360
Speaker 1: I remember my twenty verse or yeah my twenty first

902
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:11,560
Speaker 1: was amazing, Like we won the freaking title. I've been

903
00:41:11,600 --> 00:41:14,840
Speaker 1: celebrating with all my teammates. Okay, take me to the kick.

904
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 1: The free kick in the semi final. Were you going

905
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,200
Speaker 1: for goal? Were you trying to set up team? It's like,

906
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: what did you have in your mind as you prepared?

907
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:25,520
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean it was a little bit far out,

908
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:27,640
Speaker 11: but I was still going for goal. I think me

909
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:30,160
Speaker 11: and Rose, like I said before, has a really good

910
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:32,920
Speaker 11: understanding of what we want our picture to look like

911
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,279
Speaker 11: for who's gonna take it, and I think we're very

912
00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:35,839
Speaker 11: clear on that.

913
00:41:37,040 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 3: And yeah, just like knowing.

914
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:41,520
Speaker 11: That I've prepared all week, like even the past couple

915
00:41:41,560 --> 00:41:43,520
Speaker 11: of weeks, just like working on the free kicks, working

916
00:41:43,560 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 11: on the range and what I want to put on it,

917
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:50,400
Speaker 11: and yeah, I think just stepping up in that moment

918
00:41:50,520 --> 00:41:53,279
Speaker 11: I was going for a goal. I was trying to

919
00:41:53,280 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 11: slot it in the you know, lower corner. It was

920
00:41:56,960 --> 00:41:59,640
Speaker 11: like obviously, like really nice to have my teammates like

921
00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:02,359
Speaker 11: there to like make it chaos, which is part of

922
00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:05,920
Speaker 11: our free kicks. So that's also really helpful to know that,

923
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:07,319
Speaker 11: like as long as I put it on frame, like

924
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:08,920
Speaker 11: my teamates are gonna do their job as well.

925
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:10,920
Speaker 3: So but yeah, I'm just like really happy. I mean,

926
00:42:10,960 --> 00:42:12,719
Speaker 3: it was so late in the game. I was like

927
00:42:12,880 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 3: I couldn't believe it.

928
00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:15,960
Speaker 11: Like I had my hands on my head, like I

929
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:17,960
Speaker 11: was like so tired at that point.

930
00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:19,600
Speaker 3: So it was just like really nice to see it

931
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:21,720
Speaker 3: that goal for everyone.

932
00:42:22,080 --> 00:42:24,359
Speaker 1: The scene of you and Rose looking at each other

933
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 1: right after it went in and embracing.

934
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:28,000
Speaker 3: We kind of hesitated a little, mate.

935
00:42:28,280 --> 00:42:30,120
Speaker 2: It was almost like neither of you could believe it.

936
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 2: Wait you went in.

937
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:32,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, we were like, are you gonna run some mirror?

938
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:33,520
Speaker 3: I'm gonna run to you.

939
00:42:34,320 --> 00:42:36,799
Speaker 1: So in that moment when you're both lined up, is

940
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:39,080
Speaker 1: it a number that your coach calls that decides which.

941
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,600
Speaker 2: One of you is actually kicking? Between you?

942
00:42:41,680 --> 00:42:42,800
Speaker 3: It's us, So right.

943
00:42:42,640 --> 00:42:44,480
Speaker 2: Before you decide, and how do you what if you're

944
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:45,560
Speaker 2: both like I got this, I.

945
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:47,880
Speaker 11: Feel it Just like it depends on you know, like

946
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:50,239
Speaker 11: where the wall sets up, where the goalkeeper sets up,

947
00:42:50,440 --> 00:42:52,560
Speaker 11: Like obviously it makes it a little difficult for the

948
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:54,400
Speaker 11: goalkeeper because you don't know which one of us is

949
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 11: gonna take it, so that obviously helps. But yeah, we

950
00:42:58,880 --> 00:43:00,880
Speaker 11: just like try to see where they set up and

951
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,719
Speaker 11: who has the better angle to put it where they've

952
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:04,520
Speaker 11: trained all weeks.

953
00:43:04,680 --> 00:43:07,560
Speaker 2: So that is teamwork. Yeah, that is teamwork.

954
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,560
Speaker 1: Okay, why do you think you've had such success since

955
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 1: arriving I got them.

956
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean, I think it's hard not to be

957
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:17,680
Speaker 11: successful in this environment. I think there's so much support,

958
00:43:17,800 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 11: so much encouragement here. I think I just feel so

959
00:43:22,080 --> 00:43:23,080
Speaker 11: comfortable in this environment.

960
00:43:23,120 --> 00:43:24,440
Speaker 3: I feel so free on the field.

961
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:28,000
Speaker 11: I feel like everyone wants me to win and everybody

962
00:43:28,080 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 11: you know, wants me to be the best version of

963
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:31,360
Speaker 11: myself and vice versa.

964
00:43:31,520 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 3: So yeah, I just feel so supported in this environment.

965
00:43:33,960 --> 00:43:35,880
Speaker 11: Whether I make a mistake or I score, you know,

966
00:43:35,920 --> 00:43:38,879
Speaker 11: the winning goal, I think I just yeah, I love

967
00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:41,960
Speaker 11: being here. I'm happy and I feel like truly like

968
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:43,799
Speaker 11: these are my sisters and I want to like fight

969
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:46,280
Speaker 11: for them and you know, go to war every weekend

970
00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:49,399
Speaker 11: for these girls. So yeah, it's it's been really fun

971
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:51,240
Speaker 11: being a part of this group, and I'm really grateful,

972
00:43:51,640 --> 00:43:54,520
Speaker 11: you know, from you know, the owners all the way

973
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 11: down to my peers around me in the locker room.

974
00:43:57,120 --> 00:43:58,360
Speaker 3: So yeah, it's been great.

975
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:01,680
Speaker 2: You made a specific quote game or two ago.

976
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 1: Trying something again without hesitation and not getting screamed at

977
00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:07,520
Speaker 1: or pulled off the field or feeling like someone's gonna

978
00:44:07,520 --> 00:44:09,040
Speaker 1: come in and replace you after you make a mistake

979
00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:10,920
Speaker 1: is something I really feel in this environment, like you

980
00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 1: are able to try, try again, make a mistake and

981
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:15,280
Speaker 1: be okay.

982
00:44:15,719 --> 00:44:16,560
Speaker 2: Tell me more about that.

983
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:19,799
Speaker 11: Yeah, I mean I think for me, like with the

984
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:21,480
Speaker 11: way that I like to play, it's with so much

985
00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 11: confidence and like a little bit of swag, a little

986
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:26,759
Speaker 11: bit of like I know, like that I can you know,

987
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 11: beat you. That I'm gonna like take more risk and

988
00:44:28,840 --> 00:44:31,200
Speaker 11: that I'm gonna you know, step up for this team.

989
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:33,080
Speaker 11: And I think that's something that I really feel that

990
00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 11: I'm allowed to do in this environment, and that you know,

991
00:44:35,640 --> 00:44:38,160
Speaker 11: the coaches support me in that, and they want me

992
00:44:38,200 --> 00:44:40,560
Speaker 11: to make mistakes, they want me to take risks. They

993
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,319
Speaker 11: want me to you know, dribble and shoot and do

994
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:45,040
Speaker 11: it again and again whether it goes in the goal

995
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:45,400
Speaker 11: or not.

996
00:44:45,640 --> 00:44:48,160
Speaker 3: And they trust me in that, and I.

997
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:50,720
Speaker 11: Think that's really important for me and the continued growth

998
00:44:50,800 --> 00:44:53,040
Speaker 11: of me as a player and as a person, just

999
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:55,319
Speaker 11: knowing that I bring value to this team and I

1000
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:57,880
Speaker 11: bring value to the game and playing through that, and

1001
00:44:58,320 --> 00:45:01,160
Speaker 11: also like leaning on my teammates. I think, like everyone

1002
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:04,319
Speaker 11: plays with so much confidence, so much swag, Like it's

1003
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:07,160
Speaker 11: so hard not to be that as well, and me

1004
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:09,560
Speaker 11: coming in like even like I've been in the league

1005
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:11,680
Speaker 11: for a few years now, but like being a young

1006
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:13,920
Speaker 11: player still, like I feel like I look up to

1007
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:15,480
Speaker 11: so many of these players, Like we have some of

1008
00:45:15,480 --> 00:45:17,520
Speaker 11: the best players in the world here, and it's it's

1009
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:20,759
Speaker 11: hard not to feel like like you're on top of

1010
00:45:20,800 --> 00:45:22,560
Speaker 11: the world every time you step out on the pitch.

1011
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:24,880
Speaker 1: Even when you're the eighth seed, which leads you to

1012
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:28,279
Speaker 1: saying things like underdog mine. Did you think that would

1013
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:29,160
Speaker 1: end up on T shirts?

1014
00:45:29,160 --> 00:45:32,160
Speaker 11: Absolutely not, absolutely not. If I knew that, I would

1015
00:45:32,280 --> 00:45:34,360
Speaker 11: probably have not said it. But I mean it was

1016
00:45:34,400 --> 00:45:36,400
Speaker 11: the truth. That was how I felt in that moment,

1017
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,279
Speaker 11: and I think like the team ate it up, like

1018
00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:41,120
Speaker 11: I was really happy that everybody was happy that I

1019
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:43,200
Speaker 11: said that, Like I was like, okay, so we.

1020
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:45,239
Speaker 3: Lifted off my shoulders. I'm sorry on my cuss And

1021
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:46,240
Speaker 3: now it's on a T shirt.

1022
00:45:47,040 --> 00:45:51,799
Speaker 11: But she we oh, she's gonna be wearing Okay, good,

1023
00:45:51,880 --> 00:45:54,800
Speaker 11: she will be wearing all I think. Yes, I'm pretty

1024
00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:58,560
Speaker 11: sure it is like bleeped out. But she's like she

1025
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:00,759
Speaker 11: grew on her. She like lookey, like to that out

1026
00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:02,680
Speaker 11: of me because I'm typically like a little bit more

1027
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:05,800
Speaker 11: like I'm not a huge like mess talker trash talker,

1028
00:46:05,800 --> 00:46:09,239
Speaker 11: and she definitely is so like she was like, yes, like, mom,

1029
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 11: I can see it.

1030
00:46:10,280 --> 00:46:12,480
Speaker 3: I can see it, bruin, Oh, Mama, Shaw can go

1031
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:16,680
Speaker 3: to war. Yeah she is. She will forever be my

1032
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:19,760
Speaker 3: emergency contact. Yeah.

1033
00:46:19,840 --> 00:46:21,799
Speaker 1: What do you think makes Gotham so special? What makes

1034
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 1: this team so special?

1035
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:27,600
Speaker 11: I mean there are so many things. I think just

1036
00:46:27,640 --> 00:46:30,520
Speaker 11: looking around the room. I think just knowing that I

1037
00:46:30,600 --> 00:46:33,360
Speaker 11: have the absolute best players in the world around me,

1038
00:46:33,680 --> 00:46:36,960
Speaker 11: knowing that you know, we're going up against another team,

1039
00:46:37,200 --> 00:46:39,040
Speaker 11: and I see a I look around me and like,

1040
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:42,600
Speaker 11: I just have amazing players. And I think like the

1041
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:45,360
Speaker 11: grit that this team has, like finding a way to

1042
00:46:45,440 --> 00:46:49,200
Speaker 11: win even when it isn't looking pretty, just like working together,

1043
00:46:49,440 --> 00:46:52,000
Speaker 11: like fighting for each other, like I said before, going

1044
00:46:52,040 --> 00:46:52,960
Speaker 11: to war for each other.

1045
00:46:53,080 --> 00:46:55,280
Speaker 3: Like I feel like has what's gotten us to this point.

1046
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:57,720
Speaker 11: Like I haven't been here that long, but that's something

1047
00:46:57,719 --> 00:46:59,400
Speaker 11: that I like truly feel in my heart, like when

1048
00:46:59,400 --> 00:47:01,520
Speaker 11: I'm on the field, like I'm just like when I

1049
00:47:01,560 --> 00:47:03,960
Speaker 11: see someone, you know, put in a nasty tackle or

1050
00:47:04,120 --> 00:47:07,760
Speaker 11: like a slide or like you know, celebrate after something,

1051
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:12,000
Speaker 11: like it's so contagious and it's something that I want to.

1052
00:47:11,880 --> 00:47:13,040
Speaker 3: Be for the next person.

1053
00:47:13,160 --> 00:47:15,160
Speaker 11: And I don't know if you guys heard, but like

1054
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:18,000
Speaker 11: before the Kansas City game, the locker room was a

1055
00:47:18,040 --> 00:47:21,440
Speaker 11: lot quieter than typical, like not as many people, you know,

1056
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:23,759
Speaker 11: up dancing around, Like everybody was like in their zone.

1057
00:47:23,760 --> 00:47:24,920
Speaker 3: They knew exactly what they had to.

1058
00:47:24,880 --> 00:47:27,719
Speaker 11: Do going into that game, and it ultimately showed. So yeah,

1059
00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:29,279
Speaker 11: I mean there's so many things I could go on

1060
00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 11: all day about this team, Like it's so special to

1061
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:33,480
Speaker 11: be a part of this group and to be in

1062
00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:36,239
Speaker 11: this moment getting ready for the championship game.

1063
00:47:36,680 --> 00:47:38,080
Speaker 1: All right, let's see if you could go on all

1064
00:47:38,160 --> 00:47:40,760
Speaker 1: day about this next question. It makes the Spirit special.

1065
00:47:42,120 --> 00:47:44,200
Speaker 11: I do have a little special plays in my heart

1066
00:47:44,200 --> 00:47:47,759
Speaker 11: for the Spirit. That's where I kind of started, not officially,

1067
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:51,840
Speaker 11: but started. So yeah, I mean they have an incredible

1068
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:55,839
Speaker 11: group obviously, they have so many threats. They have, you know,

1069
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:59,040
Speaker 11: so many players that have been you know, amazing this year,

1070
00:47:59,440 --> 00:48:00,680
Speaker 11: and people say that this.

1071
00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:02,319
Speaker 3: Arrival, I don't really know. I just got here if

1072
00:48:02,320 --> 00:48:03,239
Speaker 3: it's a rivalry or not.

1073
00:48:03,600 --> 00:48:05,880
Speaker 2: But you know, the forty fourth meeting the most.

1074
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:07,439
Speaker 4: History.

1075
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:09,440
Speaker 3: That's actually crazy. I didn't pick out.

1076
00:48:10,000 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 11: I didn't know that, but yeah, I mean I think

1077
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:15,200
Speaker 11: that they're going to bring their a game as well,

1078
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:18,719
Speaker 11: and it's up to us to better it. And I think, yeah,

1079
00:48:18,880 --> 00:48:20,959
Speaker 11: just looking at their team, like you said, we played

1080
00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:24,839
Speaker 11: them a million times, so just knowing that this one

1081
00:48:25,040 --> 00:48:26,600
Speaker 11: is the one that really matters.

1082
00:48:26,760 --> 00:48:28,560
Speaker 1: When you're thinking about how to beat them, what's the

1083
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:31,799
Speaker 1: one area of focus, game, attack, approach, strategy that you

1084
00:48:31,960 --> 00:48:33,440
Speaker 1: most have to think about stopping?

1085
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:35,400
Speaker 3: Well, of course, they're forward threats.

1086
00:48:35,440 --> 00:48:39,200
Speaker 11: I think Kroy is incredible, Like we're friends. Like she's

1087
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:43,880
Speaker 11: like so creative and has like those little like twinkled toes,

1088
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:45,719
Speaker 11: like she's just like so good on the ball and

1089
00:48:46,239 --> 00:48:48,600
Speaker 11: Tren Obviously, I don't know if she'll you know, fully

1090
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:51,360
Speaker 11: be back after ne but like if she is, like

1091
00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:55,120
Speaker 11: it's awesome for her and I'm you know, happy that

1092
00:48:55,160 --> 00:48:57,120
Speaker 11: she's back from her injury.

1093
00:48:57,920 --> 00:48:59,040
Speaker 3: She obviously brings so much.

1094
00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:03,040
Speaker 11: She's so dynamic up top and she's lethal in front

1095
00:49:03,080 --> 00:49:03,359
Speaker 11: of goal.

1096
00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:04,879
Speaker 3: So how we.

1097
00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:08,560
Speaker 11: Can minimize that obviously, Quasi give a gift Monday, bring

1098
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:11,759
Speaker 11: a lot. Tara McKeown just one defender of the year. Like,

1099
00:49:11,800 --> 00:49:14,160
Speaker 11: she's obviously a really good table for their back line.

1100
00:49:14,239 --> 00:49:18,160
Speaker 11: So just knowing that they're gonna have, you know, players

1101
00:49:18,200 --> 00:49:22,040
Speaker 11: in place to bring a good game, and like I said,

1102
00:49:22,080 --> 00:49:24,399
Speaker 11: it's up to us to match it and better it

1103
00:49:24,880 --> 00:49:26,680
Speaker 11: and bring you know what we know that we can

1104
00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:27,359
Speaker 11: to this game.

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Speaker 1: Who's the celebrity that you get most excited if you

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Speaker 1: saw they were pitched that on Saturday?

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Speaker 11: There are so many, Like I've been saying, someoneboos today,

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Speaker 11: that's kind of what I'm going for. Yeah, I saw

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Speaker 11: the stud Budzer here or my friends, so fun to

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Speaker 11: see them here. Maybe like Tom Cruise, like so random,

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Speaker 11: but like that was just like that was the most

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Speaker 11: random thing I think I've had all day.

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Speaker 3: Tom Cruise.

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Speaker 2: Okay, Tom Cruise, good luck on Saturday.

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Speaker 7: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Great to hear from the ladies of New York, New Jersey.

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Speaker 1: We got to take a another quick break when we return.

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Speaker 1: Best trash Talker and best fits. When the Good Game

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Speaker 1: Awards crashed, the NWSL Awards.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back Slices.

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Speaker 1: Part of this week's festivities included the first ever NWSL

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Speaker 1: Awards on Wednesday at the San Jose Civic Center, again

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Speaker 1: not the Civic Center, San Jose. Producer Alex and I

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Speaker 1: were there work in the blue carpet and rubb and

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Speaker 1: elbows and shoulders and hips and knees and outstretched arms

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Speaker 1: holding mics with our fave soccer media y'all. The carpet

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Speaker 1: was packed packed ahead of the league handing.

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Speaker 2: Out MVP and more.

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Speaker 1: We invented a few new awards of our own, first

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Speaker 1: Best trash Talker, and I almost bet you can guess

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Speaker 1: who got the most votes. I'll let Gotham's Jess Carter,

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Speaker 1: the Currents Kayla Sharples, and the Spirits Tara Mickey Oone

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Speaker 1: tell you. Okay, So we've invented two new awards. One

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Speaker 1: is the best trash talker in the NWSL.

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Speaker 9: Who you got emiy Sonnet She would make me once

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Speaker 9: at all step foot back on that footble fitch, and

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Speaker 9: she was against me.

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Speaker 4: I have heard I don't get a experience a love,

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Speaker 4: but I've heard Emily saw it.

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Speaker 3: Probably Emily saw in it.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I believe she's gonna get all the votes. I'll

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Speaker 2: be excited.

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Speaker 6: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Trinity Rodman also said Emily's on it, but only after

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Speaker 1: giving herself top honors first, and teammate Croy Bethune said

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Speaker 1: Trin too also seems like the Washington Spirits, asmy Morgan

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Speaker 1: and hal hirshfelt get pretty spicy in practice together.

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Speaker 2: Take a listen.

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Speaker 3: Maybe cal hirshfelt, I'm.

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Speaker 10: Tired of it as we chatting me at practice, that's

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Speaker 10: for sure.

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Speaker 1: That's funny because she named you no the next invented

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Speaker 1: Good Game Award best fits in the NWSL the Casey

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Speaker 1: Currents Izzy Rodriguez named one of her teammates.

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Speaker 8: I'm gonna say, Michelle Cooper has some pretty good fits

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Speaker 8: for our team for sure.

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Speaker 2: Gotham's Jess Carter shouted out one of her teammates.

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Speaker 3: Money freemum every day, I see you.

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Speaker 9: Just found yesterday in like ten minutes and puts together

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Speaker 9: every game day fit.

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Speaker 3: She always looks.

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Speaker 1: Fire, but by far and away, a pair of Washington

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Speaker 1: Spirit players earned the most votes for this one. Here's

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Speaker 1: Tara mickeyon asby Morgan hal Hirschfelt, Riley Tiernan, and Kayla

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Speaker 1: Sharples giving them their props.

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Speaker 5: I've been saying Trinity Rodman best fits Trinn and Kroy.

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Speaker 3: They always slay absolutely icons, probably Trinn and Croy.

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Speaker 5: I can't decide between which one, but both of those

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Speaker 5: girls bring it every single time we got to fit

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Speaker 5: up for some bed.

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Speaker 7: I would have to say Trinity Rodman's.

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Speaker 3: Trinity or Croy. I think that they always consistent.

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Speaker 2: And look fired Croy.

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Speaker 1: Bethune tried to shout out Trinity as well, but got

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Speaker 1: nudged by Trent to give another answer.

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Speaker 4: Okay, see something, Okay bring Michelle Alosier. I look Crowdfitch.

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Speaker 4: She's actually here today in rout Milisotian sounds awesome.

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Speaker 1: As for Trinity herself, she had a big list of

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Speaker 1: stylish players and included herself too.

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Speaker 5: Match definitely Michelle, I would say Croy.

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Speaker 3: I would say Mandy Freeman, myself, Monday dev I don't know.

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Speaker 5: Everybody has their own thing going, which I think is cool.

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Speaker 1: Finally, a little game of good game Red Rover, we

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Speaker 1: asked the player which opponent they'd most like to turn

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Speaker 1: into a teammate. First, Tara mickeyone, who reluctantly selected a

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Speaker 1: pair of strikers.

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Speaker 3: Probably Bander Chewinga.

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00:53:08,480 --> 00:53:11,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, smart as me. Morgan wanted to be reunited with

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Speaker 2: an old friend.

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Speaker 3: That's a good.

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Speaker 11: Question, Raisa vel I played with her at Months Day

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Speaker 11: and she was just seeing Credibiles, so I'd probably won't

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Speaker 11: just try and steal her.

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Speaker 3: Could her and Croy in midfield would be crazy?

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Speaker 1: Hal hirsch Felt hoped for a college reunion, probably Caroline.

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Speaker 3: Conti and my college roommate from afc.

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Speaker 2: Riley Tiernan chose a spirit standout.

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Speaker 10: I'm gonna have to say Croy.

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Speaker 2: Kayla Sharples was just looking out for her best interest.

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Speaker 3: I'm constantly going up against boards. I would honestly say

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Speaker 3: Trinity as well.

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Speaker 1: Then you don't have to worry about exactly Sharpele's teammate

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Speaker 1: is he Rodriguez chose a standout forward.

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Speaker 3: Really cool to watch Ludila. I think she had some

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Speaker 3: really fun breakout games, and I think she'd be a

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Speaker 3: fun player of player.

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Speaker 1: Trinity Rodman went for a legend I mean Martha, Yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: and so did.

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Speaker 2: Croy Bethune Yeah, I say Marta.

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Speaker 1: I'm starting to think Tren and Croy spend too much

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Speaker 1: time together sharing a brain those two. As for the

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Speaker 1: actual awards given out by the NWSL, tien Wishewinga earned

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Speaker 1: MVP honors, becoming the first ever back to back.

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Speaker 2: MVP of the league. She also took home the.

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Speaker 1: Golden Boode Award and won First Team Best Eleven honors

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Speaker 1: along with four of her Kansas City Current teammates, the

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Speaker 1: Washington Spirits Tara mckeyon one Defender of the Year. Midfielder

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Speaker 1: of the Year went to Monaka Matsukoba of the North

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00:54:27,520 --> 00:54:30,560
Speaker 1: Carolina Courage got the FC's Lily Reel One Rookie of

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Speaker 1: the Year. The Kansas City Currents Lorrainer earned Keeper of

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Speaker 1: the Year and Racing Louisville's Bevan as one Coach of

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Speaker 1: the Year. And if there was an award for most

1223
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Speaker 1: beautiful mermaid inspired red carpet Goddess, it would have to

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Speaker 1: be Angel City's Ali Riley. Perfection Gorgeous put her in

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Speaker 1: the Louver, steal her from the Louver.

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Speaker 2: No notes.

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Speaker 1: Also, congrats to the NWSL on two great new events.

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Speaker 1: We love to see Championship Weekend expand and to see

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00:54:56,600 --> 00:54:59,719
Speaker 1: the players and teams get the coverage, attention, adoration, and

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Speaker 1: some they deserve.

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Speaker 2: All right, we got to take another quick break when

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Speaker 2: we come back.

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Speaker 1: Your biggest homework assignment yet, Welcome back, Slaics. We always

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Speaker 1: love that you listen, but we want you to get

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Speaker 1: in the game every day too. So here's our good

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Speaker 1: game plays of the day. Watch the NWSL Championship. It

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Speaker 1: kicks off at five pm Local time eight pm Eastern

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Speaker 1: and you can watch on CBS and Paramount Plus. And

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Speaker 1: don't forget that Season three of the PWHL begins with

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Speaker 1: a double header tonight. The two time defending champion Minnesota

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Speaker 1: Frost hosts the Toronto Scepters at seven pm Eastern, and

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Speaker 1: the league's two new teams meet when the Vancouver Goldeneyes

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Speaker 1: hosts the Seattle Torrent at ten pm Eastern. Plus, you

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Speaker 1: got the NCAA Field Hockey Tournament continuing today with.

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Speaker 2: The final four.

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Speaker 1: Number two Princeton faces number three Harvard at twelve pm Eastern.

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Speaker 1: Then the defending champions Northwestern take on number one seed

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Speaker 1: UNC at two thirty Eastern. The title game is on

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Speaker 1: Sunday at one. We'll link to the bracket in our

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Speaker 1: show notes. The NCBLE Women's Soccer Tournament continues this weekend

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Speaker 1: as well, so we'll link to that bracket too, and

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Speaker 1: don't miss one of the best hoops matchups of this

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Speaker 1: young season as number one Yukon host Number six Michigan

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Speaker 1: tonight at eight eastern on Fox. Okay, we know that's

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Speaker 1: and review. It's easy watch Kenza Dolly's MJ inspired fit

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Speaker 1: rating one of one pair of suspenders spotted on the

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Speaker 1: Blue Carpet review the San Diego Waves. Kenza Dolly nominated

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Speaker 1: for NWSL Midfielder of the Year was Rocket, a blue

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Speaker 1: carpet look inspired by none other than the Goat himself,

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan, who she's mentioned that she admires in many

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Speaker 1: interviews over the years. Brown trousers, suspenders, white dress shirt

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Speaker 1: and a brown, orange and beige Paisley tie, almost a

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Speaker 1: link to Kenza and MJ Twinning in the show notes.

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Speaker 1: Now it's your turn, y'all, rate and review. Thanks for listening,

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Speaker 1: See you next week. Good Game, Spirit, Good Game Gotham

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Speaker 1: c two civic centers in San Jose, the San Jose

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Speaker 1: Civic Center where I was supposed to be on Thursday,

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Speaker 1: and the Civic Center in San Jose, which is actually

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Speaker 1: a light rail stop ten minutes away that shows up

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Speaker 1: on Google Maps when you put in Civic Center, and

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Speaker 1: where I made an unexpected first stop on Thursday before

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Speaker 1: finding my way to the actual San Jose Civic Center.

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Speaker 2: Get It Together, San Jose.

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