1 00:00:00,720 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Welcome to Good Game with Sarah Spain, where we're still 2 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:07,120 Speaker 1: scrolling through the highlights of Mondays Got Them FC championship parade. God, 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: I love a double decker bus moment. It's Tuesday, November 4 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:12,399 Speaker 1: twenty fifth, and on today's show will be bringing you 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: my conversation with women's soccer legend and BFC co founder 6 00:00:15,920 --> 00:00:18,880 Speaker 1: Brandy Chastain. I sat down with her as part of 7 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: our Capital One and Novard's Strong Start Brunch event on 8 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,520 Speaker 1: Friday in San Jose to discuss the history of women's 9 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 1: soccer in the Bay Area, the challenges of launching a 10 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:30,800 Speaker 1: new team, her interest in coaching at the national team level, 11 00:00:30,880 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 1: and the times she signed a car. Plus draftees react 12 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: in every which way, The lottery gods give hoops and 13 00:00:37,600 --> 00:00:41,400 Speaker 1: gay shit fans a thrilling possibility, and we stand bat's 14 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:44,080 Speaker 1: boo and a lame duck. It's all coming out right 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:53,479 Speaker 1: after this. Welcome Backslashys. Here's what you need to know today. 16 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,960 Speaker 1: Let's start with the NWSL and Got Them's championship celebration 17 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 1: on Monday. Now, folks may recall that back in twenty 18 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: twenty three when Got Them won the NWSL title, out 19 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,080 Speaker 1: of sixth place. The team was wholly unprepared to host 20 00:01:07,120 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: a victory celebration, and fans were left pretty disappointed they 21 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,200 Speaker 1: didn't get a parade. Well, that wasn't the case this year. 22 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: The team was honored with their parade in New York 23 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: on Monday morning. It began on Barclay Street in Lower 24 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: Manhattan and went up Broadway to Chambers Street. During a 25 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: presentation at City Hall, New York City Mayor Eric Adams 26 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: presented the team with the keys to the city, and 27 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:30,200 Speaker 1: the disgraced mayor got a fair share of booze. As 28 00:01:30,240 --> 00:01:33,120 Speaker 1: part of his speech, he said, quote, whenever you play sports, 29 00:01:33,160 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 1: you know you've got to play through the hecklers and 30 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,560 Speaker 1: just stay focused. That's how you win. You don't win 31 00:01:37,600 --> 00:01:39,480 Speaker 1: when you worry about the haters. You win when you 32 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:40,920 Speaker 1: stay dedicated to the mission. 33 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:41,679 Speaker 2: End quote. 34 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,720 Speaker 1: Okay, sir, at least this team's naysayers, aren't you know, 35 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: calling them out over federal corruption charges and witness tampering. 36 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: And as far as we know, none of the Gotham 37 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: players offered reporters cash and a potato chip bag to 38 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:58,120 Speaker 1: write nice stories about them. But anyway, far more exciting 39 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: was hearing from the players themselves, Jade and Shaw knew 40 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:03,200 Speaker 1: she could keep it short and sweet and still get 41 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: the crowd going with this. 42 00:02:04,320 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 3: One last time. 43 00:02:06,880 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 4: The quote round the league. 44 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,919 Speaker 1: The quote heard round the league is right, also heard 45 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: a lot lately around Gotham FC. Felice Navidad. First, the 46 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,600 Speaker 1: players were going crazy for it after requesting it at 47 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: the after party Saturday night and then again getting down 48 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:28,080 Speaker 1: to it at the parade on Monday. 49 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 2: I don't know. 50 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: This must be got them's Cheetah Girls moment to the WNBA. 51 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: The league held its twenty twenty six draft lottery on Sunday, 52 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: and for a second straight year, the Dallas Wings won 53 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 1: the number one overall pick. Lottery odds were based on 54 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: cumulative season records over the last two seasons, and after 55 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,080 Speaker 1: going nineteen and sixty five in twenty twenty four and 56 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, the Wings had the best chance to 57 00:02:49,720 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: land the top pick at forty two percent. As for 58 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 1: who the Wings will pick, well, there isn't a consensus 59 00:02:55,280 --> 00:02:58,239 Speaker 1: number one pick just yet. The ESPN's latest mock draft 60 00:02:58,240 --> 00:03:01,480 Speaker 1: has Azy Fudd going first. The Athletics writers opted to 61 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: give Spain's Ahwa fam the number one slot. As for team, 62 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: good game. I think you know we're always rooting for 63 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: hoops and gay shit. Paizy, it is more WNBA. Late 64 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,239 Speaker 1: last week, the Associated Press was the first to report 65 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 1: that is part of the ongoing CBA negotiations, the WNBA 66 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,000 Speaker 1: had offered players a deal that would include a maximum 67 00:03:20,040 --> 00:03:22,600 Speaker 1: salary of just over a million dollars a year, with 68 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:24,960 Speaker 1: the new league minimum clocking in at more than two 69 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,239 Speaker 1: hundred twenty thousand dollars. But Friend of the Show Annie 70 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: Costable later reported for Front Office Sports that sources she 71 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: spoke to said those numbers are misleading, as the million 72 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 1: dollar figure includes both a base SuperMac salary of eight 73 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:40,440 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty k, with revenue sharing and bonuses making 74 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:42,960 Speaker 1: up the difference to get to a million. Costable also 75 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: reported that the WNBA's latest offer doesn't include any major 76 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: tweaks to the revenue share percentage, which has been one 77 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: of the biggest sticking points for the PA in negotiations. 78 00:03:52,520 --> 00:03:55,480 Speaker 1: As always, we'll keep you posted as we learn more more. 79 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: WNBA esp had reported late last week that the New 80 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 1: York Liberty has reached a deal to hire christ To 81 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: Marco as the team's new head coach. DeMarco is a 82 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: longtime assistant with the mnba's Golden State Warriors, haven't been 83 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,680 Speaker 1: with the team since twenty twelve. He has also served 84 00:04:08,680 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: as the head coach of the Bahamian senior men's national 85 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: team since twenty nineteen. Now Worth noting that with the hire, 86 00:04:15,200 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 1: there are still no black women serving as head coach 87 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,679 Speaker 1: in the WNBA. In a post on Instagram, former player 88 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: and ESPN analyst Janeo Gumackay called out the fact that 89 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 1: the MNBA has become a bigger pipeline than the WNBA itself. 90 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 1: Take a listen to part of what she said. 91 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 4: It's getting increasingly hard for aspiring coaches or even former 92 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 4: players to win from within. Internally, the WNBA has some 93 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:43,719 Speaker 4: of the brightest minds Christy Tolliver, Brion, January, Kareema Christmas Kelly, 94 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 4: Lindsay Harding, who is currently with the Los Angeles Lakers. 95 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 4: Entering last season, Noel Quinn was the only black female 96 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,000 Speaker 4: head coach in the entire WNBA, and now the count 97 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 4: is at zero. 98 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:58,479 Speaker 1: We'll link to Cheney's full video in the show notes. 99 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: Who USA Basketball announced the list of players invited to 100 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 1: take part in the organization's camp next month. The group 101 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 1: of eighteen includes ten players who will be making their 102 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 1: US senior national team camp debut, including Caitlin Clark, Paige Beckers, 103 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,880 Speaker 1: Cameron Brink, Angel Reese and Juju Watkins. Now, we were 104 00:05:15,960 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 1: curious about what watkins participation is going to look like, 105 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: given that she's still rehabbing an ACL injury, so we 106 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: reached out to USC for clarification, and a spokesperson told 107 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: us she won't be participating on court, but that she 108 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:28,159 Speaker 1: quote looks forward to being in the gym as she 109 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:31,359 Speaker 1: learns about the women's national team program end quote. The 110 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 1: camp's also going to feature five members of the US 111 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,279 Speaker 1: team that won gold at the twenty twenty four Paris Olympics, 112 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:40,840 Speaker 1: Kalia Copper, Chelsea Gray, Britney Griner, Kelsey Plum, and Jackie Young. 113 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: Next month's camp will be held at Duke University from 114 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: December twelfth through the fourteenth, and it'll help evaluate players 115 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:49,159 Speaker 1: ahead of next year's Women's World Cup, set to take 116 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,040 Speaker 1: place in September in Berlin, Germany. More national team news, 117 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 1: this time from the Soccer World. Last week, US women's 118 00:05:55,839 --> 00:05:58,359 Speaker 1: national team boss Emma Hayes announced the twenty six player 119 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:01,559 Speaker 1: training camp roster ahead of two upcoming friendlies to close 120 00:06:01,600 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: out twenty twenty five. The roster includes eight players who 121 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:08,960 Speaker 1: competed in this weekend's NWSL championship game, including Gotham's Lily Reel, 122 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:13,039 Speaker 1: Emily Sonnet, and Jayden Shaw, and Washington's Croy Bethune. The 123 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 1: Spirit's Trinity Rodman remains out of the national team mix 124 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:18,239 Speaker 1: as she continues to work back toward one hundred percent 125 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: to baseball. The new Women's Professional Baseball League unveiled its 126 00:06:22,160 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 1: draft picks last week, with San Francisco selecting Kelsey Whitmore 127 00:06:25,880 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: with the number one draft pick. In twenty sixteen, Whitmore 128 00:06:29,040 --> 00:06:31,600 Speaker 1: became the first woman since the nineteen fifties to play 129 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: pro baseball when she debuted with the Sonoma Stumpers. She's 130 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 1: also suited up with the Staten Island Fairyhawks, Oakland Bawlers, 131 00:06:38,760 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 1: and Savannah Bananas. Meantime, Little League legend Monet Davis was 132 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:45,880 Speaker 1: selected tenth overall by the Los Angeles team. In total, 133 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 1: one hundred twenty players were drafted, though not all will 134 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: go on to sign with teams now. There was some 135 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: confusion around the protocols for the draft for folks that 136 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 1: tuned in, they saw what seemed to be a normal draft, 137 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,800 Speaker 1: a hype up video with footage of players at tryouts, 138 00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: a message from MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, followed by WPBL 139 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: host CJ. Silas opening envelopes with the picks and athletes 140 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 1: speaking about what their selection meant to them. But what 141 00:07:11,360 --> 00:07:14,840 Speaker 1: was happening behind the scenes. While first off, the draft 142 00:07:14,840 --> 00:07:17,440 Speaker 1: that people tuned into watch on Thursday night wasn't happening 143 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: in real time, It was instead a compilation of pre 144 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: recorded interviews, Reporter Jen ramos Eisen wrote on x quote 145 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 1: wpblpr director told me that the draft format was indeed followed, 146 00:07:28,400 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: but is unaware of the day or dates when the 147 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,760 Speaker 1: draft happened end quote. Ramos Eisen also asked for clarification 148 00:07:34,800 --> 00:07:38,360 Speaker 1: on the player interviews. For example, Tonay Benita's reaction to 149 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: being selected New York. 150 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 2: It's official. 151 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,239 Speaker 4: I'm headed to the Big Apple, where the energy never stops, 152 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 4: the lights never dim, and the noise never ends. 153 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 5: Women in sports are rewriting the story in New York 154 00:07:50,440 --> 00:07:51,200 Speaker 5: is leading the charge. 155 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 2: See you in twenty twenty six. 156 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: But how did today know she was going to New York? 157 00:07:55,480 --> 00:07:58,440 Speaker 1: If the interviews with the players were pre recorded well. 158 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 1: PBLPR told Ramos Eyesen that the players didn't know which 159 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 1: team they would be drafted by, but made four videos 160 00:08:04,080 --> 00:08:07,040 Speaker 1: with possible reactions depending on which team they were selected to. 161 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 1: This raises some questions for us, but we were still 162 00:08:10,080 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: very excited to see how jazz the players were to 163 00:08:12,120 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: be drafted, even if their reaction was one of four 164 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: potential options. We'll have plenty more on the WPBL in 165 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,680 Speaker 1: a future episode, but in the meantime, shout out to 166 00:08:20,680 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 1: Front of the Show Nicole Hasey for making sure this 167 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:26,280 Speaker 1: story was on our radar. To the other Diamond athletes, 168 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 1: Unlimited Softball announced the players who are protected from that 169 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:33,000 Speaker 1: league's upcoming expansion draft when the two new teams, Cascade 170 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 1: and Oklahoma City Spark start filling out their rosters. Each 171 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:39,280 Speaker 1: of the four original teams were allowed to protect five players, 172 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: with those selections being announced over the weekend. Highlights include 173 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: the Talents protecting pitcher Georgina Korik, who was named AUSL 174 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:49,200 Speaker 1: Pitcher of the Year, and the bandits protecting AUSL MVP 175 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 1: and Friend of the Show Aaron Koffl. We'll link to 176 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 1: the full list of protected players in the show notes. 177 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 3: The expansion and. 178 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:58,400 Speaker 1: Allocation draft will take place next Monday, December first, at 179 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:02,439 Speaker 1: seven pm on ESPNU. To the world of cross country skiing, 180 00:09:02,760 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: American Jesse Diggins, the most decorated cross country skier in 181 00:09:06,040 --> 00:09:09,160 Speaker 1: US history, has announced this will be her last season competing. 182 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 1: During her stellar career, she's won three Olympic medals, including 183 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,960 Speaker 1: the first ever gold medal for the US, which she 184 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 1: won with teammate Keikan Randall in twenty eighteen. She's also 185 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 1: claimed three World Cup season titles and seven World Championship medals. 186 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,160 Speaker 1: Diggins's final season gets underway this week in Ruka, Finland, 187 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: with the World Cup calendar running through the World Cup 188 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: Finals in March, which will be held this year in 189 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 1: Lake Placid, New York. Finally, to golf, the LPGA season 190 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,760 Speaker 1: concluded on Sunday with Thailand's Gino Titikuul winning the CME 191 00:09:37,880 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: Group Championship for a second straight year. It caps off 192 00:09:40,840 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: the best season of Titikul's career, and with the win 193 00:09:43,480 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 1: on Sunday, she takes home a check for four million dollars, 194 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:51,280 Speaker 1: the biggest prize in women's golf. We got to take 195 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,720 Speaker 1: a quick break when we come back my conversation with 196 00:09:53,840 --> 00:09:56,679 Speaker 1: Brandy Chastain from the I Hurt Women's Sports Strong Start 197 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:07,880 Speaker 1: Brunch on Friday. You need no introduction, but you deserve one. 198 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,560 Speaker 1: Co founder of BFC, two time World Cup champion, two 199 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: time Olympic gold medalist, coach, author and sports broadcaster, a 200 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:16,360 Speaker 1: soccer Hall of Famer. 201 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,480 Speaker 2: Who are you saying, sports bra caster? Well that too. 202 00:10:21,520 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 1: You've made a lot of news with your bras in 203 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:27,679 Speaker 1: the past, and I hope you continue to California Hall 204 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,240 Speaker 1: of Famer, Soccer Hall of Famer, Bay Area Hall of 205 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 1: Famer named the US women's national team all time best 206 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:36,760 Speaker 1: eleven and twenty thirteen. A statue having sports bra flaunting 207 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 1: T shirt, twirling icon who grew up right here in 208 00:10:39,480 --> 00:10:41,559 Speaker 1: San Jose and used to go to the Frontier Village 209 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: amusement park, which was that park right there. It is 210 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,520 Speaker 1: no longer, but it was, and now it's just a 211 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,680 Speaker 1: memory in your mind. It's Brandy chestay. 212 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:51,439 Speaker 2: Good morning or good afternoon. 213 00:10:52,640 --> 00:10:56,199 Speaker 1: I want to start with Frontier Village, take us back 214 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,000 Speaker 1: to young Brandy growing up three blocks that way and 215 00:10:59,040 --> 00:10:59,679 Speaker 1: coming right here. 216 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 5: Also going to tell something I've never said before, but 217 00:11:02,080 --> 00:11:03,839 Speaker 5: that was my first kiss in the Tunnel of. 218 00:11:03,800 --> 00:11:06,600 Speaker 2: Love right over there was it. I'm a zipper, No, 219 00:11:06,679 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 2: the Tunnel of Love. It was literally on the nose. 220 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:11,559 Speaker 1: I tried to kiss me on the zipper, which was 221 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:12,640 Speaker 1: a little too on the nose. 222 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 2: That was the name of the ride. 223 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:14,720 Speaker 3: That was the name of the ride. 224 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 2: Oh no. 225 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:20,640 Speaker 5: It was like a country western themed and it was awesome. 226 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:23,160 Speaker 5: It was such a part of my I would ride 227 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:25,520 Speaker 5: my bike right down the street. I live half a 228 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 5: mile down the street. The first park I ever played 229 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 5: soccer in right down the street. This place has a 230 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 5: lot of holds, a lot of memories, but also some 231 00:11:35,840 --> 00:11:37,400 Speaker 5: of my fondest So. 232 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 1: How special is it that you got to bring a 233 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 1: women's professional soccer team to your hometown. 234 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 5: Well, yeah, obviously soccer belongs here. We know that. And 235 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 5: I have been a huge advocate for women's soccer for 236 00:11:56,760 --> 00:12:02,640 Speaker 5: who probably forty five years, maybe more fifty years, and 237 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 5: we had one, we've had This is our third women's 238 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:12,480 Speaker 5: professional team here. And this opportunity now is so much 239 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:15,160 Speaker 5: different than what it was back in two thousand and one, 240 00:12:15,360 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 5: So twenty four years later, this is not only sports, 241 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,080 Speaker 5: but it's the business of sports, and it's the business 242 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 5: in women's sports. And to me, it just shows the 243 00:12:25,480 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 5: growth that we've had. We have a lot to do, 244 00:12:28,800 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 5: which is awesome. 245 00:12:29,800 --> 00:12:30,040 Speaker 1: We know. 246 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:33,080 Speaker 5: You know, what I've learned about women and women in 247 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 5: sports specifically is that we're not afraid of the hard 248 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 5: things and we're ready for it. And so I am 249 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:46,160 Speaker 5: just so pleased that we get to host this game 250 00:12:46,200 --> 00:12:48,960 Speaker 5: tomorrow and that we get to show off our stadium 251 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:54,240 Speaker 5: but mostly our fans, and we get to invite our 252 00:12:54,280 --> 00:12:56,440 Speaker 5: friends to come and be a part of the beautiful 253 00:12:56,440 --> 00:13:01,040 Speaker 5: scenery that we call PayPal Park. And BFC is really 254 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:06,719 Speaker 5: the core for Ali, Danielle, Leslie and I of our 255 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 5: heart and who we are, and so we're really happy. 256 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:14,880 Speaker 5: You're gonna hear from Penelope next. But man, I tell you, 257 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 5: this has been a heck of a week. I'm so 258 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 5: proud of all that BFC has done, and I know 259 00:13:22,080 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 5: I'm going to be even more proud of what we 260 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:26,000 Speaker 5: do in the future. We have a lot of great 261 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:29,760 Speaker 5: things coming and I think our league also we have 262 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 5: two expansion teams coming in Boston and Denver, and then 263 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 5: we'll have another in Atlanta. 264 00:13:35,120 --> 00:13:38,640 Speaker 2: And so business is booming. It's awesome. Yeah, the doors 265 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:40,439 Speaker 2: are open for business, you know, what I'm saying. 266 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:43,080 Speaker 1: I want to start about the beginning of BFC because 267 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:44,920 Speaker 1: I asked you this earlier. I thought, oh, did you 268 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: get the invite to Angel City? No? 269 00:13:47,440 --> 00:13:50,760 Speaker 5: Why no, I'm not Southern California. This is a big state, 270 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:54,160 Speaker 5: you know, it's like two states. So no, And that 271 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,959 Speaker 5: was that was not a bother, to be honest with you. 272 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 5: It just made us think, well, why the heck are 273 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,840 Speaker 5: are we not doing this? Like we we live in 274 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,080 Speaker 5: such a beautiful I mean, what a beautiful day we 275 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:08,679 Speaker 5: have here in November. We have a lot of smart 276 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:12,560 Speaker 5: women who work in who have been in sports, but 277 00:14:12,920 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 5: work in industries in this community that are changing the world, 278 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 5: and we want to. 279 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:22,000 Speaker 2: Lock arms with them. 280 00:14:22,080 --> 00:14:24,880 Speaker 5: We want them to come along with us on this journey. 281 00:14:24,880 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 5: And we found a lot of smart women, one sitting 282 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 5: here in the front, her name is Sheila, Sheila and 283 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 5: others like her who saw this vision and were like, 284 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:36,560 Speaker 5: we can do that well. 285 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: And also there was a benefit to it because Angel 286 00:14:39,160 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 1: City wasn't your place. 287 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:42,240 Speaker 3: San Jose is your place. The Bay Area is your place. 288 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: And the idea that four different women from Santa Clara 289 00:14:47,000 --> 00:14:49,720 Speaker 1: I kindly was like, oh, you all went to school together. 290 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 2: Thank you. 291 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, exactly, I was a decade apartner, but I meant 292 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:57,560 Speaker 1: the same school. Yeah, Santa Clara connects the four of 293 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 1: you and you decide to be the founders of BEA. 294 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 3: So tell us about that quartet. 295 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 5: Well, you know, we all played on the national team 296 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 5: at one point together. Danielle, Ali and Leslie were national 297 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,080 Speaker 5: champions for my husband's team at Santa Clara. 298 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:14,760 Speaker 2: I think a jesuit. 299 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 5: The education that we got at Santa Clara was always 300 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:21,880 Speaker 5: thinking about the community and which you live and how 301 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,960 Speaker 5: we can make a space or place better. And it's 302 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 5: not about us, it's about you know them. And it 303 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 5: was with that idea and that intention that we wanted 304 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:36,480 Speaker 5: to build a club that had the players in mind. 305 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 2: First. 306 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 5: The fans are essential to us. We I mean, I 307 00:15:41,960 --> 00:15:46,080 Speaker 5: absolutely love our fans and that everybody is welcome to 308 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 5: our place, you know. And and when Leslie says we 309 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 5: got to do this, and we were like can we 310 00:15:54,800 --> 00:15:57,000 Speaker 5: do this and she's like, yes, we're going to do this. 311 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 2: We have a lot of. 312 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 5: People who would be interested, and so we set off 313 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:05,480 Speaker 5: on the journey and it wasn't easy. And I big 314 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 5: kudos honestly to you know, the front office at AFC 315 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:13,240 Speaker 5: for having a very short amount of time to put 316 00:16:13,280 --> 00:16:17,240 Speaker 5: this together and to launch on the first day of 317 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,360 Speaker 5: preseason and then kick it off for the season in 318 00:16:20,400 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 5: twenty twenty four. 319 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:24,840 Speaker 1: You keep mentioning them, Danielle Slaton, Leslie Osborne, Ally Wagner 320 00:16:24,840 --> 00:16:26,440 Speaker 1: and you, you know, a lot of the new owners 321 00:16:26,480 --> 00:16:30,400 Speaker 1: in the NWSL or NFL owners our billionaires, our men 322 00:16:30,600 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 1: sort of due to the price of playing. Now, does 323 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: it seem like the current financial stakes of the league 324 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 1: would prevent a future quartet similar to yours from being 325 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: able to do this again? 326 00:16:43,240 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 5: Well, my head, you know where my head immediately went no, 327 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 5: because there's a lot of women out there doing amazing 328 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 5: things and they are going to be the billionaires, so 329 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:58,320 Speaker 5: they will be the next four, right. I think it's possible, 330 00:16:58,760 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 5: nothing's impossible. But I think what's happening now in women's sports, 331 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:07,359 Speaker 5: and women's soccer specifically, but all of women's sports is 332 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:09,800 Speaker 5: everybody else is catching up to us. 333 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:10,199 Speaker 2: Ladies. 334 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 5: We knew this all along, that this was valuable, that 335 00:17:15,040 --> 00:17:19,360 Speaker 5: almost priceless. Really, what we do, how we handle ourselves, 336 00:17:19,400 --> 00:17:22,400 Speaker 5: how we show up, how we play. You know, it's 337 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:26,880 Speaker 5: remarkable and the fact that it's taken this long has 338 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:29,840 Speaker 5: been hard. But also my mom used to say, Brandy, 339 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 5: good things are worth waiting for, and I was like, ah, okay, 340 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:38,560 Speaker 5: but she's right, she's right, and I think now is 341 00:17:38,600 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 5: the perfect time, and I say, let's go, let's be ambitious, 342 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 5: let's be brave. Let's We're not going to get it 343 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:46,199 Speaker 5: right all the time. And I think that's one thing 344 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,440 Speaker 5: about BFC and what we learned here in this culture 345 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 5: is that you know you're going to fail fast, and 346 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 5: you're going to fail hard, but it's okay. You're going 347 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:57,600 Speaker 5: to get up and you're gonna That just means you're learning, 348 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:00,080 Speaker 5: You're going to learn things along the way, and so 349 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:01,200 Speaker 5: just put yourself out there. 350 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 2: Be brave for you. 351 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 1: Amelia lice hat Amelia, a little kiddo up front who's 352 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: figured out the solution to the sun is a napkin 353 00:18:08,520 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 1: on her head. 354 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:09,479 Speaker 3: We love it. 355 00:18:11,040 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 1: You know, you mentioned the history of women's soccer here 356 00:18:13,240 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 1: in the Bay Area, and I wonder if you can 357 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:17,280 Speaker 1: quickly speak to that because you played for the Cyber 358 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:17,800 Speaker 1: Rays of. 359 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:19,840 Speaker 2: The WUS, right first champions. 360 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:23,160 Speaker 1: Come on, cyber Rays is such a dated name for like, oh, 361 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: we're in a tech city. 362 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:27,199 Speaker 3: So they're raised, but there's cyber Yeah, like what is 363 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 3: they do? 364 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,640 Speaker 2: Not even bash the cyber rays, Like what are you doing? 365 00:18:32,119 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 2: The so cool? 366 00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:39,680 Speaker 1: And then the WPS had the FC Gold Pride team. 367 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 3: What did you learn from looking back? 368 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,800 Speaker 1: Obviously very different stakes, very different time, But I'm sure 369 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: you looked at those two and said what worked, what 370 00:18:46,520 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: didn't and what are we going to bring bring from 371 00:18:48,760 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: those teams to this one. 372 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:51,920 Speaker 5: Well, I think that the thing we should talk about 373 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 5: the most is just exposure, right access to and exposure 374 00:18:55,359 --> 00:19:01,399 Speaker 5: change everything. And so bringing cyber rays and pride and 375 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:06,040 Speaker 5: keeping it in the community, keeping it visible just to 376 00:19:06,080 --> 00:19:09,800 Speaker 5: the people who lived around here very important. Continuing to 377 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 5: give access an opportunity to the young players coming out 378 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 5: of college so that they had. 379 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:16,360 Speaker 2: A place to play. Right. 380 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:19,959 Speaker 5: So you think way back when I was, when I 381 00:19:20,000 --> 00:19:22,919 Speaker 5: was getting out of college, there was no league. It 382 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 5: was like I played adult soccer. You know, I played 383 00:19:26,000 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 5: adult soccer and I drive to Sacramento two hours away 384 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,399 Speaker 5: to play a game, and then I drive two hours 385 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:33,360 Speaker 5: to come back. And that was the place I had 386 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 5: to go to find competitive level women's soccer outside of college. 387 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 5: And so having a professional team a league is essential 388 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:46,240 Speaker 5: for the women's national team. All of our national team 389 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 5: players need a place to play on the regulars so 390 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:53,199 Speaker 5: that we can continue to develop. And now we have 391 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,680 Speaker 5: like nine national teams on the women's side. We had 392 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 5: one national team at the time, and so you know, 393 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 5: where we've come is amazing. But you know, our league again, 394 00:20:07,320 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 5: I think we also have a responsibility to make sure 395 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 5: that our teams and are being as competitive and driven 396 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:17,959 Speaker 5: and we're developing our players and we're making them the 397 00:20:17,960 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 5: best soccer players that they can possibly be. And that 398 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 5: was a part of also the culture that we wanted 399 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,280 Speaker 5: to have that our players knew that when they came 400 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:29,719 Speaker 5: here that we wanted to help them be the best 401 00:20:29,880 --> 00:20:33,680 Speaker 5: on the field but also the best off the field 402 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 5: and give them opportunity outside of the game. 403 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 1: And a lot of the fights actually bring that out 404 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: in players. So it will be a goal moving forward 405 00:20:41,320 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: for the younger players who haven't had to fight for 406 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 1: equal pay as much, haven't had to fight for access 407 00:20:46,040 --> 00:20:48,879 Speaker 1: as much, to still understand that as soon as you 408 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,840 Speaker 1: get complacent, things can get taken away. So they need 409 00:20:51,880 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 1: to be just as vigilant in growing and embracing what 410 00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: comes after them as you all were in thinking about 411 00:20:58,080 --> 00:20:59,200 Speaker 1: what the future might look like. 412 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:03,439 Speaker 5: You're on and it's like Title nine, you can't go 413 00:21:03,560 --> 00:21:06,120 Speaker 5: forward unless you know where you've been, and you don't 414 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 5: want to make the same mistakes. 415 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:10,040 Speaker 2: And honestly, I think. 416 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 5: We want this rocket ship to take off, but I 417 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:16,040 Speaker 5: also want us to go slow and mindful during that 418 00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 5: process too, and make sure that we're taking care of 419 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 5: the things that are truly important, and that's people first, 420 00:21:23,320 --> 00:21:30,160 Speaker 5: players first, fans. Those people are our core and will 421 00:21:30,160 --> 00:21:32,199 Speaker 5: always be the reason why we'll be successful. 422 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:33,880 Speaker 1: And if we lose that, I think we lose what's 423 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,119 Speaker 1: at the heart of women's sports. And it's not about 424 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 1: being like the men. It's about being its very own thing. 425 00:21:40,440 --> 00:21:42,119 Speaker 1: And there's a lot that we share in common, but 426 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:44,240 Speaker 1: some of the best and most special things about women's 427 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 1: sports can get lost if it becomes just about a 428 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,240 Speaker 1: money grab. I want to take you back to that 429 00:21:49,320 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: ninety nine team, because so much was learned from them, 430 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: so much was taken that led to the later equal 431 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 1: pay fight, that led to the NWSLS fight to continue 432 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:01,400 Speaker 1: to grow. 433 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:03,280 Speaker 3: And I know you've talked about it a. 434 00:22:03,280 --> 00:22:05,800 Speaker 1: Million times, but we got to go back to the 435 00:22:05,840 --> 00:22:09,679 Speaker 1: moment the penalty kick the wind, the tearing off of 436 00:22:09,720 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: the shirt and twirling it around the sports bra Where's 437 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,399 Speaker 1: the weirdest place either a country you've been where someone 438 00:22:16,480 --> 00:22:19,399 Speaker 1: was like, hey, aren't you that lady? Or a product 439 00:22:19,480 --> 00:22:21,880 Speaker 1: My friend gave me wineglasses with you ripping your shirt 440 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 1: off on them? 441 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:23,359 Speaker 3: What I know? 442 00:22:23,400 --> 00:22:24,920 Speaker 2: And I need some of those, you know what. 443 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:26,479 Speaker 3: I said to her, I go, I don't think Brandy 444 00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:27,480 Speaker 3: probably got any. 445 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 2: Like Brandy did not. 446 00:22:29,080 --> 00:22:32,399 Speaker 1: I think it's like an Etsy purchase, but thank you. 447 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,280 Speaker 1: They're really cute, but like, let's try to buy through 448 00:22:34,320 --> 00:22:37,600 Speaker 1: the players themselves. But yeah, like the weirdest place you've 449 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:40,880 Speaker 1: seen your silhouette, the weirdest place you've been asked about it? 450 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:43,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh gosh. 451 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 5: So after that ninety nine game, we you know, we 452 00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 5: would do like these victory tour matches, friendly matches, and 453 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:58,000 Speaker 5: I think we may have been in Louisville, Kentucky, and 454 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,400 Speaker 5: we had a game I think it was Coastarica and 455 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 5: we were coming off the field and you. 456 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 2: Hear Brandy, Brandy, Brandy, Brandy. 457 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 5: And I look up and there's these two young teenage 458 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,000 Speaker 5: guys wearing bras and I was like, okay, you know 459 00:23:12,119 --> 00:23:14,840 Speaker 5: you made it when the teenage guys are wearing bras. 460 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:19,400 Speaker 5: But I'll tell you one of the most unusual places 461 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 5: that where I've been asked for my autograph. Like I 462 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:26,840 Speaker 5: was driving from Akron, Ohio to Columbus and you pass 463 00:23:26,920 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 5: the National Football Hall of Fame and it was very 464 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:33,919 Speaker 5: early in the morning, and I'm by myself and I'm driving, 465 00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:36,680 Speaker 5: and I'm like, I think I'm gonna get just stop 466 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,760 Speaker 5: off and get a tee Starbucks and I pull over 467 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 5: and the parking lot is empty except for like I 468 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 5: think two or three cars, and then there's this group 469 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:54,439 Speaker 5: of very large lumberjackie flannel shirt wearing guys outside, and 470 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,440 Speaker 5: I'm like, you know when people, you know, when people 471 00:23:56,480 --> 00:23:59,320 Speaker 5: are looking at you and you don't want to really 472 00:23:59,359 --> 00:23:59,840 Speaker 5: look at them. 473 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:02,560 Speaker 2: I was like, okay, I just walked inside. 474 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,159 Speaker 5: And then I'm thinking, what's my exit strategy, Like how 475 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 5: am I getting out of here? 476 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:07,520 Speaker 2: Depending on what's happening, I don't know. 477 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,680 Speaker 5: And I come out and guy stands up and he goes, 478 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:16,360 Speaker 5: are you Brandy Chastain And I was like wow, like yes, 479 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:20,080 Speaker 5: he goes, Oh my gosh, my daughter plays soccer. Would 480 00:24:20,080 --> 00:24:22,199 Speaker 5: you mind giving me an autograph? And I was like 481 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 5: of course, no problem. He goes, great, this is so amazing. 482 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:27,840 Speaker 5: I'm going to give this to her for a sixteenth birthday. 483 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 5: Would you please sign the back of this car. I 484 00:24:31,760 --> 00:24:34,520 Speaker 5: just remodeled it and I'm gonna give it to her. 485 00:24:34,840 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 5: So I was like, I mean, I'm like, sir, are 486 00:24:37,160 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 5: you sure you want me to put my name on 487 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 5: the whole backfender of your car. He goes yes, sure, 488 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 5: And I was like, that's the most. 489 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,320 Speaker 3: You signed a car. That's amazing. 490 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 5: Yeah, in America, in the middle of American football country. 491 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,160 Speaker 3: Yeah, I love that. That's amazing. 492 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,320 Speaker 1: You know, the ninety nine ers inspired generations here and abroad, 493 00:25:01,359 --> 00:25:05,160 Speaker 1: and that has continued and it's wonderful. But it also 494 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:07,040 Speaker 1: means that you're telling the rest of the world here's 495 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: how you have to do things. 496 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:09,480 Speaker 3: To keep up. 497 00:25:10,080 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 1: And after the twenty twenty three World Cup didn't go 498 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:16,160 Speaker 1: as planned, a lot of people said, it's not about 499 00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,200 Speaker 1: the world catching up anymore. They've caught up. Of course, 500 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:22,040 Speaker 1: Team USA was victorious at the Olympics last year, so 501 00:25:22,119 --> 00:25:24,280 Speaker 1: back on top where we should be. But where do 502 00:25:24,320 --> 00:25:27,800 Speaker 1: you see the state of parody and competition across the 503 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: globe in women's sports right now? 504 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 5: I'm super pumped that we have put a lot of 505 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:36,879 Speaker 5: pressure on federations around the world, FIFA as well, to say, listen, 506 00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 5: you don't have the right not to support women and 507 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:44,919 Speaker 5: women's football because this is a global game. They love it, 508 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 5: they want access, and you need to as a governing 509 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:52,520 Speaker 5: body and the keepers of soccer, you need to support this. 510 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:57,080 Speaker 5: And so they have gotten better. They're not great, let's 511 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 5: be honest, but they've gotten better. And so we see 512 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 5: all these African nations now participate in Asian Asian nations 513 00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:08,960 Speaker 5: playing South American nations playing like this is incredible and 514 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:12,000 Speaker 5: and so we always knew, like we didn't believe that 515 00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,240 Speaker 5: the rest of the world wasn't playing soccer. They were 516 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:17,280 Speaker 5: playing soccer. Let me just give you a throwback name. 517 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:22,160 Speaker 5: You all probably know Marda, but before Marta was Ceci 518 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:27,760 Speaker 5: and CEC's father and family loved football, but they didn't 519 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:31,440 Speaker 5: want Cec to play, and so she got dolls for Christmas. 520 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:33,720 Speaker 5: The brothers got soccer balls, and she was like, I 521 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 5: don't want this, so she took the head off the 522 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:37,800 Speaker 5: doll and that's what she played with in the street 523 00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:42,040 Speaker 5: in Brazil, like at all, I mean, it was it was, So, 524 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,320 Speaker 5: you know, I think the resiliency of women in sports 525 00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 5: is true. I think you know, you'll do anything to 526 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 5: participate and like it. Just things like that tell me 527 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 5: that there are girls playing everywhere. 528 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,040 Speaker 2: I do believe that. 529 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:06,639 Speaker 5: The landscape is more difficult now. I I also say 530 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,919 Speaker 5: they haven't caught up. They've always been there. You just 531 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 5: haven't had access to watching them and they haven't had 532 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:13,080 Speaker 5: access to playing. 533 00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:15,080 Speaker 1: Any expert so that they could have enough of a 534 00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:16,040 Speaker 1: team to really compete. 535 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 5: Right, But the girl the players have always existed, and 536 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 5: so now you're ready by you know, and your organization 537 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 5: is ready. So I've believed in it being everywhere, and 538 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:29,919 Speaker 5: so for for us, you know, my dream is to 539 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 5: coach the national team or a national team within US Soccer. 540 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 5: And next week I get to go and at least 541 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 5: speak to one of the teams and be around them 542 00:27:38,680 --> 00:27:41,000 Speaker 5: for practice. So I'm hoping that it turns into something 543 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 5: because it would be terrible to have had to have 544 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:48,600 Speaker 5: experiences and not share them and and give back. 545 00:27:48,640 --> 00:27:49,960 Speaker 2: And I just let go. 546 00:27:50,119 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 3: You are still shooting. That's incredible. 547 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,160 Speaker 2: Wow, And then we'll have world domination. 548 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,160 Speaker 3: Yes, clearly, clearly. Well, but it's interesting because the US. 549 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 1: The way we big out our sports is essentially like 550 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 1: we're in our own thing. We name our champions world champions, 551 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 1: even though we're not competing with the world. 552 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:07,880 Speaker 3: Yeah. 553 00:28:09,400 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: But what's interesting is women and immigrants have been what 554 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 1: have made soccer big here, and then we've sort of 555 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,399 Speaker 1: reluctantly been like, oh, and men play and some of 556 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: them are. 557 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:20,760 Speaker 3: Good mostly elsewhere. 558 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:24,280 Speaker 1: And that's a very different thing than every other sports 559 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:27,199 Speaker 1: landscape in the US really, and soccer has been the 560 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:29,800 Speaker 1: thing that has forced us to look abroad, to open 561 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:32,000 Speaker 1: up our minds, to wake up early and watch Premier 562 00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 1: League or women's you know, Championship League and all that 563 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 1: other stuff. So do you like that or as a 564 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,520 Speaker 1: founder of a team where you want the talent to 565 00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 1: stay here, are you looking across and saying, okay, now 566 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 1: they're sort of the enemy. 567 00:28:46,040 --> 00:28:46,200 Speaker 2: No. 568 00:28:46,640 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 5: I believe we're all in this together. I also believe 569 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:54,720 Speaker 5: that having life experiences are really important. I did live 570 00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 5: in Japan and played in Japan for a year. I said, 571 00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 5: we didn't have a league, so it was really my 572 00:28:59,760 --> 00:29:03,880 Speaker 5: own the opportunity to continue to be professional. But I'm 573 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 5: not afraid of that. Like, if that gets big, then 574 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,480 Speaker 5: it pulls us up too, or if we get big, 575 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:13,280 Speaker 5: we pull others up. Like that's the nature I feel 576 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 5: of women in sports. We're not fighting against each other, 577 00:29:16,520 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 5: we're fighting with one another. I want to keep our 578 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 5: best players here, and I want the best players in 579 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 5: the world to come here because our league is very competitive. 580 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 5: But I'm also I would never begrudge anybody for deciding 581 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 5: like this is what I need right now in my life. 582 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 5: And that's fine because we're always gonna be here and 583 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 5: you can come back. 584 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 3: Okay, last question for you. We have a little game. 585 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 1: It's called good, Gooder, goodest. It's similar to bench start cut, 586 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 1: but it's nicer because we're. 587 00:29:43,240 --> 00:29:44,520 Speaker 3: A good game. You don't have to cut. 588 00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:46,600 Speaker 2: Anything good, gooder or goodest. 589 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, So something's good, something's gooder, and something is goodest. 590 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 1: So starting with good, tell us of these Julie Foute's 591 00:29:54,920 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 1: three clap the USA chant or he clap, clap, clap, clap, 592 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:02,760 Speaker 1: he clap, clap, clap clap. 593 00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 2: Well that's the goodest clap. 594 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: Well, you gotta start with good, oh good, which is 595 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 1: technically the worst, so be careful. 596 00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:09,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's Julie, that's Julie. 597 00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: Wow, right under the bus all right, Fauti's three clap, 598 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: which she has brought to Angel City, so it is 599 00:30:17,000 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 1: sort of the enemy at this point, so I'll allow it. 600 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 3: She's good. 601 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,959 Speaker 5: Yeah, I'm going to put our bay in the gooder 602 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:24,040 Speaker 5: good God. 603 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:26,840 Speaker 2: And because USA, usays and. 604 00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:28,560 Speaker 3: Tell them how how you got this chance? 605 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 2: Well, this is the short story version. 606 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 5: Short story version is nobody knew how to how do 607 00:30:33,440 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 5: you say USA? 608 00:30:34,600 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 3: Other countries didn't know how to say USA. 609 00:30:36,280 --> 00:30:38,760 Speaker 1: So they said Husa and they embraced it and said 610 00:30:38,840 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 1: this is our chant. 611 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:41,720 Speaker 5: Now before we end and do our chant, I just 612 00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 5: want to say, Sarah, thank you so very much for 613 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:46,120 Speaker 5: having me today. Thank you so much for being a 614 00:30:46,160 --> 00:30:49,720 Speaker 5: part of supporting women's soccer. Also, I do want to 615 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 5: say our men's team is going to be good for 616 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 5: the World Cup, so let's not sleep on them. Let's 617 00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:58,680 Speaker 5: support them, and let's positive vibes. Yeah it's a tough time, 618 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:02,560 Speaker 5: positive vibe I love, I do. I think we're gonna 619 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 5: we're gonna show up in a big way. And uh, 620 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,560 Speaker 5: let's have a great time this weekend. Let's let's cheer 621 00:31:08,600 --> 00:31:11,040 Speaker 5: for great soccer, whether it's the team you you want 622 00:31:11,080 --> 00:31:14,160 Speaker 5: to win or not, but let's really celebrate the fact 623 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:17,240 Speaker 5: that we get to be together and celebrate a championship 624 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:18,920 Speaker 5: here in beautiful Sandels in love it. 625 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, USA, that's what we're gonna do. Okay, 626 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:22,560 Speaker 2: are you ready? 627 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:22,840 Speaker 1: Yeah? 628 00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:30,280 Speaker 5: On three one two three USUS USA. 629 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,240 Speaker 1: Thanks again to Brandy for taking the time, and to 630 00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:38,440 Speaker 1: Novartis and Capital One for presenting the event, which was 631 00:31:38,640 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: absolutely beautiful. 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