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EVERYONE ANALYZES WOMEN'S SPORTS Evan Davis and Eric Morgan are best friends who love each other. But they love women's soccer more. Every week, the guys sit down to explore the tactical and analytical sides of the women's game, covering the NWSL, USWNT, WSL, Women's Champions Leauge, Liga MX Femenil, and beyond. No stone is left unturned as they seek to learn more and more about how women's soccer is played, who's good, who's not, and who is going to win it all.
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NWSL Season Preview Week: Bay FC, with Anna Daccache of Everything Bay Goals
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NWSL Season Preview Week: Chicago Stars FC, with Lesley Ryder of Gal Pal Sports
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Expected Own GoalsNWSL SEASON PREVIEW WEEK: Boston Legacy with Emma Healy of the Boston Globe
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NWSL Season Preview Week: Denver Summit, with Catalina Bush & Kieran Doyle-Davis
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Expected Own GoalsUSWNT in SheBelieves, Portland Thorns' New Coach, and Gabi Portilho's Move to San Diego
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Breaking Down the USWNT SheBelieves Cup Roster
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Croix Bethune and Claire Hutton Spark the NWSL Offseason to Life
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Expected Own GoalsxOG Live in Houston 2026, with Catalina Bush & Chloe Dhillon!
Subscribe to our Patreon for as little as $6/month to get bonus episodes and the main feed ad-free! We're back! The guys once again closed the 2nd…
Expected Own GoalsJessica Berman and U.S. Soccer Fail to Meet the Moment(s). Plus, USWNT and Trinity Rodman's Contract
TRIGGER WARNING: Beginning around the 42-minute mark, there's a discussion of ICE's execution of Alex Jeffrey Pretti. Subscribe to our Patreon…
Expected Own GoalsEMERGENCY POD: Trinity Rodman Stays with the Washington Spirit!
RECORDED BEFORE DETAILS OF RODMAN'S $2 MILLION AVERAGE ANNUAL VALUE WAS REPORTED Hot off the presses and straight from the most important press conference in…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Offseason: What on Earth Are the San Diego Wave Up To?
Subscribe to our Patreon for as little as $6/month to get bonus episodes and the main feed ad-free! RECORDED BEFORE CLAUDIA MARTÍNEZ NEWS First…
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Lindsey Heaps is Coming! Sam Coffey's Going! The USWNT is on the Move in the NWSL!
Subscribe to our Patreon for as little as $6/month to get bonus episodes and the main feed ad-free! RECORDED BEFORE LUDMILA'S TRANSFER TO SAN DIEGO…
Expected Own GoalsPATREON BONUS: Our Biggest Own Goals of 2025
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EMERGENCY POD: The NWSL Releases Their "High Impact Player" rule. Um, WHAT?!?!?
NOT A PATREON MEMBER? Use the code "XOG" to get a year's subscription for 50% off!!! The NWSL dropped their "High Impact Player" rule two mornings…
Expected Own GoalsThe xOG NWSL Best XI!!!
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Expected Own GoalsThe Trinity Rodman Saga, Explained
NOT A PATREON MEMBER? Use the code "XOG" to get a year's subscription for 50% off!!! The NWSL offseason is officially in full swing. Teams have given roster…
Expected Own GoalsUSWNT Recap: The U.S. finishes the year strong against Italy
NOT A PATREON MEMBER? Use the code "XOG" to get a year's subscription for 50% off!!! The U.S. women's national team took down Italy 5-0 on aggregate across a…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Championship Recap: Gotham FC Take Down Washington Spirit, Earn 2nd-Ever Title
Fly Bats, fly! Gotham FC won their second NWSL title on Saturday, squeaking past the Washington Spirit 1-0 on a miracle goal from Rose Lavelle in the second…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Championship Preview: Washington Spirit vs. Gotham FC
The moment has finally come! In the now-most-played fixture in NWSL—and in what may now finally be called a true rivalry—the Washington Spirit and Gotham FC…
Expected Own GoalsPATREON BONUS: The State of Gotham FC, with Yael Averbuch West
Yael Averbuch West will be the first to tell you she didn't fully grasp what the job of General Manager would entail when Gotham FC tapped her for the post…
Expected Own GoalsPATREON BONUS: Steering the Washington Spirit to Another Championship Game, with Nathan Minion & James Hocken
Washington Spirit GM Mark Krikorian stepped down from his position back in March, but instead of rushing to find a replacement, owner Michele Kang entrusted…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Semifinal Recap: Jaedyn Shaw Golazo Sends Gotham Past Pride to Championship
It was more than 90 minutes of dross, capped by a moment of magic: 2023 NWSL champs Gotham FC squeaked past 2024 champs Orlando Pride thanks to Jaedyn Shaw's…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Semifinal Recap: Spirit Deliver the Goods and Send Thorns Packing
The Washington Spirit are headed to their second straight NWSL Championship game on the heels of a commanding performance against a depleted Portland Thorns…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Semifinal Preview: Orlando Pride vs. Gotham FC
Our second semifinal preview looks at the other two recent champs, Orlando and Gotham. Gotham has the better and deeper roster, but are they invincible?…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Semifinal Preview: Washington Spirit vs. Portland Thorns
The first of our two semifinal previews drills down on the Portland Thorns coming to Audi Field to try and force an upset on the Washington Spirit. The only…
Expected Own GoalsPATREON BONUS: The 2nd Annual xOG Goalkeeping Symposium with Jill Loyden!
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Expected Own GoalsNWSL Quarterfinal Recap: Orlando Outlasts Seattle
There was only one NWSL quarterfinal that wrapped in regulation time, but it wasn't exactly a classic. The Pride's early goal let them wait Seattle's anemic…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Quarterfinal Recap: Portland Take Down San Diego in an Attritional Grindfest
Everyone knew that the Portland Thorns and San Diego Wave could go any number of ways. But a raucous home crowd and a moment of magic from Olivia Moultrie and…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Quarterfinal Recap: Aubrey Kingsbury Heroics Get Washington Past Louisville
The Washington Spirit played like the no. 2 seed by the end of the regular season. They offered a genuinely strong attacking performance. But Racing Louisville…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Quarterfinal Recap: Gotham Defeats Kansas City in an All-Time Upset
Though some may have predicted it—and Gotham didn't exactly play like a no. 8 seed this year—the Bats delivered the upset of the decade, beating the Current in…
Expected Own GoalsPATREON BONUS: The NWSL Bad Team Postmortem
Now, the hard work begins. For the Houston Dash, Angel City, Chicago Stars, Utah Royals, and Bay FC, there is much work to be done to get back to winning ways…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Playoffs Preview, with Abigail Segel!
The 2025 NWSL regular season is in the books, but the fun is just getting started. Defector columnist Abigail Segel joined us to walk through all the…
Expected Own GoalsUSWNT Friendlies Recap, plus the Laura Language Model
RECORDED BEFORE SARAH GORDEN'S STATEMENT ON ELIZABETH EDDY'S NEW YORK POST ARTICLE The U.S. women's national team logged three more friendlies on their way to…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Week 25: Trying to be Proud of Orlando
Four more teams punched their tickets to the NWSL playoffs, while Racing Louisville and the North Carolina Courage are staring each other down. Meanwhile, the…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Week 24: How Do You Beat the Kansas City Current?
The Kansas City Current have officially become the best regular-season team in NWSL history. Their win over Gotham ensures that they will break the all-time…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Week 23: Are Louisville In? Are North Carolina Out? Will San Diego Hang On?
Only three games left in the NWSL regular season, and Racing Louisville pulled off an emphatic road victory over the North Carolina Courage to solidify their…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Week 22: The Great Seattle Reign Caper
The Seattle Reign—who take fewer shots than anyone, and whose defense is mediocre at best—are somehow in fourth place in the NWSL standings. How did we get…
Expected Own GoalsThe NWSL Stretch Run Heat Check
Only five games remain in the NWSL regular season, and hardly anything separates those teams on either side of the playoff line, not to mention those hoping to…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Week 20: Are Gotham on the Ascent? Are San Diego on the Decline?
Savannah DeMelo's collapse on Lumen Field on Sunday quickly became the most important story in the NWSL. DeMelo was responsive and alert before she was…
Expected Own GoalsEMERGENCY POD: Jaedyn Shaw to Gotham for $1.25 million?!?!?
Ah, this reminds us of our early days: Gotham FC drops a massive, shocking transfer for a U.S. women's national team player, bolstering their galácticos…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Week 19: How Utah, Houston & Chicago Have Found Rich Veins of Form
Though all three are still firmly planted in the bottom half of the table, the fortunes of the Utah Royals, Chicago Stars, and Houston Dash have changed…
Expected Own GoalsEMERGENCY POD: Alyssa Thompson's transfer fee was HOW much?!?
We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to scratch our heads at the $1.3 million (or almost-$1.5 million, or $1.65 million) transfer fee paid by…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Week 18: Angel City Win the Battle Against Bay FC, but Did They Lose the War for Alyssa Thompson?
A very intense Labor Day shaped up for the NWSL. After the guys whip around the league, they drill down into Angel City's first-ever results against Bay FC, a…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Week 17: San Diego and Louisville, Fully Transformed
The NWSL acted semi-normal this week, so we can concentrate on the actual soccer. The guys whip around the league and touch on the Morgan Gautrat loan to…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Week 16: Draws, Heat, Misery Define the Weekend's Action
RECORDED BEFORE THE ALYSSA NAEHER - LIZBETH OVALLE INSANITY For the second week in a row, we do not have a featured game of the week. That's because external…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Week 15: Derbies, Oppressive Heat, and Unpacking the Sean Nahas Firing
For the first time in over six years, we saw the second straight weekend where more than half the games ended in a draw. Oppressive heat? Weather delays? Who's…
Expected Own GoalsNWSL Week 14: Rodman and Sentnor and Copa América NARRATIVE CHAOS
The NWSL is back! And boy oh boy not much happened, until everything did. The guys dissect the blockbuster transfer of Ally Sentnor to the Kansas City Current…
Expected Own GoalsEuros Final Recap: It's (Sorta) Coming Home, as England Best Spain on Penalties
After more than three weeks and 31 games, we have a new Euros champion and...it's the old champion! England have won their second trophy thanks to some real…
Expected Own GoalsEuros Quarterfinal Recap: England and Germany Miraculously Go Through, Spain and Italy Await
Spain took care of business against Switzerland. Italy exposed Norway's weaknesses. Sweden, England, France and a 10-player Germany chucked haymakers at each…
Expected Own GoalsEuros Group Stage Recap: Sweden, France Top Groups, England Still with Much to Do
The group stage of UEFA Women's Euro 2025 has officially concluded, and France is looking pretty unstoppable. Are they? Les Bleues took the Netherlands apart…
Expected Own GoalsEuros Group Stage, Round 1: France Put England to the Sword
The first round of the group stage at UEFA Women's Euro 2025 is in the books! Evan and Eric round up all the action, plus the second round from groups A & B…
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UEFA Women's Euro Preview, Pt. 2: Groups B + C
Part 2 of our Euros preview attacks groups B and C. Spain and Germany are the group favorites. Could Sweden pip the Germans to the top group spot? Does Denmark…
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UEFA Women's Euro Preview, Pt. 1: Groups A + D
The Euros are here! Kicking off Wednesday in Switzerland, 16 teams vie for the biggest trophy in European women's football. The guys analyze Groups A and D in…
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USWNT Recap: For the Irish, Denver & Cincinnati are Houses of Pain
The USWNT tore off a couple friendlies over the weekend, hammering the Republic of Ireland 8-0 across matches in Commerce City and Cincinnati. There were few…
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NWSL Week 13: We Need to Talk About Utah
We've reached the halfway point of the 2025 NWSL regular season, and though we've been putting it off as long as possible, we have no choice but to discuss the…
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NWSL Week 12 Recap: Bay's Home Loss to Orlando; plus, Angel City Head Coach Alex Straus!
Another week, another slightly chaotic result. Bay FC lost 1-0 at home to the Orlando Pride, but not without producing some scintillating stuff in the…
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NWSL Week 11: San Diego Returns to Baseline, Seattle Sacrifices to Sufferball Gods
NWSL clubs came out of the international break a little rickety, and with plenty of fire. The guys whip around the league to hit the officiating controversy…
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USWNT Recap: Two More First Caps, Plus NWSL Messiness
The U.S. women's national team put two more friendlies in the books. What can a 7-0 aggregate scoreline against China and Jamaica really tell us about the…
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NWSL Week 10: Understanding the Sam Laity "Era" of Angel City
Six games, 27 goals: 4.5 goals per game this weekend marks the second-highest per-game goal total over a single NWSL matchweek in league history. It's been…
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NWSL Week 9: HEAT CHECK Part II
The numbers? Still Sticky! But before they dive back in, Eric and Evan briefly discuss the latest USWNT Roster and one very notable omission (hint: it rhymes…