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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 Week 9: HEAT CHECK Part I
The numbers are sticky (or, at least, stickier)! Finally, we have a clearer picture of which teams are contenders and which teams still have some (or a lot of)…
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NWSL Week 8: Chicago Stars are Blind
Believe it or not, the guys were already planning on featuring the Chicago Stars' 3-2 loss at home to the Washington Spirit as their game of the week, and then…
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NWSL Week 7: Parity 4evr????
The top-4 only managed to grab a single combined point over the weekend. Does this mean last year's us-and-them table is a thing of the past? Maaaayyyyybe. The…
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NWSL Week 6: Chaos League Whiparound
All games from this weekend are our featured game, because too much insanity occurred for one match to pull focus. The guys go through all of it, from…
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NWSL Week 5: The Wave Go Surfing in Louisville
The whiparound, like the weekend's NWSL action, doesn't exactly quicken the guys' pulses on today's episode (00:41). But there are many important things to…
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NWSL Week 4: Gotham on Fire, North Carolina Courage Adrift
Seven games, six road victories, four of them shutouts. It was a weird weekend in the NWSL, and the guys scan the ups and downs from all of the action (1:14)…
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USWNT Recap: A Split Card against Brazil
One for them, one for us. The USWNT beat Brazil fairly comfortably in Trinity Rodman's return to the U.S. lineup in front of over 32,000 in Los Angeles, while…
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NWSL Week 3: Angel City's Up, Seattle Reign are Wayyyyy Down
More draws! With even fewer goals! The guys whip around the league to gawk at some less-than-stellar matches (1:40) before diving into this week's featured…
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NWSL Week 2: Clash of the Top-4 Titans
The top four all played each other this weekend, in a couple of tasty fixtures filled with drama and intrigue. After the whiparound of the league's fixtures…
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NWSL Week 1 Power Rankings
One down, 25 to go! The first round of NWSL matches is in the books for 2025, and it was a morass of beatdowns and 1-1 draws. Who's up and who's down relative…
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NWSL Preview Week: Gotham FC, with Jenna Tonelli
The Bats took flight across the regular season, but were felled in penalties to Washington in the NWSL playoffs. Then the rumors of behind-the-scenes discord…
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NWSL Preview Week: North Carolina Courage, with Kim McCauley
The Courage made a massive splash in getting Jaedyn Shaw in the winter. After Kerolin moved on, the club needed a creative artist to help unlock a moribund…
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NWSL Preview Week: Kansas City Current, with Thom Bomb of Shea Butter FC
The Kansas City Current were the best team on paper last year. They rostered the league's MVP and producer of one of the greatest seasons in league history…
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NWSL Preview Week: Portland Thorns, with Kim McCauley
Who is going to play for the Portland Thorns? With Sophia Wilson gone for the year, and Morgan Weaver on the bench for potentially all season, their attack…
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NWSL Preview Week: Bay FC, with Anna Daccache
Bay FC made the playoffs in their first season, and are rolling out a solid lineup with some high-upside college signings this year. But an investigation into…
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NWSL Preview Week: Chicago Stars FC, with Lesley Ryder
The Chicago (Red) Stars squeaked into the playoffs on the backs of a completely new regime, from the owners to the GM to the head coach. Very little was done…
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NWSL Preview Week: Utah Royals, with Kieran Doyle-Davis
RECORDED BEFORE THE SIGNING OF BIANCA ST-GEORGES & JANNI THOMSEN Kieran returns to share his pitch to NWSL front offices about potential partnership…
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NWSL Preview Week: Angel City FC, with Michelle Chavez & Mark Parsons
Angel City became the first club in NWSL history to be docked points for violations of the league's policies—namely, violations of the salary cap. They now…
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NWSL Preview Week: Racing Louisville, with Bekki Morgan
Four straight ninth-place finishes. A roster that has more or less stayed the same from the end of last season. What can we make of Racing Louisville's…
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NWSL Preview Week: Seattle Reign, with Sylvs of Shea Butter FC
The Seattle Reign were old, slow, and boring last year. This year, they're slightly young, a bit faster, and potentially more exciting. Lynn Biyendolo will pep…
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NWSL Preview Week: San Diego Wave, with Kieran Doyle-Davis
Out NWSL season previews keep on a'truckin' with a team whose fall from the mountaintop has been quick and precipitous. The Wave shipped Jaedyn Shaw and Naomi…
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NWSL Preview Week: Houston Dash, with Theo Lloyd-Hughes
RECORDED BEFORE RAMONA BACHMANN'S RETURN TO THE CLUB Is Lucy going to pull the football? Will this time really be different? The Houston Dash have a new GM, a…
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NWSL Preview Week: Washington Spirit, with Ella Brockway
The Washington Spirit may have the best roster on paper heading into the 2025 season. Can they be title contenders? Ella Brockway of the Washington Post and…
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NWSL Preview Week: Orlando Pride, with Bridie O'Toole
Welcome to NWSL Season Preview Week! We'll be bringing you previews of all 14 NWSL teams with some outstanding guests to help us break down each and every…
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USWNT Recap: Don't Stop SheBelievin'
The USWNT has put three more friendlies in the books, and Emma Hayes earns her first loss of her tenure as head coach. After the guys sort through the NWSL…
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Breaking Down the USWNT SheBelieves Roster
The guys make note of new signings Carissa Boeckmann to the Portland Thorns and Oihane Hernández to the Orlando Pride, and what Hernández's signing might add…
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NWSL College Week, Pt. 1: Signings in a Draft-less World, with Chris Henderson
The guys touch on the Savy King transfer to Angel City (00:47) and the Hannah Bebar signing with Bay FC (13:00) before offering some thoughts on the NWSL's $5…
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xOG Live in Houston, with Arielle Dror & Jen Cooper!
RECORDED BEFORE THE TRANSFER OF SAVY KING TO ANGEL CITY FC It's xOG's first ever live pod! The guys chat about Crystal Dunn's move to PSG and the other stray…
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Jenna Nighswonger is a Gunner. What's Going On with Gotham?
Breaking news all over the place! Jenna Nighswonger is moving to north London. Where does this leave Gotham's offseason? (00:30) San Diego has made a flurry of…
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When Will San Diego and Louisville Catch the Big Fish?
RECORDED BEFORE THE SIGNINGS OF SHINOMI KOYAMA, SINTIA CABEZAS, DIDI HARAČIĆ, AND FAVOUR EMMANUEL It's been a busy-but-not-busy period of the NWSL offseason…
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New Year, New US(WNT)
We're back! The guys return from their brief, fire-filled hiatus to unpack all the news of the first weeks of the new year. They chat about the senior USWNT…
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The Biggest Own Goals of the Year
It's the last episode of 2024! No better time for the guys to look back on the previous year and all the things they and teams were wrong about, from Orlando's…
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The NWSL Holiday Transaction Roundup
Becky Sauerbrunn retiring! Jonas Eidevall to the San Diego Wave! Lynn Williams to the Seattle Reign! Jaelin Howell to Gotham FC! Rocky Rodríguez and Lorena to…
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The xOG Top 10 Players of 2024
It's that time of year! The Best FIFA awards were announced on Tuesday, the final release of several end-of-year accountings of the year's best players. The…
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NWSL Rosters Locked and the GM Carousel Continues
NWSL teams locked in their end-of-season rosters, traded some players, saw some others sign with new teams, and a whole bunch of free agents hit the open…
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USWNT Recap, plus Kicking Off The NWSL Offseason with Taylor Vincent!
The USWNT wraps up 2024 with a draw and a win overseas. How did the Triple Espresso-less attack acquit themselves? Was that scary first half against the…
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NWSL Championship Recap: The Spirit Taken Down by the Pride, but Not Without a Fight
What. A. Game. The Orlando Pride are your NWSL champions, the first Shield-Championship winners in five years. Their 1-0 victory over the Washington Spirit at…
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NWSL Championship Preview, Part 2: Our Podcast with André (Carlisle)
The Washington Spirit have made it to the NWSL Championship, despite massive injuries to key players in the back end of the season. Can they keep this momentum…
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NWSL Championship BONUS: Inside the Orlando Pride with GM Haley Carter
The Orlando Pride are preparing to play the biggest game club history on Saturday, the culmination of a process that began more than two years ago. Team vice…
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The NWSL Semifinals Delivered the Goods
Well there you have it! The Washington Spirit will play the Orlando Pride at CPKC Stadium in Kansas City on Saturday for the NWSL Championship. The semifinals…
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NWSL Playoffs Recap: The Quarterfinals Were Sketched in Chalk
The top four go in as favorites, and the top four leave as semifinalists. There were no upsets in the NWSL quarterfinals, as Orlando, Washington, Gotham, and…
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PATREON BONUS: NWSL Playoff Goalkeepers, with Jill Loyden!
The NWSL playoffs start tonight, and so we decided to take our most recent bonus episode out from behind the paywall. Coach and NWSL commentator Jill Loyden…
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NWSL Playoffs Preview, Part II
In Part 2 of our NWSL quarterfinals preview, we take a look at Sunday's doubleheader. According to one projection model, Bay FC actually have a decent chance…
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NWSL Playoffs Preview, Part I
The playoffs are set! The top four finished the season strong and look like they'll make it to the semifinals with ease. Or will they? The guys preview all…
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A USWNT Round-Up, and Our NWSL Awards Ballots!
The USWNT played a couple friendlies against Iceland, walloped them 6-2 across both games, and got four new players their first caps. That's about all there is…
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PATREON BONUS: Liga MX Femenil Apertura Review, with Amelia Lopez!
We're taking one of our bonus episodes out from behind the table to give you a little taste of what great content you can find on our Patreon! For only…
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NWSL Week 25: Louisville, Portland, and all the Playoff Scenarios Fit to Print
Racing Louisville grabbed all three points against the Portland Thorns thanks to a late corner header from Taylor Flint. Their playoff hopes are still alive…
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NWSL Week 24: "Stop Laughing, The Chicago Red Stars Suck!!!" And Other Ravings of a Madman
The Chicago Red Stars own one of the worst xG differentials in league history. Only the Utah Royals have played worse in total this season. But Chicago just…
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NWSL Week 23: The Portland Thorns, Racing Louisville, and the Dangling Thread of the Playoff Line
We have got some things to cover, here! The guys get into the news of Angel City's fines and suspensions for salary cap violations, the firing of former…
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NWSL Week 22: Bay FC are Doing the Damn Thing
A scrappy 1-0 victory on the road to the Seattle Reign may not look like much, but Bay FC are creeping closer and closer to a playoff berth, only a few months…
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NWSL Week 21: Kansas City Current Remind Everyone Who They Are
Oh, did you forget that the Current can gut your favorite team like a fish? After a few games of sputtering defensive performance, KC's new back line is locked…
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NWSL Week 20: The Orlando-Kanas City Staredown and Portland's Continued Implosion
We've got two games to cover this week! One was the matchup of the weekend on paper, but fizzled out to a 0-0 draw between the Pride and Current. The other…
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NWSL Week 19: Au Revoir, Alex Morgan, Hello, Bay FC!
Alex Morgan has retired. As yet another titan of the sport walks into the sunset, the guys reflect on what Morgan's career truly meant beyond the goals and…
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NWSL Week 18: Strolling through Gotham, with Jenna Tonelli!
The Orlando Pride continued their unbeaten streak on Sunday, taking down Gotham FC 2-0 after a monsoon nearly flooded Inter&Co Stadium. Gotham was unable to…
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NWSL Week 17: Your Spirit Has a Powerful Current Flowing from Washington to Kansas City
Jonatan Giráldez has officially entered the NWSL chat. The Washington Spirit took down the Kansas City Current 4-1, and for a brief second, one had to wonder…
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EMERGENCY POD: The NWSL's Historic New Labor Agreement
The NWSL Players Association has just signed a new collective bargaining agreement, which may be one of the most historically significant labor deals in…
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The Big NWSL Midseason Transfer Round-Up!
The NWSL is back, baby!!! After six agonizing weeks away, the stretch run kicks off on Friday. A massive amount of transfer activity has gone down in that…
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OLYMPICS RECAP: The USWNT Paved the Parisian Streets with Gold
369 days after the USWNT crashed out of the World Cup Round of 16, they put those demons to bed, winning the gold medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The team…
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OLYMPICS RECAP: The USWNT are Exhausted, but are On to the Gold Medal Game
The players were dead on their feet. Lindsey Horan could barely ping a pass toward the German goal. But Naomi Girma led the defense to another sterling…
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OLYMPICS RECAP: The USWNT Struggles, Japan Suffers, and the US Moves on to the Semifinals
It was brutal, but perhaps it was necessary. The USWNT scraped past Japan in the Olympics quarterfinals thanks to an extra-time wonder strike from Trinity…