2021 NWSL Draft Breakdown: Picks, Fits, Trades and Timeouts
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
The Athletic
4.8 • 807 Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2021
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
After an extremely busy week in the NWSL and the USWNT full of news, Meg is here with a full breakdown of the 2021 NWSL Draft. First, No. 3 overall pick Brianna Pinto joins Full Time to discuss her decision to declare early and make the leap to the pros and her reaction to being drafted by Sky Blue FC. Then, former USWNT player and analyst Lori Lindsey is back to discuss the adjustment to a virtual draft, which teams had the best night, which teams have more work to do and more.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, we are back here again at full time with Meg Lynn hand. You are listening to a podcast all about women's soccer on the Athletic Podcast Network. I'm Meg, your host. I'm a staff writer at The Athletic covering the NWSL, the U.S. Women's National Team. I am also extremely full of caffeinated beverages. And we are a day later than our usual schedule, but that is because we are now on the other side of the 2021 NWSL draft. |
| 0:39.2 | I am joined by two amazing guests on today's show. |
| 0:41.9 | The number three overall pick, Brianna Pinto, is on the show today to discuss her |
| 0:46.6 | decision to go pro and her new team SkyBlue FC. |
| 0:50.2 | And then former U.S. national team player and NWSL analyst, Lori Lindsay, is back on full-time to break down all of the biggest stories from the biggest draft ever. |
| 0:58.5 | And when I say that, I mean the longest. |
| 1:00.8 | But we're going to talk the picks, the fits, the trades, and the timeouts. |
| 1:06.6 | But before we get started, my own quick version of a timeout, honestly, just so I can remind you that our deal for a new subscription at the Athletic is still running. |
| 1:14.2 | We have so much in the works. |
| 1:16.2 | We have some news happening all the time, but we've got some good news on the way. |
| 1:22.0 | It's a perfect time to join us. |
| 1:23.6 | You can visit theathletic.com slash full time to save and subscribe for just $3.99 a month and get |
| 1:29.8 | all of our women's soccer coverage, WNBA, MLS, whatever sport you follow, plus our new |
| 1:34.9 | culture vertical, you name it. We've got it. We've got a jam-packed 2021 ahead of us. |
| 1:40.6 | But we've also got a jam-packed amount of news to get through. |
| 1:48.6 | So let's start with an attempt to wrap our brains around all the news from this week. |
| 1:50.2 | All right. |
| 1:53.4 | Katerina Macario had one hell of a week herself. |
| 1:57.6 | She signed a 2.5-year contract with Olympic Leonese, |
| 2:01.8 | and then her paperwork to play for the United States national team has been approved by FIFA. |
| 2:09.5 | She can now be selected for the 18 player game day rosters for the two upcoming friendlies against Colombia next week. |
| 2:12.2 | Here is your reminder on how and when to watch those. |
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