A dream USWNT debut for 16-year-old Lily Yohannes & more from Minnesota

Full Time with Meg Linehan: A show about women's soccer

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🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In the immediate aftermath of the USWNT's victories over South Korea, Meg Linehan and fellow Athletic writer Steph Yang joined podcast host Tamerra Griffin live from Allianz Field, in St. Paul, MN, for a roundtable discussion of the biggest moments and lessons learned from the first two matches of the Emma Hayes era. The trio unpack what it was like to witness teenager Lily Yohannes' breathtaking debut? How is Tierna Davidson maturing into a leader and important queer voice on the national team? Which players have nailed down a starting role for this summer's Paris Olympics? And, what has Emma Hayes been trying to get the media and players to understand? Plus: The thrilling dominance and growth of the U.S. women's deaf national team, and the excitement surrounding the Chicago Red Stars' Wrigley Field debut in the NWSL this weekend. HOSTS: Tamerra Griffin, Meg Linehan PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen ________________ Articles featured on the show: Who is Lily Yohannes? The 16-year-old USWNT goal-scorer breaking through at Ajax USWNT’s transformation under Emma Hayes continues, 16-year-old Lily Yohannes scores in her debut USWNT Olympic roster prediction 3.0: What we learned from Emma Hayes’ arrival ________________ Get in touch: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.6	Tees and Seas apply. What is up?
0:44.3	Welcome back to Full Time with Meg Linnehan.
0:46.8	I am your co-host, Tamara Griffin.
0:49.1	And honestly, between last episode and this one, it feels like we've lived several lifetimes
0:53.6	because yet again, so much has been happening.
0:58.6	Meg and I are going to go over the first whirlwind week of Emma Hayes's tenure, specifically the last two friendlies that the U.S. Women's National Team has played in Denver and St. Paul. In the middle of the show,
1:13.1	we are joined by none other than Steph Young, who is going to join in on that party and help us
1:18.5	break down the last two games that we watched. We've got a lot to cover. Meg, first of all,
1:24.5	how are you doing? You've been all over the place. Yeah, I mean, I think the week has felt
1:29.3	like a year is extremely accurate. It's just, I think sometimes you forget when you're not on a U.S.
1:35.7	soccer travel that there's things happening all the time. And also, like, Steph and I did a whole
1:40.9	bunch of extra things on this trip. We went to a Minnesota Lynx game.
1:45.4	We went to the Mall of America.
1:47.5	We, you know, just things, things were happening all over the place.
1:51.6	So it's just I'm ready to go home, sleep in my own bed, see my dog.
1:57.6	It'll be good.
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