Are Chelsea in crisis? | USWNT SheBelieves Cup roster reactions
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
The Athletic
4.8 • 807 Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
After 13 years and 19 trophies, last week Chelsea parted ways with general manager Paul Green. After a wild few weeks for the Blues, it’s time to wonder if the reigning Women’s Super League Champions are in crisis?
On this episode of Full Time, host Jillian Sakovits is joined by The Athletic’s Cerys Jones and Megan Feringa, who last week reported on Green’s departure and what is going on inside Chelsea this season. What led to Green being ousted? Who is making the decisions at Chelsea now? Can Chelsea salvage their 2025-26 season? What is the latest on Cat Macario’s future, and how is that related to this change in the club’s front office?
PLUS: Tamerra Griffin joins the show to analyze the U.S. Women’s National Team roster for the 2026 SheBelieves Cup that was announced on Tuesday, where Emma Hayes also paid tribute to her former Chelsea colleague Green. So, who is in, who is out for the USWNT? Are we closer to knowing the core group and best XI? What does it mean to have the USWNT’s European stars returning?
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HOSTS: Jillian Sakovits
GUESTS: Tamerra Griffin, Cerys Jones, Megan Feringa
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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Referenced on the show:
USWNT’s Emma Hayes says Paul Green’s dedication to Chelsea was ‘unrivaled’
Key Europe-based players return to USWNT roster for SheBelieves Cup; no Catarina Macario
Chelsea head coach Sonia Bompastor agrees contract extension to 2030
Chelsea part ways with head of women’s football Paul Green
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| 0:00.0 | In the dressing room when Emma Hayes was around, she was so good at making sure people understood what it meant to play for Chelsea. |
| 0:09.8 | And yet this season, we've heard from quite a few sources close to the dressing room, that that hasn't, like that understanding, that cognizance of what it means isn't entirely there. |
| 0:18.7 | And naturally that then is going to cause issue. |
| 0:20.4 | Like if you |
| 0:20.9 | lose a game and you suddenly get into kind of a dip in your own self-confidence, that's not the |
| 0:25.8 | Chelsea way. But if you're not entirely sure what the Chelsea way is, then it is suddenly the Chelsea way. |
| 0:57.3 | Hello, everybody. I'm Jillian Sackavids. Very warm, welcome to full time. We've got double trouble, double whammy. I don't know what we should call, but we have a lot coming up for you on today's show. First up, I'll be breaking down the U.S. Women's National Team roster for the 2026th She Believes Cup alongside the one and only Tamara Griffin. |
| 1:02.5 | And then we head across the Atlantic to go deeper on what is going on at Chelsea after the departure of longtime general manager Paul Green, who helped build a dynasty squad, seeing |
| 1:07.3 | the women lift 19 trophies in his 13 years. |
| 1:12.5 | We answer the question, is there a crisis at Chelsea with the one and only Karish Jones and Megan Ferenga as we get to the bottom |
| 1:18.2 | of all of this? But before that, to celebrate Black History Month, as we've done every episode |
| 1:24.7 | in the month of February, we have a little bit of women's soccer |
| 1:27.9 | black history. So for today's show, full-time black history trivia question, I'm going to |
| 1:32.9 | read you a quote and you are going to tell me which black U.S. women's national team player |
| 1:37.8 | we are referring to. This quote is from Becky Sauerbrun describing the mystery player. |
| 1:46.0 | She has the compassion and the intelligence to be a wonderful leader of people, |
| 1:50.1 | the vision and timing to do whatever she wants on a field and make it look easy. |
| 1:56.1 | Stay tuned and we'll reveal the answer at the end of this show. |
| 1:59.6 | If you want to submit your own Black History trivia question |
| 2:02.1 | or let us know some fun facts you've stumbled upon, |
| 2:04.9 | hit us up. |
| 2:05.8 | Send us a DM over at TA full-time |
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