Boston Legacy's Nichelle Prince and the art of betting on yourself
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4.8 • 808 Ratings
🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
On this episode of Full Time Focus, host Jillian Sakovits sits down with Canadian international and Boston Legacy forward Nichelle Prince for a one-on-one interview. The duo chats about the Legacy's first win of the season, which came thanks, in part, to a goal from Prince. They also talk about her decision to "bet on" herself with her offseason move from the NWSL Shield-winning Kansas City Current. Plus, hear about Prince’s favorite things about playing for Boston and where she got her name.
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HOST: Jillian Sakovits
GUEST: Nichelle Prince
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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Referenced on the show:
Manchester City win first Women’s Super League title in a decade after Arsenal drop points
How these three leaders turned Manchester City into Women’s Super League champions
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| 0:00.0 | We went to the city hall in Boston and it was before our first golfing game and everyone was screaming like, |
| 0:05.0 | beat New York and I, that was when I realized like, oh, this is, this is serious. Okay. |
| 0:09.0 | Like this is a real rivalry. So yeah, there are definitely, yeah, it's definitely started. |
| 0:15.0 | The social media taunting has already started. So it's going to be exciting to be in New York and hopefully get some points there. |
| 0:24.2 | Hello, everybody, Jillian Sackavits with you. |
| 0:35.4 | A very warm welcome to Friday's full-time focus. |
| 0:38.2 | It's presented by Amazon Prime. What a lovely chat we have for you today. On the show, |
| 0:43.5 | we chat with the seasoned NWSL forward and Olympic gold medalist with Canada, Nishel Prince. |
| 0:48.9 | As an NWSL shield winner and two-time Olympia,elle has accomplished a lot for a club and country. |
| 0:54.6 | But this off-season, she made the difficult decision. |
| 0:57.3 | As she called it, she decided to quote, |
| 0:59.1 | bet on herself as she moved from a powerhouse |
| 1:01.9 | in the Kansas City Current to building a franchise |
| 1:05.2 | from absolute scratch with the Boston Legacy. |
| 1:07.9 | Her career has taken her from Toronto |
| 1:10.1 | to going to college at Ohio State with |
| 1:12.2 | NWSL stops in Houston and Casey and the countless other countries around the world with the |
| 1:17.8 | Canadian women's national team. But now with Boston, it's a whole new challenge. It's about |
| 1:23.0 | building a new franchise, a new team, and tapping into those memories from the fans that have |
| 1:32.5 | memories of the Boston Breakers who operated in the NWSL and its two league predecessors in |
| 1:37.3 | the WSA and the WPS from 2001 to 2017. |
| 1:42.5 | And spoiler alert, these fans haven't skipped to beat, according to Nichelle. This year, |
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