Hello, welcome to full-time with Meg Linnehan. You are listening to a podcast all about women's soccer on the Athletic Podcast Network. I am Meg, your host as always. And I am a staff writer at The Athletic covering the NWSEL and the U.S. Women's National Team. We've got a very fun episode in store for you today as Andre Carlisle and Courtney Scyth of Diaspora United are here for a giant crossover episode and we cover a lot of ground.

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Okay, so not a complete rundown of everything that happened over the last week, though,

of course, I never honestly really attempt to be that comprehensive, but here are three of the biggest

story since the last full episode last Thursday.

So let's start with the Spirit who added a bunch of names as investors into the club,

including Chelsea Clinton, Jenna Bush-Hagar, Dominique Dawes, and Brianna Scurry,

though the full list of the new group

is considerably longer than just those four names. So here's where it gets interesting. Yes, they're

investing in the team, but no, they're not exactly owners. This is kind of a language thing. There

are some implications from the actual investment

side, but it's not to say that they won't have some level of say in the club. And as the

spirit release reads, this new investor group brings to the club a remarkable range of resources,

networks, and skill sets to help drive the club's growth. So still sort of some of this give and take,

right, that we have seen from other minority owners coming into the league, such as Naomi Osaka

with the courage, but not the same language that we should be using here, investors and not owners.

But still, there is money involved. There are big names involved in the addition of

Dominique Dawes and another former U.S. national team player in Brianna Scurry are both particularly

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