Discussing the 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup w/ Meg Linehan
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🗓️ 29 May 2020
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Summary
The NWSL is returning to action this summer, with the NWSL Challenge Cup scheduled to run from June 27 until July 26th, when a tournament champion will be crowned. To explain the creation of the competition, as well as the proposed structure, dates, format, and competitors, Taylor talks to The Athletic's Meg Linehan. And by "talks to" I mean "sits and listens as she does all the heavy lifting."
You can find Meg's work over at The Athletic
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody. On this episode of The Total Soccer Show, I'm going to be talking to the athletics |
| 0:08.1 | Meg Linnehan about the NWSL Challenge Cup, the newly announced NWSL Challenge Cup. We get into some |
| 0:13.2 | details, how it's all going to work out, how it all came to be, who's maybe well positioned, |
| 0:17.8 | and what that NWSL village is going to look like. And then we also get |
| 0:21.6 | valuable insight from the crow who appears to be hanging around Meg as she records this interview |
| 0:26.0 | outside. So we appreciate that from the crow and from Meg. But first, the folks at the |
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| 1:41.6 | I'm Taylor Rockwell with me today. |
| 1:43.2 | To talk NWSL. Is Meg |
| 1:44.5 | Linahan of the Athletic Meg? First off, thank you for taking the time on what sounds like it's going to be another busy day for you. It seems like you have a lot of those lately. It's been a week. It is, it has absolutely been a week so far. Yes, and that is, I'm assuming primarily relating to the announcement of the NWSL Challenge Cup. |
| 2:02.5 | Let's start there. |
| 2:03.7 | What do we know about the format, the proposed dates? |
| 2:05.9 | What can you tell us for people who've missed it about the Challenge Cup? |
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