Don't panic over the USWNT's loss to Japan, plus Mark Parsons' Angel City vision
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
The Athletic
4.8 • 808 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
This week on Full Time, Meg Linehan and Jeff Rueter break down the USWNT's SheBelieves Cup performance, including the 2-1 defeat to Japan. Is it time to push the panic button? Or do we need to lean into Emma Hayes' call for patience and development?
In addition to picking the bones on the first defeat for the USA under Hayes, Meg and Jeff give their takes on USA newcomers, give lots of flowers to Japan, and debate the state of the USA midfield.
After all that, Angel City FC sporting director Mark Parsons then joins the show for an exclusive interview to talk about his vision for the Los Angeles NWSL club, as well as the latest on their head coaching vacancy.
PLUS: Meg and Jeff close out the show by getting their fashion on. Yes, over a dozen new NWSL kits have been released, and it's time to have some fun unpacking the good, the bad, and the ugly.
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Articles mentioned on the show:
Why USWNT’s loss to Japan in SheBelieves Cup could be a ‘good thing’ for Emma Hayes’ team
2025 NWSL jerseys: What the teams say about the new releases and our favorites
Japan unseats USWNT in SheBelieves Cup, ending 5-year tournament winning streak
Angel City narrows coaching search to 4 candidates, sporting director says
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HOSTS: Meg Linehan, Jeff Rueter
GUESTS: Melanie Anzidei, Megan Feringa
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Myka Rodriguez
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, hello. This is full-time with Meg Linnehan. It's me, Meg. We've got so much to talk about today. It's Thursday. We're, listen, everyone's sleep |
| 0:23.7 | deprived on this lovely Thursday. She Believes Cup is over. We had some She Believes after dark. |
| 0:30.4 | Energy. We're going to be reacting to Japan handing Emma Hayes her first loss as head coach of the |
| 0:35.9 | U.S. Women's National Team in winning the She |
| 0:38.4 | She Believes Cup. Then in part two of today's podcast, we have an exclusive interview with |
| 0:43.9 | Angel City Sporting Director Mark Parsons, OG of the NWSL, talking about his vision for evolving |
| 0:50.5 | the LA Club, including their latest on their ongoing search for their head coach. |
| 0:55.6 | And then in part three, we're going to get our fashion on because it is NWSL kit drop day on |
| 1:02.6 | Thursday. All new kits across the league. We have thoughts to say the least. We've got a game for |
| 1:10.8 | Jeff, because Jeff Reuter, |
| 1:13.5 | King of the Midwest is back on the show. Jeff, hi, how are you? How much sleep did you get? |
| 1:19.5 | Not enough, but we are, we are ready. When there's a jersey drop and a rare U.S. |
| 1:26.1 | Women's National Team loss, you hop on, you make it work. Yeah, I mean, there's a jersey drop and a rare U.S. Women's National Team loss, you hop on, you make it |
| 1:28.6 | work. |
| 1:29.1 | Yeah, I mean, there's a lot to get into. |
| 1:31.8 | Let's start what she believes. |
| 1:33.1 | Let's just dive right on in because it is interesting. |
| 1:37.2 | I feel like last night, the immediate reaction out of everyone was like, okay, Japan |
| 1:42.9 | deserved to win this tournament, 100%. This is not a |
| 1:46.1 | panic moment for the U.S. Women's National Team. And now it's coming out of the team. It's coming out |
| 1:50.7 | of Emma. It's coming out of basically everyone watching this. So just like, Japan were the class |
| 1:56.0 | of She Believes Cup, right? Yeah. And I think that's also just like a obvious place to start it, right? |
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