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Full Time: A show about women's soccer

End of year mailbag, and honoring Becky Sauerbrunn

Full Time: A show about women's soccer

The Athletic

Women's Soccer, News, Soccer, Nwsl, Sports News, Wsl, Sports

4.8807 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

On this week's podcast, Tamerra Griffin and Meg Linehan answer an array of listener questions. Those brilliant queries ranged from how to fix the USA midfield to whether the NWSL's elite teams will stay on top in 2025 and even what's your favorite charcuterie cheese.

In addition to opening up the mailbag, Tamerra and Meg also take a moment to pay tribute to U.S. women's national team legend Becky Sauerbrunn, who announced her retirement from soccer this week.

The duo also breaks down the reports that Denver will become the 16th NWSL expansion club and join the league in 2026 while also sharing their feelings on the women's EURO 2025 draw.

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Articles & podcasts mentioned on the show

Becky Sauerbrunn, former USWNT captain and 2-time World Cup champion, retires from pro soccer

NWSL in final stages of adding expansion team in Denver: Source

Breaking down the Euro 2025 draw, plus NWSL free agents to monitor

BOS Nation FC is set to join NWSL in 2026, but a lawsuit over the stadium could derail the debut

PODCAST: BOS Nation launch fiasco

PODCAST: Has Spanish women's soccer changed since the 2023 World Cup?

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HOSTS: Meg Linehan, Tamerra Griffin

GUESTS: Jessy Parker Humphreys

PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes

VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen

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0:00.0

Hello.

0:13.3

Welcome back to Full Time with Meg Linahan.

0:15.8

I am Tamara Griffin, joined as always by Meg Linnehan.

0:19.2

And while this is a non-denominational show, I just

0:22.0

need to note for the record that I just so happen to be wearing a red sweater. Meg is decked

0:28.3

out in Forest Green. We are ready for some holidays. Meg, how are you doing? Good to see you.

0:34.4

I'm good. I'm wearing Forest Green in honor of UVM, UVM winning,

0:40.3

the men's final four unseated team, traveling 7,000 miles. Yeah, it's been it's been the talk of

0:47.8

town in Burlington, Vermont, to say the least up here. Congratulations. And I have to admit, I was actually

0:53.4

watching that game. And after Marshall

0:55.6

scored, I thought the game was over. And that's the, they're known as the cardiac cats.

1:02.0

Because literally it was like, what, the 81st minute in the final, the game before it had been

1:06.1

the 82nd minute that they scored. That was just their way.

1:10.0

Unacceptable working mistake on my part. I, I, and I didn't even find out until the next day, because, you know, I don't really be paying attention to men's soccer like that. And I was just like, dang, the one time it was exciting. Well, not the one time. But anyway, congratulations to Vermont. And somehow we are at the end of the year.

1:30.6

I can't believe it.

1:31.9

But what better time, right, to have a special mailbag episode.

1:36.0

Thank you so much to everyone who wrote us in all of the ways that you did, whether

1:40.1

it was some type of DM on social media, an email.

1:44.5

Maybe we even received some by Carrier Pigeon.

1:47.1

I'm not sure.

1:48.0

But we appreciate all of the thoughtful questions.

1:50.6

They were so creative, so critical.

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