Ladies and gentlemen welcome into this edition of Football W alongside the two-time World Cup champion

Ali Krieger. I'm but a humble servant Sebastian Salasar on what is the first day

of October 2024 and I'm guessing Ali though you always look good in pink that that is why you're wearing pink today I hope I'm right

Yes happy breast cancer awareness month I thought it was definitely appropriate to start the show off right and the month off right and support

all the amazing women who have, you know, overcome this, you know, breast cancer and, you know, this you know breast cancer and you know it's close to my family

as well and I just yeah want to support the best way I can and you know spread awareness

because it's extremely important and our love to all those

who are still in the fight as we speak I was looking at some statistics earlier

in the day one in eight women alley in the United States affected more than 2.3 million women worldwide.

They say the key is early screening, so we certainly want to encourage people, not just to be aware of the disease,

but also to get that early screening as well.

All right, we'll try to make the transition then back to soccer because we do have a lot coming up

on this edition of the show, Ali.

We're going to be in just a few minutes talking to Jonathan Hiraldez, he's the new manager of the Washington Spirit.

Boy, do they have a big game?

Number one versus number two in the NWSL coming up on Sunday.

We'll talk about that.

We will also, Ali, talk about the controversy involving your former team,

Gotham FC.

We got some folks in Kansas City that are big mad,

and we'll also be wishing a fond farewell

or a preliminary fond farewell to Christine Sinclair who told us last Friday that she would be hanging up the boots at the end of the season.

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