Futbol W: Sydney Leroux & Alyssa Thompson Join the Show!

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🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Cristina Alexander and Ali Krieger are joined by ESPN's Jeff Kassouf to break down the USWNT, losing the SheBelieves Cup Final to Japan, making it the first loss in the Emma Hayes era for the US women and USWNT star Naomi Girma picking up an injury in her WSL debut for Chelsea. Plus, Ali sits down with Angel City star Sydney Leroux to talk about her contract extension with the team and how preseason has been for the team. Then, Ali is joined by Angel City youngster Alyssa Thompson to discuss her upcoming third season in the NWSL and her experiences with the US national team. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Tuesday. You know what that means?
0:10.0	Time for a new edition of Football.
0:12.0	W. Ali Krieger and Christina Alexander with you.
0:15.0	A lot to break down. Not so great news for Naomi Germa here in her first match with Chelsea.
0:21.0	We'll tell you a little bit more about her status and Ali.
0:23.9	You also had a couple of very great interesting conversations with Alyssa Thompson and
0:29.4	with Sydney Leroux.
0:30.9	It's the Angel F City.
0:32.3	It's the Angel City FC show and that's definitely not a complaint.
0:35.6	How are you?
0:36.6	No, I'm great. I'm doing so well,
0:39.9	and it's so good to be back. And alongside you, I'm excited for, you know, the interviews and to talk
0:45.5	all things from She Believes and the weekend. So lots to chat about. I'm happy to be back.
0:51.2	Before we get to She Believes, we're going to bring in Jeff Kassou.
0:55.0	You can read all of his NWSL, US Women's National Team Material on ESPN.com. Jeff, what's the
1:02.4	latest with you? How are you? Yeah, I'm good. Thank you. Yeah, looking forward to, I can't
1:06.7	believe that we're already back to a new season after I feel like we were just freezing in Kansas City and kicking off the year again there.
1:13.6	So excited for the new season.
1:16.6	Yeah.
1:17.6	Time flies.
1:18.6	It's crazy that they were making history almost a year ago in that season opener, that home opener that we're going to be able to see yet again on ESPN. Before we get to that, let's get to the She Believes Cup
1:30.5	because I mentioned that Ali Krieger said
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