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The Women's Game

Good Vibes FC 9/30/25: Ali Riley is Grateful to Say Goodbye

The Women's Game

Men In Blazers

Soccer, Sports

4.6727 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Sam and Becky are joined by Angel City FC and New Zealand captain, Ali Riley, as she discusses why she's choosing to retire on her terms. Plus, everything you need to know about the NWSL playoff race and how Chelsea may already be running away with the WSL.


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0:00.0

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0:03.7

Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts.

0:07.3

You're listening to the MIB Media Network, and this is the women's game.

0:11.4

I like to eat it now and later.

0:14.1

I eat my candy.

0:15.4

I like to eat it the night of until I feel sick, and then I take a pause,

0:18.8

and then I do that again the next day until it's all gone.

0:38.1

That sounds right. Hi, everybody and welcome to Good Vives F-C. I'm Sam U.S. coming to you from the Women's Game Satellite Office in London. And I'm Becky Sauerberg coming to you from Portland, Oregon. Good Vives FC is presented by our really great friends over at Ollie Pop. Use code TWG20 for 20% off at DrinkoliPop.com. Today on the podcast, we're talking about

0:43.5

my trip to the Chelsea game and we're recapping the big stories from NBSL. Then we're checking in

0:48.6

with Ali Riley amidst her retirement announcement. I don't know if we're happy crying or sad crying.

0:55.2

I'm doing both.

0:59.6

Then we'll share an email from Ella about walls, Halloween candy, and dog costumes. But first,

1:05.0

Becky, your brand new podcast teaming up just launched. It did. It did just launch. And it was so funny because I came down from upstairs and I could hear Elizabeth Banks in the background. I'm like, oh,

1:12.3

Zola was listening to the podcast. So I kind of like snuck to where he was listening to it.

1:16.8

And I heard him like giggle a little bit and it just kind of made my day that he, it just made

1:21.1

me smile like, yeah. So yeah, I hope everyone likes it. It was such a blast. Elizabeth is so cool.

1:45.5

And yeah, I hope everyone is like, oh, she could totally be my friend. And it's totally part of the soccer community now. Oh my gosh. Well, I definitely feel that way about you. And I definitely felt that way about Elizabeth Banks. I thought the episode was so great. If you haven't watched it yet, you guys, you're really missing out. go to our YouTube channel, our podcast feed,

1:47.0

teaming up with Becky Sauerbrun,

2:00.8

it's an incredible new show. Selfish plug now. Mewis Square, the show with my sister, also launched last Friday. I hope that siblings everywhere just laughed. Just rejoiced. Yeah, they were just like, yeah, that's what it's like to be a sibling. Oh, man.

2:17.9

I really feel like I missed out on having a sister the way that you guys interact. You know, Reba, that's really sweet. It is nice having a sister. I'm here visiting her right now. How is it? How is London? It's so great. It's been a little, it's hectic. We have a five we have a five and a half month old baby. We've got,

2:36.2

you know, a lot of bodies in this house, but we're doing it. And it's super fun. And like, I love hanging out with Christy. Sam keeps making fun of us because we like do logistics all the time. So like anytime me and Christy get chatting, it's like about a logistic of some sort. And Sam just like doesn't do that. So me and Christy are really riling each other up with a lot of like details and planning. Oh, goodness. Yeah, logistics. Wow. I'm starting to realize like that's a real, real thing. Okay. Well, tell us, please. I know I think we're telling the audience now, but this is probably the last time we're going to be with you for a while. What can you share with us about what you have coming up?

2:50.8

Well, I mean, it's all a little uncertain, but literally every time I go in for a baby appointment now, they're kind of like, well, today could be the day. So just make sure you have your bags packed and you might be going to the hospital. And so it could be today, it could be tomorrow, could be next week. But your bags packed. Oh, the bags are packed.

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