Group-stage surprises, stunners, and skew-whiffs with soccer insider Meg Linehan

After the Whistle with Brendan Hunt and Rebecca Lowe

Apple News

Soccer, Sports

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

This World Cup is well underway, and not everything has gone quite as predicted. Brendan and Rebecca recap the most unexpected moments of the tournament so far, including (of course) England’s 1-0 squeaker over Haiti. Plus, The Athletic’s Meg Linehan joins from New Zealand to give an insider’s take on the USWNT’s performance vs. Vietnam and their chances to three-peat as champions. ‘After the Whistle with Brendan Hunt and Rebecca Lowe’ is presented by State Farm®

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0:00.0	This podcast is presented by State Farm, a proud supporter of women's soccer and all
0:07.0	women's sports.
0:08.0	Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.
0:13.3	When you have an injury and you're the best player, the pressure from the country and the
0:18.5	fans to get that player fit, sometimes skew whiffs everything.
0:22.7	Is that like the Shakespearean tense of skewered?
0:27.4	Absolutely not, no, so you know.
0:29.9	Absolutely not.
0:31.3	Well, okay.
0:36.0	From Apple News, I'm Rebecca Lo.
0:38.4	And I'm still Brendan Hunt.
0:39.6	And this is After the Whistle.
0:41.6	We're well underway in the tournament and not everything is going quite as expected.
0:45.2	We'll catch you up on all the action over the past few days.
0:47.4	Plus, the Athletics Meg Linahan joins us from New Zealand with an insider's take on the
0:53.3	US team's tournament chances.
0:55.3	And reminder, there will be a little language.
1:04.2	Hello, Rebecca.
1:05.4	Hello, friends.
1:06.6	So we've kind of well and truly into, into some meat in this World Cup.
1:10.9	So to speak.
1:11.9	Oh, yeah.
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