How Emma Hayes is managing the USWNT's workload
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
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4.8 • 756 Ratings
🗓️ 20 June 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
On this week's Full Time Focus, Jillian Sakovits is joined by The Athletic's Meg Linehan to break down the latest USWNT roster that was announced for the upcoming friendlies against the Republic of Ireland and Canada. How is Emma Hayes managing her players' workload this summer? Who are the new faces on the team? And, what does Rose Lavelle's return mean?
After that, Producer Theo caught up with Houston Dash goalkeeper Abby Smith to talk about what Juneteenth means to her and the Black Women's Player Collective's work in the Black soccer community and beyond.
PLUS: Megan Feringa hops onto the podcast from Snowdon mountain in Wales, where the Welsh Women's National Team announced their squad for Euro 2025 from 3,500 feet. Jillian then closes out the show with her 1-2-3 of things to watch in the NWSL this weekend.
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Referenced on the show:
Emma Hayes and Mauricio Pochettino face different challenges with their U.S. teams
As others go silent, NWSL group doubles down over supporting Black players on Juneteenth and beyond
Head coach Rhian Wilkinson climbs Wales’ highest mountain to announce historic Euro 2025 squad
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HOST: Jillian Sakovits
GUESTS: Meg Linehan, Abby Smith, Megan Feringa
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, go take a nap. |
| 0:06.2 | I'm like, I wish Emmys would call me and tell me when I should schedule a nap. |
| 0:10.4 | Like, I know she would have like the best plan for that. |
| 0:17.4 | Hello, everybody. It is Jillian Sackavits. A very warm welcome to Friday's full-time focus |
| 0:27.1 | presented by Amazon Business. What a show we have for you today. Meg Linnehan's stopping by |
| 0:32.6 | to break down Emma Hayes' latest U.S. Women's National Team roster for the upcoming friendlies against the Republic of Ireland and Canada. |
| 0:41.1 | And then we're going to check in with Megan Ferringa, who spent her Thursday climbing up the 3,500-foot Snowden Mountain in Wales to join head coach Riontsohn Wilkinson for the Welsh Women's National Team roster. |
| 0:55.8 | Ahead of the Euro 2025, |
| 0:58.9 | the nation's first ever major women's tournament. |
| 1:00.6 | Yes, you heard that correct. |
| 1:05.5 | They announced the names from the top of the mountain, and our reporter was there. |
| 1:13.0 | And then we're going to close out the show with my one, two, three of this upcoming NWSL weekend before the summer break. Let's get into it. I am now joined by Meg Linahan Meg on Wednesday morning Emma Hayes announcing her 25 player U.S. Women's National |
| 1:29.7 | Team roster for the upcoming friendlies against the Republic of Ireland and Canada. |
| 1:35.4 | Let's run through the names on that roster. |
| 1:38.2 | Goalkeepers. |
| 1:39.1 | Angelina Anderson, Claudia Dickey, Mandy McGlynn, then defenders, 10 of them. |
| 1:44.5 | Carrie A Bello, Jordan Bug, Naomi Germa, Lily Real, Tara McKeown, Avery Patterson, Izzy Rodriguez, |
| 1:51.9 | Emily Sam's, Emily Sonnet, and Giselle Thompson. |
| 1:55.1 | In the midfield, the return of Croy Bethune, Sam Coffey, Claire Hutton, Rose LaValle, |
| 2:00.5 | also making her return, Sam Meesa, and Olivia Moultrie. |
| 2:05.3 | And up top, you've got Lynn Biondolo, Michelle Cooper, Yasmin Ryan, Emma Sears, Ali Centenor, and Alyssa Thompson. |
| 2:13.4 | 24 of those 25 names are NWSL players. Emma Hay is very open that she is giving these European |
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